The Vikings, who had lost just two games all season, found themselves down numerous times against a stubborn and enthusiastic Conant team. But Fremd was able to reach back down the stretch and dispatch the Cougars The two teams meet next Friday at Fremd with the West title at stake.
Vikings coach Mike Brown knew his team was in a battle with Conant , It took us a while to figure out their defense. They had a really good game plan but we found a way to pull it out in the end. Sparked by Rohan Patel, the Cougars scored the first 8 points as they spurted to a lead.
Conant also stymied Fremd on the defensive end, forcing three turnovers as the Vikings missed their first 5 field goals. Conant built a lead early in the second quarter on a three-pointer by Harlem Drake. Fremd knocked down 6 of their first 7 shots in the second quarter and closed to on a basket by Pinto. Bradley Biedke then stepped up quite nicely for the Cougars. The 6-foot-7 Biedke canned a pair of threes, then hit a rough basket inside as Conant went up Conant got a pair of free throws from Nate Hahn and a three-pointer from Chase Francia to open the second half and lead The Cougars led when Fremd made its big move.
With Williams powering his team, the Vikings scored 11 unanswered points to surge ahead with to play. But in the second half, we stuck through and got it done. With Biedke battling for rebounds on the offensive end, Conant was able to pull even at Ryan Brown then sandwiched a pair of baskets around a layup by Williams. Those six points put Fremd up with left. Conant stayed close. The Cougars went on a run highlighted by a three-pointer by Biedke as Conant got to within with left.
But Pinto and Fremd shut the door on any other comebacks. We picked it up in the second half. Coach Brown really motivated us. We knew what we had to do and we did that in the second half.
