North Nodaway's boys played what they felt was a forgettable 52-44 loss to East Harrison earlier in the year that dropped them into the fifth spot behind the Bobcats in district seedings. "Ever since the final buzzer sounded, we've been preparing for this game," said Coach Jake Shipman. The Mustangs recovered to win 16 games in their regular season, take a shot at the 275 title that came up just short, and come into last Tuesday's game with a chance for revenge. They got it as they turned the tables and beat the Bobcats 52-46 despite battling foul trouble from both of their leading scorers.
It looked like Peyton Coleman was going to have a big night for them as he scored the first five points to give Jake Shipman's team a 5-2 lead. But he went to the bench with two quick fouls. Koby Reynolds had consecutive NBA 3-pointers to make it 11-4, but then Matt Dice's team took advantage of Peyton Coleman's absence and came back to lead 12-11 as North Nodaway went through a four minute scoring drought before Reynolds was fouled attempting a 3-pointer at the buzzer and hit two out of three to put North Nodaway up 13-12.
North Nodaway played one of its better quarters of the year in the second frame as they got all kinds of scoring from their supporting cast. Wyatt Tate scored six in the frame, getting a putback, a backdoor layup off a pass from Koby Reynolds, and a driving layup; he also took a charge on defense. Ben Hart had a free throw while Dakota Smyser converted a drive into a three point play after he got the call on a charge/block situation. North Nodaway went ahead 30-26 at the break when Peyton Coleman skipped a pass to Koby Reynolds for a 3-pointer on the left wing at the buzzer.
But then the game threatened to go off the rails in the third period. North Nodaway couldn't buy a board in the first four minutes of the period as the Bobcats fought back to tie at 32. Then, things threatened to snowball from there as Koby Reynolds picked up his fourth foul and had to come out. With him out of the game, East Harrison took full advantage, pushing their lead up to 40-32 as North Nodaway went through a five-minute scoring drought. Someone had to step up and finally, Peyton Coleman hit Ben Hart cutting inside and Daytona Lutz hit a free throw to cut North Nodaway's deficit to five at 40-35.
Lutz really stepped up big during that stretch with Reynolds on the bench. He opened the fourth by hitting Coleman for a triple to start the fourth, then added one of his own with 5:16 left to make it 43-41; Koby came back in moments later. Joe Rinehart's free throw made it 44-41 and East Harrison got the ball back, but then North Nodaway, who had rarely blocked a shot all year, came up with one as Dakota Smyser's block flipped the scoreboard as Peyton Coleman went the other way coast to coast to make it 44-43 instead of 46-41. East Harrison tried to take it in again, but then Coleman's monster stuff set up another good transition look and he knocked down a free throw to make it tied at 44.
Both sides missed two chances to take the lead, but then finally Koby Reynolds drove to the basket to put North Nodaway in front, only to see Joe Rinehart tie it up again with 1:25 left. East Harrison tried to trap Koby Reynolds and get the ball out of his hands, but Peyton Coleman exploded to the rim against three orange shirts and hit both free throws to make it 48-46 with 1:02 left.
Justin Roberts tried to tie it up for his mates, but his runner off a drive went in and out. Koby Reynolds missed a 1 and 1 with 34 seconds, but with Waylen Carlson taking it in for a tie, Ben Hart played perfect help defense and set to take a charge, forcing a traveling call. East Harrison tried to tie up Peyton Coleman in the backcourt, but Joe Rinehart fouled out trying to get the ball and Coleman went 2 for 2 from the line with 19.3 seconds left. East Harrison had two good looks in the closing seconds, but Ethan Claycomb missed from the baseline and Carlson missed a putback try and Coleman hit two more to seal the win.
Peyton Coleman led the scoring for North Nodaway with 20 points. Koby Reynolds had 14, Wyatt Tate 6, Ben Hart 5, Daytona Lutz 4, and Dakota Smyser had 3. Peyton Coleman and Koby Reynolds each had 3 assists. Wyatt Tate and Peyton Coleman each took a charge on defense. Peyton Coleman had 2 blocks while Dakota Smyser and Ben Hart had 1 each. Dakota Smyser had 3 steals; Daytona Lutz, Koby Reynolds, and Peyton Coleman had 1 each.
North Nodaway matched up well with Stanberry last year, but the same could not be said of this year's matchup. They got off to a promising start, with Koby Reynolds scoring five quick points and Dakota Smyser scoring off a steal to put North Nodaway up 7-5. But then two good looks went in and out, Stanberry converted on the other end in transition, and the layup drill was on for Stanberry. By the time the dust had settled, they were down 34-7 early in the second and went on to fall 74-28 to the undefeated Bulldogs, ending their season at 17-10. Koby Reynolds had 16 points to lead North Nodaway. The girls, after beating Northeast Nodaway in their district opener, fell to Jefferson in the semifinals 48-10 and ended their season at 12-14.
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