In a game that took almost two minutes to see the first point of the game, the Dons beat Tamalpais in a fast-paced, high scoring shootout, 77-67.

Nearly two minutes had elapsed before Jake Davis hit a free throw to open up the scoring. Tamalpais answered with a three and led 3-1, before Theo Stoll and Jake Davis hooked up for what would be the first of many assist/layup combos, tying the game. Davis followed that up with five more points in a row for The Dons. Then, Jack Bayless, Noah Bloch and Tate Nelson scored in rapid succession and the Dons opened up a 10-point lead midway through the first quarter.

But Tamalpais fought back, and closed the gap to four points to enter the second period. Tamalpais continued to push hard early in the second quarter and tied the score at 19-19. The teams battled throughout the period, but the Dons never trailed and went into halftime with a slim, hard-fought, 2-point lead.

The third period required a few possessions to see a score, and that score was the result of what seemed like a dozen passes by the Dons persistently working it to the open man…and that open man was Stoll who put it up from behind the arc on the left wing with the shot clock running down and drained a three, giving Acalanes a 41-36 lead. Tamalpais answered back, and then spoke again with a bucket to close the lead to three points. But the Dons got hot, behind Bloch’s nine points in the quarter and nearly everyone else on the floor scoring at a blistering pace. The Dons scored a total of twenty-two points in the third quarter to take a nine point lead, 60-51, into the fourth.

However, Tamalpais didn’t let up. Behind solid perimeter shooting and acrobatic drives to the hoop, they cut the lead to six points early in the fourth. But Acalanes didn’t flinch, and led by another nine point quarter from Bloch and timely, big contributions from Nelson, Stoll, Bayless and Davis, pulled further ahead and never let Tamalpais back into the game.

Acalanes won a high scoring, intensive, well-played game 77-67.