“I’m just super excited for the kids to have this opportunity,” said Kaiser, a former Tower Hill player.
Tower Hill led 32-18 at halftime and 44-27 through three quarters, never giving Seaford a hint it could get into contention. “We have a really good chemistry together and kept on fighting and now we’re here.” “We knew coming into the season we had a pretty strong roster to make it back,” Dylan Shepherd said.
Tower Hill's Dylan Shepherd (front) tries to drive past Seaford's Kashmier Wise in the first half of a DIAA state tournament semifinal at the Bob Carpenter Center Thursday, March 10, 2022. 17 of this season, and the Hillers were coming off a gut-wrenching 43-41 quarterfinal win over St. But the Blue Jays had exacted some revenge in a 69-55 victory on Dec. The Hillers had gotten there by stomping Seaford 56-25 in a quarterfinal game. POSSIBLE NCAA FOES: After resurrecting season, Hens to play a powerhouse But that game was held at Sanford due to COVID protocols making the UD facility unavailable. Tower Hill had reached its first boys basketball state semifinal last year, losing 40-39 to Independent Conference rival and eventual champ Sanford. That also, Kaiser added, “makes us hard to defend.” Everybody had a hand in that,” said Kaiser, mentioning sixth man Charles Habgood and his important contributions as well. “Our motto is ‘We over me’ and that was a ‘We’ victory right there. Tower Hill's Davis Bland celebrates a three-pointer in the first half of a DIAA state tournament semifinal against Seaford at the Bob Carpenter Center Thursday, March 10, 2022. SEAFORD STIRS PASSIONS: Blue Jays make long-awaited semifinal returnįour Hillers scored in double figures – Dylan Shepherd (16 points), Bland (14, with four 3-pointers), Dean Shepherd (13) and Marty Coyne (10). and we played really good offense which resulted from good defense. “We made them very uncomfortable,” said senior Davis Bland, “. They finished the night shooting 50% overall from the field (19-for-38) and 54% on 3-pointers (7-for-13). The Hillers quickly grabbed a double-digit first-quarter lead by forcing six Seaford turnovers that fueled a balanced and effective offense. 1-seeded Salesianum (15-8), which downed Howard 58-50 Thursday and handed Tower Hill a 54-46 setback Feb.3
3-seeded Tower Hill (19-3) advanced to its first boys basketball championship game in the event’s 56-year history. Seaford's Avlyon Matthews (4) moves to the hoop between Tower Hill's Dean Shepherd (12) and Davis Bland in the second half of a DIAA state tournament semifinal at the Bob Carpenter Center Thursday, March 10, 2022.įew in the soldout arena would have disagreed after the Hillers cruised past Seaford 58-42 in the first game of a DIAA Boys Basketball Tournament semifinal doubleheader.
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