GARRETTSVILLE, OH- The Garfield G-MEN (0-0) hosted the Cardinal Huskies (0-1) on Monday night in the season opener for the home squad. Cardinal was coming off an opening night loss to Grand Valley. It was a battle of two teams looking to bounce back from down seasons a year ago. The G-MEN would come up big in game one taking this one 75-43.
Garfield came out and scored the first nine points of the game after a Brandyn Bogucki three ball forced a Huskies timeout just three minutes into the game trailing 9-0. The G-MEN would extend the run to 11-0 before Dominic Naples connected from deep for the Huskies to end the run. Another three ball for Cardinal, this one by Carter Sindelar, pulled them to within seven. Sindelar would keep it at a seven point deficit hitting another three ball to end the quarter. Garfield led 20-13. Preston Gedeon got off to a hot start scoring 11 of the G-MEN 20 opening quarter points.
Preston Gedeon goes up for a shot for the G-MEN in the first half
The G-MEN opened quarter two with back to back buckets off of steals by Bogucki and Gedeon to push the lead out to 24-13. After a Cardinal basket, Garfield went on a 9-0 run and opened up their biggest lead of the game at 33-15 with Gedeon responsible for 6 of those points. The Huskies would close out the half scoring the final 5 points to cut the deficit to 33-19. Gedeon led all scorers with 19 first half points. Sindelar was tops for the Huskies with 8 points.
Cardinal converted a free throw and then a quick bucket by Carter Tucker to make it a 33-22 and force a quick 20 second timeout by Garfield coach Andy Olesky who didn't like what he saw coming out of halftime. Garfield responded with a 19-5 run to blow the game open at 52-27. It was a balanced attack during the run with 6 different G-MEN putting in points. It was a crazy end to the 3rd. After Aidan Hill hit a corner three for Garfield, the Huskies Cal Ciminello took the inbounds pass with 3.2 seconds on the clock and heaved it in off the glass from half court. Garfield led 55-33 after three.
Both benches would empty midway through the 4th quarter as the youngsters were able to get some valuable playing time for both squads. Devin Bates scored 6 straight points for Garfield as they continued to push out the double digit lead. The G-MEN rolled 75-43 on opening night.
It was a big night for Garfield's Preston Gedeon who dropped in 27 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Nick Edic and Brandyn Bogucki each finished in double figures with 12 and 11 points respectively. Cade Rock was big defensively grabbing 7 boards and blocking 3 shots.
Diminic Naples led the scoring for Cardinal with 9 points on 3 three balls.
The G-MEN will be home to host Berkshire on Friday while Cardinal hosts Chardon on Saturday.
Postgame interviews with Preston Gedeon and coach Andy Olesky.
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