Monthly Archives: March 2016

Giveaways plague Hanover-Horton in quarterfinal loss to Loyola   By Mike Moore Staff Writer   Tecumseh – A step shy of the Breslin, a step behind most of the night.   That, more or less, sums of the Hanover-Horton boys basketball team’s quarterfinal game Tuesday in the Class C playoffs.   Chad Mortimer said his guys fell to a good team, but very clearly stopped short of saying the better team is moving on to Thursday afternoon’s state semifinal.   “But you can’t turn the ball over against that kind of team. That’s the difference,” Mortimer said shortly after Detroit Loyola eliminated the Comets in 58-47 decision. “You can’t simulate their speed.”   He paused, searching for a way to describe, or somehow justify the final score. But he couldn’t.   “We turned it over,” he said simply. “That’s the difference.”   The Comets did just that, an unofficial 20 times in the loss, allowing a poor-shooting Loyola team a number of easy buckets in quick transition.   “We’re a team that has to impose its will in some way,” Loyola coach John Buscemi said. “We don’t have a kid over 6’2”, but when we play the way we are…