Sutton Delivers for Eagles
(Courtesy of Dale Clarke, Messenger Newspapers)
Matt Sutton iced a three-pointer with five seconds left to give Forestville a 78-75 win against North Adelaide at Wayville on Saturday night.
The win took the Eagles to 2-1, while North slipped to 2-2 after an earlier loss to Norwood.
Apart from an early 12-point-lead to Forestville in the first quarter, the margin was never beyond five points, as two of the competition's top sides arm-wrestled towards the inevitable tight finish.
The Eagles made it a five-point game late in the last quarter, before a 7-0 North run, courtesy of Shane Reardon reeling off five points and an assist to Dallas Quigley, put the Rockets ahead 73-71.
Still Forestville bit back to be ahead 75-73 with a minute to go. The Eagles spilled the ball away twice in the last minute, allowing North to first tie the game, and then fail on their chance to take the lead. Forestville had 15 seconds to deliver.
Enter Sutton.
The 36ers guard came off a screen at the top of the key to hit the winning shot despite missing his previous six three-point attempts for the night. North's ensuing play had Erik Burdon bombing from deep, his shot hitting the front of the rim.
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