CGBC Drops Second Game in a Row

The second season for the CGBC Fightin' Reformers is off to an inauspicious start.  The return of Josh Harbert and Michael Moon was not enough to hold off a strong St. Andrews Presbyterian squad as your Reformers dropped a closer-than-it-looks 38-73 decision.  The shorthanded CGBC team had to call on some stars from yesteryear to help, and in the early going seemed to be working.  Moon was a solid eight for sixteen from the field for a team leading sixteen points and grabbed eight rebounds but it was not even close to being enough.  Harbert added eleven points and thirteen rebounds but shot the ball very poorly, as did the rest of the team.

The bench was very thin for the Thursday 6:30 pm tip.  With only seven active players, CGBC has playing from behind the eight ball from the beginning.  They were able to keep it close until fatigue started to set in halfway through the second half and St. Andrews pulled away.  Early MVP front-runner Matt Garren was unable to play due to a prior engagement and they were without starting center Gary Davis who was placed on the day-to-day list earlier in the day with a sore back.  Starting forward Lane Hatcher also missed to game for undisclosed reasons.  Justin McDaniel, Thomas Richardson and Brian Henderson also were unavailable for the game.

For the second game in a row, The Fightin' Reformer role players were unable to make anything happen as Donny Mathis, Stephen Donovan, Randy Pifer, Jeremiah Summers and John Miller shot a combined 6 for 39 and were ineffective on both ends of the court.  "We need to work on the Mikan drill because we are all-stars at making cuts, but very much below average at finishing" said Donovan as he missed yet another wide open layup.  "We really miss a guy like Hall-of-Famer Jon Goforth" said Pifer.  "We have no true scorer who can get his shot anytime he wants" he added.

"We knew it would be a rebuilding year, but I don't think any of us were prepared for this" said Mathis as he was entering the locker room.  "This is a player's only meeting" he said as he closed the door.  The CGBCNN tried to get a comment from GM Pifer, but his visible disappointment was enough to scare this reporter off from trying to get a statement.  The next Reformer game will be Tuesday night at 8:15 at Double Springs Baptist.