Worth County showed that their Stanberry win was no accident as their junior high boys beat North Harrison 51-16 Monday night for their second win of the season. A swarming Tiger defense jumped out to a 14-0 lead against the young Shamrock squad, which had all seventh graders listed on its roster. Tanner Parman scored the first six points of the game, getting a putback and scoring off two Jaxon Anderson steals. Anderson added two off another steal and then Ethan Thomas scored the next six points; he got loose behind the Shamrock defense and got baseball passes from Anderson and scored another basket off a Zayne Swope steal.
But then Worth County got too aggressive on the press and started hacking and fouling, putting Brett Emig on the line too many times. The Shamrock guard would drive into Tiger defenders and draw fouls; that was nearly their entire offense in the first half. The foul differential was 10-3 in North Harrison's favor at one point; consequently, they were able to make a game out of it at one point, getting to within 18-9 at the 2:44 mark of the second quarter. Both Anderson and Thomas went to the bench with three fouls.
But then Andrew Alarcon came off the bench to get a steal and a baseline shot to stop the bleeding. Zayne Swope got eight out of his 12 points in the quarter, and Worth County reasserted itself in building a 30-10 lead at halftime. Tanner Parman scored off a steal and Hunter Simmons had a drive and pullup.
Emig's free throw cut it to 30-11 early in the third, but then Hunter Simmons' putback sparked another Tiger run that triggered the running clock in the fourth quarter. Ethan Thomas had a drive after Jaxon Anderson had kept a possession alive with an offensive board; he added a 3-pointer in transition off a pass from Tanner Parman. Tanner scored off a steal and was also the recipient of one of Jaxon's baseball passes while Zayne Swope got loose down the floor in transition another time. Anderson's putback with five seconds left put Worth County up 45-13 after three.
Zayne Swope scored off a drive, Andrew Alarcon hit Anderson inside, and Anderson had a driving layup in the fourth quarter before Coach Simmons began subbing freely.
Tanner Parman and Zayne Swope led the Tigers in scoring with 12 each. For the second straight night they got three in double figures as Ethan Thomas followed with 11. Andrew Alarcon and Jaxon Anderson had 6 each, while Hunter Simmons had 4. While he only had six points, Jaxon Anderson had a disruptive influence on the game as he was able to break down the Shamrock defense time and time again with his long baseball passes; he had seven assists on the night.
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