Summit vs Chatham 12/30/98

1 2 3 4 TOTAL
SUMMIT 16 11 6 12 45
Chatham 12 12 10 16 50

Summit lost a hard fought game in the finals of the Suburban Classic against a very good Chatham team. The night before Chatham had crushed Hanover Park by 20 points, a team Summit had lost to by 9. Summit played their best 1st quarter of the season as they grabbed a 16-12 lead as Kurt Forsyth and Ryan Carey led the way with 5 points each. A pair of 3-pointers by Gerano Tan and another 5 from Forsyth allowed Summit to end the half with a 27-24 lead. The story of the first half was foul calls. Everything went agaist Summit as the refs called 11 fouls on Summit and only 2 on Chatham. This resulted in 10 of Chatham's 24 points. In the 3rd quarter Chatham began to assert itself and a pair of 3's gave them a one point lead. As the 4th quarter began Chatham ran off 7 straight points to build their lead to eight and things looked dark. However scores by Jon Campagna and Forsyth cut the lead to 3. Chatham built it back to to six with a 3-pointer. A field goal by Keyon Smith and a 3 from Carey kept it close, but Chatham was able to sink their free throws down the stretch to perserve the win.

Player FG 3PT FTA FTM POINTS
Kurt Forsyth 8 0 5 3 19
Ryan Carey 1 2 0 0 8
Gerano Tan 0 2 0 0 6
Jon Campagna 3 0 0 0 6
Jason Holmes 2 0 0 0 4
Keyon Smith 1 0 0 0 2
John Martini 0 0 2 0 0