HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL
Goins, Tarblooders rebound from misses
Friday, December 28, 2007 Mike Peticca
Plain Dealer Reporter
It's likely Rayshawn Goins will never again miss four foul shots in the last 19 seconds of a one-point game and yet emerge as a hero.
"I saw it was going to be short, so my instinct was to go after the ball," said Goins, who rebounded his own missed free throw and fed Nicholas Harney for the decisive basket in Glenville's 68-67 boys basketball win over Shaker Heights on Thursday night.
"I saw two defenders come at me. I dumped the ball backdoor to Nick, and he finished. It felt great, like we won the state championship."
Goins scored 25 points and grabbed 22 rebounds for the Tarblooders, who are 8-0 and ranked third in The Plain Dealer's seven-county poll. Host Shaker Heights, ranked seventh, fell to 5-3 with the nonleague loss before a standing-room crowd. The Raiders' 6-1 junior point guard, Anthony Wells, made 13 of 19 field-goal attempts, including five 3-point shots, to score 31.
Goins, a senior forward with a deft shooting touch, is averaging 29 points and 12 rebounds.
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