Go Gillett Tigers

Posted March 9, 2007
WIAA Division 3 boys basketball:
Gillett holds off I-S's fourth-quarter rally
By L. Melvin Abitz Special to the Press-Gazette

ANTIGO — Late free-throw shooting helped Gillett
survive a fourth-quarter rally by Iola-Scandinavia
and hand the top-seeded Thunderbirds a 67-63 defeat
Thursday in a WIAA Division 3 sectional semifinal boys
basketball game.

In a contest between the Tigers' dominant inside game
and Iola-Scandinavia's potent perimeter shooting, Gillett
relentlessly worked the ball into the hands of 6-foot-3
forward Jordan Soper and 6-7 center Tyler Teityen.
They combined to score 42 points and snag 20 rebounds.

Soper connected on 14 of 24 from the floor to finish with a game-
high 34 points, while Teityen scored eight points and collected 13
boards.

The Tigers built a 19-point advantage after three periods, but I-S

applied a full-court press in the fourth quarter, forced four quick
turnovers and stormed back.

"We lost our composure a little there, and we started forcing things
that we shouldn't have, Gillett coach Jan Teityen said. "We took a
couple of poor shots that we shouldn't have. We need to slow it
down and get back to our game plan."

Junior guards Mike Griffin and Chad Gunderson each buried three
3-pointers while scoring 15 points in the final period as the T-Birds
closed the gap to one possession with less than 3 minutes to play.

Griffin made five triples and finished with a team-high 23 points.

But Gillett guard Dustin Krause buried three late foul shots, Brandon
Estep added two and Nick Krause added a pair of his own to put
Gillett ahead 66-61 with 25 seconds left.

Griffin's field goal with 10 seconds left made it 66-63, but Dustin Krause
made one of two free throws to put the Tigers ahead by four.

"It really doesn't get any better than this right no," coach Teityen added.
"They came out and hit a couple 3s at the end, and they made a heck of a
game out of it. But we cam out on top, and that's all that matters."

Gillett 14 17 19 17 — 67

Makes a guy proud to be from Gillett!!!!!!!!!!