The two losses that the Worth County boys were tough to swallow in different ways. They played like state champions in building up a double digit lead against 275 title contender Nodaway-Holt, only to see it slip away and fall 68-61 Tuesday. Then, they came out ready to play against GRC contender Albany and gave them everything they could handle in the first quarter in the rivalry game. But then everything fell apart and they were on the short end of a 73-46 running clock loss Friday.
Behind the back to back 30+ point nights from Bryce Ross, Worth County had nothing to be ashamed of against Nodaway-Holt as they gave them everything they could handle before losing. Bryce Ross scored 12 points in the first period against the Trojans as he picked up right where he left off against Braymer, where he had 38 points. He scored off a baseline shot, a fast break and pass from Brevyn, a pair of free throws, a pair of pullups, and a layup off a Cole Parman steal and pass to Brevyn. Cole Parman added six points off two 3-pointers and Brevyn Ross and Truman Moore had two each as Worth County jumped out to a 22-17 lead after one quarter.
Bryce Ross had five more, getting a 3-point play off a backdoor layup and a left wing pullup. Truman Moore added a backdoor layup off a Chris Alarcon offensive board and Cole Parman hit his third 3-pointer of the half. Little-used Ben Badell came off the bench and showed some spark. The highlight of the quarter came late in the period when Bryce and Brevyn were both on the bench and the Tigers continued to put the ball in the basket; Ben Badell hit from the top of the key and Andrew Mullock scored off a couple of steals as Worth County led by as much as 39-26 late in the half.
But it is only a matter of time before a good team like Nodaway-Holt gets untracked and they had a big run, scoring 20 points in the third as they took the lead after three quarters 48-45. They were using their athleticism to get up and down the court and get easy looks. Bryce Ross had all six points in the period for Worth County, cleaning up on a couple of steals and scoring a pullup from the high post.
Back to back shots from Brevyn Ross and a putback from Bryce put Worth County back in front 52-48, but then consecutive baskets from Devin Albertson tied it back up at 52 with 4:23 left. The game was tied at 54, 56, and 58 before Derek Lemon's 3-pointer put Nodaway-Holt in front for good with 1:58 left. Bryce Ross countered with his 31st point from the right side with 1:44 left and Lemon made one out of two free throws with 1:36 left. Grant Parman got an offensive board and drew a foul with 1:17, but only made one out of two free throws. Nodaway-Holt went six for six down the stretch from the line and Worth County had two consecutive bad passes to quash their chances to respond.
Worth County looked like they were ready to go against Albany as they gave them all they could handle in the first quarter. Cole Parman scored 8 points in the period and took a charge on defense; Bryce Ross added a pullup and Brevyn Ross added a putback as Worth County played evenly with Albany after one quarter, 12-12.
Albany scored the first nine points of the second quarter to go up 21-12. Basketball is a game of runs and the object of the game is to weather the other team's runs and play through it. Worth County then played evenly for most of the remainder of the quarter. Brevyn Ross and Truman Moore had 4 each in the period and Bryce Ross scored off a backdoor pass from Brevyn. Cole Parman went into double digits by getting behind the Albany press for a layup. But a missed boxout at the end of the second quarter and a Tyler Lupfer putback for Albany at the buzzer turned out to be a major momentum changer at Albany led 36-24 at the half. The tendency of the human mind is to relax when one's job is almost done and that habit cost Worth County.
Seemingly demoralized by Lupfer's putback at the end of the first half, Worth County put up little resistance as all hell broke loose and Albany hung 26 points on Worth County in the third quarter to build up a 62-36 lead. Worth County reverted to their bad habits of earlier in the year, making crazy passes, not boxing people out, taking wild shots instead of running their offense, and not guarding Albany's shooters. Bryce Ross was one of the few bright spots in the quarter for the Tigers, getting seven in the period. Brevyn Ross and Ben Badell added two each and Grant Parman added one.
More bad shots and crazy passes allowed Albany to continue the layup drill into the fourth quarter and trigger the running clock, building up their lead to as much as 69-36. Worth County got scoring from five different people, but it was not enough. Bryce Ross, Lane Craven, Jared Simmons, Ben Badell, and Will Rennells had two each.
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