Makki magnificent in Dearborn’s big win over Northville
Adam Haidar lays in two of his 10 points in Dearborn’s 60-46 victory over Northville Tuesday night.
Dearborn senior 6-foot-6 forward Hassan Makki was a relentless force in the paint for the Pioneers Tuesday night at Northville.
He hustled after his own missed shots and deposited them into the basket, ran the court at full tilt to beat the Mustangs to the cylinder on multiple occasions and took advantage of a couple easy layups that resulted from quick ball movement and precision passing from his teammates.
Makki finished with a game-high 21 points in the Pioneers’ 60-46 victory over Northville after starting out slow with only two points in the opening quarter.
After falling into a 39-23 midway through the third quarter, the Mustangs kept battling behind the shooting of Nate Isiah Imbuzeiro and Andrew Payne, both of whom drain a few circus shots while combining for seven three-point makes.
Imbuzeiro, Payne lit up scoreboard
Imbuzeiro finished with 18 points while Payne netted 16 in a reserve role. No other Mustang managed to score more than three points.
Complementing Makki’s big night for Dearborn were Adam Haidar and Ali Ramsay, who both added 10. Senior Adam Mashhour chipped in nine points (all the results of threes) and several assists.
Dearborn raced to a 15-6 first-quarter lead before extending its halftime advantage to 27-17.
No quit in Mustangs
Trailing by 16 in the third quarter, Northville stormed back to with 43-35 in the fourth quarter as Payne drained six straight shots.
The Pioneers regrouped, however, and held off the never-say-quit hosts.
Dearborn sank 5-of-9 free throws. Northville was 6-of-13 from the charity stripe.
The game was the second of a girls/boys doubleheader at Northville.
Ed Wright can be reached at 734-664-4657 or edwright@socialhousenews.com.
