ok we'd like to thank you her enjoying those two minutes and eighteen seconds of silence basketball my kittens doing the camera work and bringing you the action welcome you to the winner field house tonight where b c t v eight presents varsity high school about to see there it is also a big night because my costello is only nine points away from the magic one thousand he is he's had a really great career here at belmont tonight quite a milestone as he puts up or puts one up there gets a rebound and he's a lot of fan i really think so as we just saw a few moments ago some of the students here bring the cost of those count down the ripping a few sheets off but now there are nine hundred ninety three points currently in my costello's at a brilliant high school career back in his freshman year member of that state championship team and he's developed as a player going to be heading to boston university next year and this year and he's leading the middlesex we can score and despite facing constant constant double teaming from the opposition but he's handled it really well he certainly has and in the league standings if they leave the league which tells you that coach brad simpson's team is a very well balanced attack and we're seeing that here in the early going right now as i think just about every wakefield starter is gotten in on the scoring action with ten fifty three to go in the first half and they do have the one point lead both coaches  which employed take a moment to some substitutes in rodney sinclair coming in from abroad as the five nine senior and the shot was missed by a number eleven that's dana de augustine nobody got his own rebound and he got fouled by lester white under the basket basket by number five derek jumper from the baseline from my co haim putting together a a fine year in his own right as he said he's the fourth leading scorer in the middle six league the senior co captain of the rodgers and also starting point guard for belmont and to a nice job directing traffic you have a chance here a three point play for the marauders and the shot gets the good shooters bounce and rolls into the writers of tie the game at thirteen with ten minutes to go in the first half and again my custom of getting is handed on the first half then a thirteen thirteen tie coming to you from the winner field house you see the banners up there right now is by kagan's our cameraman tonight trying to get a shot of the last thousand points scores in belmont breaking the thousand points mark i feel silly asking this question as we should probably you know i thought my christianson had a thousand points if he didn't even come awfully close or they just don't have his banner up there yet i think it might or might not have the banner back from the the banner shop better as we have to get back to the a game at hand here involved in a tight game thirteen thirteen tie in the riders know they're going to be in for a fight this evening against the highly regarded wakefield warriors a lot of people expected  perhaps and taken a look at him now yeah that's trainer jim o'neill looking at him the rowdy sinclair jumper puts the belmont marauders on top fifteen to thirteen with nine twenty one to go in the first half as the warriors try to set up for a shot in rogers playing some good play is not completed to my cost zero comes down with the rebound currently bringing the ball up and ok and the rogers looking to break the tie once again in costello so far with five points in the game as we mentioned eighty six more points to reach the one wakefield my costco putting up an m b a free and he certainly had although we missed it on that particular play he certainly has that type arrangement that's right and ball goes out of bounds off of the hands of tyler philips a wakefield will get possession of a two point lead with a thirty three to go here in the first half as number thirty four robert puts the ball into play i have a feeling one of the wakefield parents just corrected me on that thank you very much and we're going to have wakefield possession they maintain possession a swing it around there's number forty john hurley up at the top of the key and they do swing it around setting up shop at the top and they can swing it around to the far left cycle again guarding hurley and now it's conley being guarded by costello basket a great second effort there by andrew conley would watch the ball regionally we feel being very aggressive defense we deny to see michael hayden putting one up but he's followed by number ten andrew crawley making the follow on the other and he will have a chance to cut the wakefield lead which wakefield one thousand belmont fifteen is phillips makes the first of t seven thirty two to go here in the first half and phillips makes them both and the marauders have cut the wakefield lead to two and looks like another substitution for the marauders mark broad again checking into the game for belmont for tyler phillips she the marauders huddling making sure that they all have their assignments properly executed my cost zero bring the team together and hopefully marauders we're digging into france we've been down by two right now seventeen twenty remaining in the first quarter of wakefield leaving nineteen to seventeen wakefield you know a junior any makes the first of two on the one and want to tempt and plays kind of slow down a little bit in the last few minutes dan as we've had files and a lot of foul shooting going on both sides of the court push the ball up the floor and checking now into the game for belmont is ball and we're going to have a great time wakefield managed to get possession of the ball and call time out there dan although it looks like to me that both teams were trying to fight for possession aggression played by both teams both teams  always lending their support rogers actually starting to catch a break in the schedule making is going to be home quite a bit for the next few weeks as they begin the second half of the schedule course this was exam week at belmont high school and this is kind of the unofficial start to the second half and the runners will be enjoying a lot more games at home for the remainder of the season so that should certainly help them as they try to catch up in the middlesex league standings this year sixty eight fifty two up at wakefield so the mirage certainly like to even up the season series and the score and again move a game closer to the first place warriors twenty one seventeen in favor of wakefield they have the ball right now as broadcast they really don't have a top scorer but from what i've seen thus far in this evening's game wakefield plays very well they're always looking for the open man and they may be pushing it but they only they really play well as a as a unit and they're really really effective thus far in the game and i've been impressed with this wakefield squad you and so far it's working in this game is the where seventy five point lead i would have to think right now knowing belmont likes to run a little bit at this kind of game is benefiting the warriors culhane bringing the ball into the four corners bring three four guys off the bench i'm not sure that this year they have quite the depth of had in prior years and maybe that a little bit tough for some of players but the thus far throughout the season been able to manage that ok they have been di i think what it is you have a lot you know brian substitutes a lot of different players in to try to get something going and right now you've got say g m tyler phillips robert ramsey by custom low and michael caine of course at the foul line just making the first of two and he hits them both and a leading scorer in the game for the marauders with a total of eleven points by two my math really quick here actually make that ten points and in case for those of you wondering my costello is now at nine ninety four six points away from well i think as we said earlier i think once they get that out of the way and just concentrate on the game they work it into ramsey nice move underneath pass from a tyler phillips to ramsey in the broader as opposed to within one at twenty two twenty one five forty am the clock running here in the first they swing it around and taking it strong to the basket missing the shot was just a blast and customer comes down with the rebound and he gets it right into the hands of my co hayne who'll once again direct the marauder often cameramen my kagan's as billings takes the jump shot from the foul line and gives the words a three point lea and sneaking in just one of the examples taught of the things that make it my costello can do aside from scored just very unselfish play willing to pass off to the open man to help the team as you see he got upon coming back with a walk on defense as craig shaw for the fall will be on that's the second of the game and wakefield taking advantage of all these trips to the free throw line in the first half dan is now jesse blessed of the line making the first of two and keeping the warriors in front as they have pretty much been throughout they broke out on top or early seventy two and the writers have tired of the couple times but wakefield has managed to not fall behind there's philips as they try to come back they're down three for the top shot on the baseline was no good but good perseverance and then loses its andrew conley a quick pass underneath and a wild shot by john hurly burly might have had a moment to really pull up and maybe take a better shot but it looks like there's going seven to go here in the first half and ramsey with a chance to once again cut into the wakefield late he makes the first  see this evening of sloppy play from wakefield is my cost o b taking the ball with three thirty one remaining in the first quarter wakefield leading twenty seven to twenty four and the marauders as they've been throughout this has cost l o gets the ball into the forecourt back over to ko haim as they try to swing it around to the open man nice fake by costello and then the shot pops in and out and connelly brings it back for the warriors might be on eric oates and he one more time as he's picked up his second here in just the minute or so he's been in the game officials who determine pretty early this evening they going to be calling both ways pretty tightly they haven't really want to walk on this evening's game however they've been calling them tight both ways so i guess that's ok as we see number three steve sage in the senior guard for the mariners going to the one stage and with two points tonight and he makes the does not get the law good bounce that time but a nice attempt at say by peter jacoby but he was stepping on the end line and so wakefield will get possession with two fifty four to go in the first half twenty seven twenty five wakefield and here's john hurley costello back over to culhane cocaine at the top of the key for a three pointer it's no good and we're going to have an over the back foul on belmont going in for the rebound i think the fall is going to be on peter jacoby and that's going to put will warriors on the line and look at the last two twenty three this first half the it might be quite long as both teams are getting trips to the foul line with regularity as i mentioned the really just a moment ago told the christians just decided to call this game very tightly it is about twenty five minutes of eight right now we might be here for a while this evening that's right and the first free throw by is good he makes them both and it's twenty nine twenty five wakefield two twenty two to go in the first half and nice job by wakefield the back or to harass on the pass and now it's cold hang trying to get the dribble we're going to have a foul called on john hurley and the officials have decided to really get this game grinding to a halt they are calling it perhaps a little closer than either coach would like right now outstanding display a ball handling my number twenty three mic and co hayne swishes them both twelve points in the game now for senior co captain michael hayden the mariners have cut it to chew twenty nine twenty seven warriors on top and let's see if we can get through a possession without a foul being called going to try to break a streak here seems like the last half dozen times we had both teams going to the foul line wakefield trying to set up that's just you know when he gets it over to his brother of i'm assuming derek and trying to get help from a custom low pick loses the pick now costello lines up for what will be at some point or he was standing on the three point line but it does bring mike two points closer to number one thousand they will update the board that brings up the nine six he's got seven points tonight most we don't have to sell out streak is still going thirty to twenty nine and the rebound was put back in number five during belmont not a good job boxing out of that point down in the final minute the first half wakefield by three thirty to twenty nine years costello again costella driving strong to the who puts it in with the left hand no good customer once again going up and fighting for the rebound and i discussed it would like to get this done by halftime he's going to need four points in the last costello needing just to bore points to hit number one thousand in his bell my career as the team's file into the locker room and your have time score wakefield thirty five belmont thirty one will be back with second half  with the nine points as we mentioned in my coping leading all belmont scores in this game which well steve sage in a robbery and each with three tyler phillips and ronnie sinclair each with a pair and quickly getting up basket for the wakefield warriors number ten andrew lead thirty seven to thirty one here with fifteen forty four to go in the second half and underneath they're going to pass to white for a walk right white with the travel second at fifteen they tied it again at seventeen but other than that they have not been able to take the lead once in this game and right now they trail by six they get the ball and sage is going to be called for a carry and so another l much turnover will lead to wake and connally and they swing it around and missing the shot was jesse blessin tyler phillips comes down with the rebound for belmont and costello has it and as we said two more points for mike you know reach a thousand in his belmont high school basketball career proud reacting just let it soak in for a moment and the ball preserves of course mike will be taking that one home put it on the trophy case and i'm sure it's a very trotter crowded trophy case the costello it certainly has my costello you're his senior year on the belmont high school basketball team that's right it will be nice to see one of belmont's own actually staying home as you see the update on the on the chart actually it's hard to see because it's being obscured by some of the fans meanwhile getting back to the game a possession and went into the game at this point absolutely we can make a case that maybe all the runners playing just to be a little bit tentative because they were thinking more about costello reaching his milestone then as opposed to trying to win the game and wakefield right now back up to a six point lead with involved there and we're going to have a timeout with thirteen fourteen to go in the second half wakefield on top by fourth forty one to thirty seven and now dan i guess we have to as we said we have to turn our focus to the to the game at hand like costello we obviously want to congratulate him for reaching the thousand point mark but coach lyons and the rest of the riders now try to find a way to put a dent in this wakefield the wakefield is always managed to maintain the upper hand throughout this game then as we said belmont tied it a couple times maybe change that to have the marauders overtake wakefield but good game which at this point with thirteen fourteen left in wakefield leading forty one to thirty seven it's going to go right down to the wire it certainly is and however wakefield coach brad simpson monumental night as a customer reaches the milestone would like to spoil the party and of course also keep his team in first place and buy a nice margin to ruin our sportsmanship one of the wakefield fans standing in applauding the wakefield players and recognizing  wakefield now with an eight point lead that's their biggest lead of the game with thirteen to twelve thirty seven to go in the ballgame dan wakefield on top by eight and the marauders need to make some adjustments and coach bob lyons taking the opportunity to colleagues i'm out and there we the other thing you've got to give wakefield credit for you see a play which kind of breaks down a missing shot or wake or belmont there to make its offensive play and get up walk all the sudden wakefield is there to pick up the loose ball they don't give up on any play we've noticed that all night long and that's the reason they've been able to maintain the sleep throughout but a of time left for the marauders to catch up as you say twelve thirty seven to go in the game and wakefield on top by eight and by custom up with the ball in play and start working on his second thousand points here at belmont high school again an eight point lead for the warriors and a chance to add to that coming in for a lester white as the marauders make their first substitution here in the second half and hurley try to complete the three point play for the warriors this is the shot in costello gets the rebound and the marauders have some work to do right now as they trailed by eight points eleven forty nine to go here in the second half costello for a three and that one is off the mark you have a foul underneath and that one being called on the warriors looks like it's on a number thirty four robert i oh sure you know i probably got that or a full court press they work it in my ash was shot is off the back of the rim and no good underneath andrew conley who is really becoming a belmont killer tonight puts it in for two more and although we don't have his totals he has got to be at least in double figures at this point in her calmly playing an excellent game tonight for wakefield is ramsey tried to get the bounce and it would not go they were going to have a foul underneath on wakefield r shot percentage tonight has got to be quite high because they're getting a lot of shots in close making it look easy now is a nice pass and to costello from tyler phillips and the rogers get the basket right back it's fifty one forty four wakefield with ten twelve to go in the ballgame got sixteen points in the ballgame by costello's reading in the hallway in the v h s records he holds the record for most important made in the season that which he did last year forty i'm not sure how many has this year but he certainly forty seven and underneath going in and making the shot robert i actually won the warriors answer one more time rodgers trying to make a little bit of a comeback and warriors go in and they have a chance now for a three point play another record might be looking at this evening as most whistles in a high school game those whistles and gotten quite a workout this evening officials calling a very close game or the calling of course on both ends of the floor so you really can't complain much about that because they are calling it very close for belmont in wa but he's called for the reachin and we've got that's the think the fifth team foul now on the warriors marauders also have fourteen files as we'll keep an eye on nat error in the final nineteen of the second half and cocaine once again makes them both and that's sixteen points now for c for the travel we feel maybe need a timeout here becoming unglued a little bit they are you know making a run they're becoming rattled rogers with a chance to try try this is where i think all the experience for the past few two teams met in the tournament last year in the marauders won that game course wakefield won the match up earlier this year up at wakefield down eight eleven to go in the game and we are tied at fifty three the writers have come back from eight points down earlier in the hurly burly with a strong move to the basket missed the shot and costello got the rebound wake you looking a little bit confused and maybe under a little bit of pressure right now i'm surprised that wakefield cochon called timeout but anyway costello putting up the ball no follow call estell eleven points in the second half now for belmont senior co captain mike costello look much more relaxed and see it as thousand early misses the three pointer costello gets the rebound way through appears to be coming unglued last couple of minutes to tie up this ball game as you see six twenty six to go in the game and sing a a shot of the marauder roster and another shot of of course the state championship banner riders would like to have league title as they're you know trying to get a game on the warriors tonight surprise surprise you may as well as we're winding down january heading into february this is where obviously coach paul is wants to see his team get hot as they run in the late february early march internment time comes robert ribbs he coming into the game is lost all right takes a seat on the bench wire between two very solid basketball teams rogers and the warriors castelo with that gets it over to phillips who's open to take the three and he buries it tyler phillips first points in the second half couldn't come in a bigger time as the riders open up a three point lead their biggest lead of the game so that is the fifth foul here in the second half on the warriors and it's actually going to be a pass and situation so going to say it happened long before the shot and abroad have to try it all over again there's philips in the corner phillips who just made a three with twenty points in the ballgame tonight the game now the high score for the riders and over the course of the season it seems like oh haynes plays continue to step up senior co captain with that improvement each game he makes them both twenty two points the experience maturity of this broader team has really pays off in a game like this because they've been there in these tycoons they know what to expect from the juco hey mister we're going to have a foul on belmont and that one's going to be  lester white who just checked back into the game and i'd probably say you're right but we'll just have to wait and see who comes in at this point the game lester right that's a tough loss the six five junior at the point me in with two fifty seven remaining in the you're correct it is going to be robert r and going to the line for free throw andrew conley who has had a huge game tonight for wakefield unofficially he's got to be close to twenty points in this one as he makes the first free throw and cuts the belmont lead to four and culhane gets it back to say hey gino will swing it around rodgers trying to take some time off the clock and set up for a good shot phillips takes a shot it's no good costello there with a big rebound to put it back it he's got four at the line is craig billings with a one in one which takes a nice shooters role and falls in sixty eight sixty five wakefield cutting the belmont  and billings makes them both and so it's a two point game brodeur still on top try to hang on here for the final minute forty t bikes to and finally a foul called breach in will beyond derek the augustine as he found say jean with a minute one to go sixty one six left here in regulation belmont by two and  sixty nine belmont twenty four points in the game for my costello fifteen of them have come here in the second half not any more important than right now as he misses the first one belmont only on top by a point with thirty seven seconds to go to make sure to set an offer in some way for what will obviously be the last possession began right and also the important thing would be if the august you know misses the free throw make sure they get the rebound so they can set up that play were tied at seventy one with fifteen seconds left doesn't get much better than this dan this is as you said it's been a truly great game tonight right out of the wire as it was you would expect with two teams fighting for first place the middlesex league wakefield coming into this one to ten in one and the  three in the league and trailing by two and a half games in the standings below with a game in hand however and so a win tonight for the belmont coupled with that game in hand of the marauders could just be a game have it have the opportunity here to good shot off we're going over time here wonderful house wow get ready for minutes we're going to four minute overtime session to get to really see too many overtime games in high school basketball so just to let you know it is four minutes rodgers trailed at halftime thirty five thirty one customer with an early buck in the second half then marauders fell behind by seven or actually as many as eight and runners came back and actually had as much as a five point lead would give the warriors credit down the stretch as they were able to come back make the shots make the free throws and they stopped the belmont as costello had the ball there for the last fifteen seconds he was holding it for a zone shot and the warriors were waiting for it and defended the play quite well so here we go in again here in the overtime dan you've got to look for finally missing the first three throw we're still tied at seventy one with three forty five to go here in the overtime well he's got to be tired at this point as he misses the second one also and costello gets the rebound and curiouser and curiouser here as we're tied at seventy one three twenty four to go on the clock running here in the overtime and it's geraghty augustine o gets it over to the riders have got to be really careful with the foul situation and hurley makes them both so it's seventy four seventy three marauders on top by one to twenty six to go here in the overtime co haim being guarded by her early gets it over to castelo just elo in three points territory and being carted out there by billings and passed afflicted out of bounds they're going to say it's off of belmont so it'll be now tyler phillips going to be joining him on the bench him following oh i'm not quite sure who i believe is going to be roddy sinclair coming in the game for the marauders gives them good defensive player good quickness going to bring the brain sinclair rodney sinclair and helping out on the team defense tonight is the marauders early with some solid defense down the final minutes of the second half as they were able to battle back runners down as many as eight at one point also led by as many as five it's been a back and forth affair the august you know is tied to game as he makes the first free throw all ready made of both wakefield on top seventy five seventy four a minute forty seven to go in the clock running here in the overtime castelo off the elbow way up in the forecourt they swing it around into the hands of andrew conley no shot clock as we said in boys high school hoop so they can take off as much time as they want and that's what they're going to try wakefield take off the clock sinclair they're going to call a foul on sinclair for a little bob as geography you know drove the baseline thirty six seconds to go here in the overtime and it's wakefield leading by one sinclair had a foul to give there that's only is second but it's unfortunate going to send wakefield to the free throw line or we're going to have a timeout called belmont calling a timeout with thirty six plays mapping out as we've already mentioned though taught an actual high school basketball game receiving in front of almost just about a full house down here one a few house a lot of fans coming down from wakefield a lot of students coming out to watch the game and celebrate start of the second half of the season rodgers kicking it off in grand style hopefully they can get a win against these first place wakefield warriors and move a little bit closer to first place in the little sex league standings yaga still makes the first free throws so wakefield now leads by two seventy six seventy four and wakefield actually had a five nothing run here in the overtime as castelo opened up the scoring with a three pointer and we're going to have power underneath on wakefield craig billings fall costello and is going to go down the other end in shoot free throws for belmont as riders trail by two and then have a chance to tie it as my customer goes to the line not a very intelligent play by wakefield there isn't any going to be any time going off t about what's going to be on the line scuse me it's going to be ramsey at the line shooting for belmont ball tie game at seventy six years conley the warriors are going to hope for the last shot they're going to go for the win and here's her early early up top being guarded by say general you gotta think they're going to look for dan but now the focus switches to belmont in a tie game three seconds left and it looks like it looks like it's going to be costello at the line but we're going to wait to see officially how they set up here that is going to be costello at the free throw line and three seconds left in a tie ball game and we're going to have another timeout this one being called by belmont coach paul really would like to make them both and force wakefield to have to get a shot that's i that's what you're looking for in fact all the riders interesting strategy here as nobody is back to get the rebound for belmont they're all back on defense at the other end of the court of waiting that long pass seconds of overtime there you see the score seventy eight seventy six belmont on top and all the writers need to do now is just make sure wakefield does not get a shot at a play three seconds of solid defense here keep wakefield from getting anything off fortunately and you see the players can graduate each other what a great game we're going to have a post game show coming up in a matter of moments here on a b c t v s the writers come up with a big overtime win seventy eight seventy six dan and i'll be back with the overtime or are the wrap up to this one in just a minute