For his Excellence on and off the court, Kevin
McShane was been nominated for the McDonald's
All-American Basketball Games. The McDonald's
All- American Game is nationally recognized as
the premier showcase for the top high school
basketball talent in the country. As a nominee,
he was be considered for one of the 24 slots on
the final McDonald's All-American High School
Basketball Team that competed in the 30th
annual McDonald's All-American High School
Basketball Game.
Crusaders do it again, beat Aloha 56-38
Jesuit's fullcourt pressure is too much for Aloha on Friday night
By Miles Vance
The Beaverton Valley Times, Feb
9, 2007, Updated Feb 10, 2007
BEAVERTON – Things, frankly, couldn't have gone a
whole lot better for the Jesuit boys basketball team Friday night.
The Crusaders smashed Aloha 56-38 at Jesuit High
School, improved their Metro League record to 7-0 (19-2 overall) and, thanks
to Southridge's 55-43 upset of Westview, extended their lead to two games
over the second-place Wildcats.
"We knew they were a physical team and we knew we had
to be physical right back," said Jesuit senior guard John Elorriaga, who had
10 points Friday night. "Today, we just stepped up and did it."
What the Crusaders did a lot of Friday was force
turnovers with their fullcourt press and overall pressure defense - in this
case they forced Aloha into 24 miscues and turned them into 22 points at the
other end, more than enough to offset a less than stellar shooting night.
"Our kids really try to fly around a lot and we got
contributions from a lot of people," said Jesuit coach Gene Potter. "Our
kids really anticipated well in our press, knew where people were going to
be and then played passing lanes well and played with a lot of energy."
"As a team, we really feed off our defense," added
senior guard Kevin Chalmers, who led all scorers with 17 points. "We really
have to rely on our defense to keep the tempo up and get turnovers so we can
get the momentum going in our favor and knock down shots."
For Aloha, the loss knocked the Warriors down to 3-4
(11-10 overall) and a third-place tie with Sunset, just a game ahead of
Southridge.
UP IN THE AIR — Aloha's Dylan Jones (bottom) and
Jesuit's Kevin McShane duel for a rebound during Jesuit's 56-38 home win on
Friday night.
"They press you real good but you just try to play
through that," said Aloha junior wing A.J. Stephenson, who had six points
Friday. "But you’ve got to put points in the board and we just didn’t do
that."
"We felt that we didn’t take advantage of our
opportunities tonight," added Aloha coach Dan Munson. "They were missing
shots and we didn’t handle their pressure well. We had looks but we just
didn’t shoot the ball well."
Jesuit blasted out to a 13-6 lead at the start of the
game thanks to four points each from Elorriaga and Brad Gerbing. Aloha cut
that deficit to 13-9 on Stephenson's fastbreak basket at the start of the
second quarter, but the Crusaders answered with a 13-2 run to close out the
half leading 26-11.
The Warriors made just 1-of-7 shots from the floor in
that critical second period and turned the ball over nine times, while
Jesuit got two hoops from Chalmers and a buzz-beating long bomb
three-pointer from Raphiel Lambert to end the half.
Aloha cut Jesuit's lead to 28-16 on a Dylan Jones
three-pointer with 5 minutes, 46 seconds left in the third quarter, but got
no closer the rest of the way. The Crusaders pushed their lead to 47-25
entering the fourth quarter and never led by less than 14 points the rest of
the way.
No. 5 Jesuit 50, No. 4 Westview 48 Chalmers,
McShane help Crusaders past Wildcats
The Oregonian
Saturday, January 20, 2007
JOE FREEMAN
BEAVERTON -- After three dreadful quarters of turnover-filled,
poor-shooting basketball, an exciting finish broke out Friday night at
Jesuit High School.
And, as it always seems to do, Jesuit ended up on top.
The fifth-ranked Crusaders overcame a sloppy start and a nine-point
second-half deficit to defeat fourth-ranked Westview 50-48 in the Metro
League opener for both teams.
Jesuit senior Kevin Chalmers, who scored a team-high 11 points, swished
two free throws with 13.4 seconds remaining, and Jesuit (13-2) forced a
crucial turnover on the game's final possession to steal the victory.
"It was a very sloppy game, but it was a good win for us," Jesuit senior
John Elorriaga said. "It was hands-on, physical, and the refs were letting
us play. That's the type of game we're going to see in the Metro League."
Jesuit High's Kevin McShane blocks Westview High point guard Terell
Wallace as he tries to score.
photo by Doug Beghtel
The first three quarters featured a mix of Jesuit turnovers (17) and
missed Wildcats shots -- they made 13 of 36 field goals heading into the
fourth -- but through it all, Westview never trailed. The Wildcats, who led
by nine points with 3:21 left in the third quarter, entered the fourth with
a 34-29 advantage.
But Jesuit's Dan Feest started the quarter with a three-pointer, Kevin
McShane hit two free throws, and, suddenly, the score was tied, 34-34. There
were five lead changes and three ties the rest of the way as the outcome
remained undecided until the closing seconds.
Kevin McShane hit two free throws, and, suddenly, the
score was tied.
Crusaders come all the way back
Jesuit’s boys rally from a nine-point third quarter
deficit to beat Westview
By Miles Vance
The Beaverton Valley Times Jan
25, 2007
BEAVERTON – Jesuit and Westview’s boys basketball
teams had been pointing toward their Metro League opener since the first day
or winter season practice almost two months ago.
But Friday’s contest at Jesuit High School couldn’t
have come at a worse time, or yielded a worse result, for the Wildcats.
The fifth-ranked Crusaders rallied from a nine-point
third-quarter deficit, powered into the lead with a 19-4 run and knocked off
No. 4 Westview 50-48.
“We knew we had to start off the Metro League with a
big win if we want to get that next Metro League championship,” said Jesuit
senior wing Kevin Chalmers, who led his team with 11 points, five of those
in the game’s final 41 seconds. “It was really good to get that first one,
especially at home.”
The win lifted Jesuit’s record to 1-0 in Metro play and
13-2 overall, while Westview fell to 0-1 and 11-4.
While both teams entered the game a bit shy on practice
due to the snow earlier in the week, Westview also had to deal with the
relative absence of its best player, 6-foot-11 Gonzaga-bound junior post
Andy Poling. Poling, still battling a bout with the flu that had kept him
from practice all week, didn’t start, played limited minutes and scored just
four points on 1-of-5 shooting from the floor.
“We’ve just go to learn from this and not let it happen
again,” said Westview senior post Trevor Siefken, who finished with eight
points. “You’ve got to take it one game at a time and we’ve got nine more to
go.”
Jesuit squeezes two nice wins between
losses at the annual LSI tourney
By Miles Vance
The Beaverton Valley Times Jan 4, 2007
UP FOR GRABS — Jesuit’s Kevin McShane (right) battles Oregon
City’s Jared Cunningham for a rebound.
MILES VANCE / Beaverton Valley Times
HILLSBORO – They may have started the Les Schwab Invitational with
a thud, but before it was all said and done, the Jesuit boys
basketball team made sure they got their money’s worth out of the
16-team tournament at Liberty High School.
The Crusaders opened the 2006 LSI with a 62-52 loss to
fourth-ranked Oregon City, came back with two straight wins —
beating White Rock Christian Academy of Surrey, B.C., 61-52 last
Thursday and Grant 65-55 on Friday — then dropped a 69-67 decision
to Jefferson in the tournament’s Saturday consolation
championship.
Jefferson's Herschal Slaughter goes for a lay up against Kevin
McShane.
James W. Prichard
“This is a good tournament for us because a lot of these guys play
just how the Metro League is going to be,” said Jesuit senior wing
John Elorriaga. “There are big teams. They’re fast and they’re
physical and that’s how we’ve got to be ready to be (in the Metro
League).”
“We just have to keep getting better every game,” added senior
point guard Dan Feest. “We have to come out sharp and ready to go
each game.”
The Crusaders stay unbeaten by scoring a
49-35 victory on Friday
By Bill Wilson
The Beaverton Valley Times
Dec 21, 2006
BEAVERTON — Just when Tigard thought
Jesuit might tire, the Crusaders sent in the reinforcements and
never let up the pressure in Friday night’s non-league boys
basketball game.
Jesuit took turns swarming and smothering the
Tigers, using frequent substitutions in mounting a 33-15 halftime
lead the Crusaders rode to a 49-35 victory at Jesuit High School.
The Crusaders were also sharp on the
offensive end in the first half with six different players
connecting from behind the arc as Jesuit drained nine 3-pointers
before the intermission.
“We had high pressure and our shots were
falling,” said Jesuit senior Dan Feest, who scored a game-high 17
points. “Coach wants us all to be fresh and go 110 percent the
whole game.”
“We just executed our game plan perfectly,”
Crusaders senior John Elorriaga added. “Everything went our way.”
And little the way
of Tigard, which succumbed to Jesuit’s full-court press, frequent
traps and unrelenting defense with numerous turnovers. The Tigers
led 5-3 early then went 9 minutes, 53 seconds without scoring and
11:31 without a field goal before finishing the first half on an
8-3 run.
“As time went on,
they got more and more flustered,” Elorriaga said. “That’s the way
we have to play. Get in guys’ faces.”
Jesuit, which
returned just one starter this season, steadily built its lead by
limiting the Tigers’ opportunities and making the most of its own.
The Crusaders actively passed around the perimeter and waited for
the open shot, which often came off a pick that freed one of its
many shooters behind the arc.
