Worth County capped off a strong season by winning its 18th game and winning its first district game in four years, knocking off West Nodaway 59-36. The game was a defensive struggle, but the shooting percentages told the tale; Worth County shot 38% for the night, not one of their better shooting nights. But West Nodaway shot 25% for the night.
In the first meeting between the two teams, Blake Farnan picked up two quick fouls in Worth County's 67-33 win and was not a factor. But in the second game, he stayed on the floor and was able to match Worth County stride for stride for a while. He scored the first eight points for West Nodaway; however, Drake Kinsella topped that and scored 12 points in the period as Worth County built up a 16-13 lead. Cade Allee added two when West Nodaway knocked his dunk attempt out of the rim and they were called for goaltending; Brevyn Ross added a coast to coast look.
The second quarter started off like a lot of second quarters have for Worth County as they got a lot of close looks, but they were going in and out. Korbin Koch's shot from behind the arc put West Nodaway in front 17-16, but then Drake Kinsella answered with a 3-pointer of his own and Drake Simmons hit Brevyn Ross in transition to move Worth County up 23-19. Farnan hit a backdoor look and West Nodaway got the ball back with a chance to tie, but consecutive steals from Ryan McClellan sent Worth County off to the races. Mason Hawk followed with a third chance putback; Drake Kinsella's block set up Ryan McClellan's bounce pass to Caleb Parman for a baseline shot, and Brevyn Ross added a steal and two free throws to make it 31-19 with 56 seconds left in the half. Farnan hit a closely guarded 3-pointer over Drake Kinsella, but Ross rushed it up the floor and took on Farnan and Jakob Cordell, converting a layup with five seconds left to put Worth County back into double digit territory at 33-22.
Worth County's third quarter started off well as Drake Kinsella got loose inside and got a pass from McClellan and Ryan pushed one ahead to Drake for another basket as well. Brevyn Ross added two free throws and McClellan one as Worth County went up by 18 at 40-22. But then Farnan stopped the bleeding with yet another 3-pointer. Mason Hawk had a tipin and blocked a shot, which led to a Ben Badell strike to Hawk inside to make it 44-26 again, but then Worth County fell into sloppy play and hacking and fouling as West Nodaway began chipping away at the free throw line.
It looked like the Polo game all over again as the bleeding progressed into the fourth quarter and the Rockets got to within 44-34, but then Brevyn Ross hit Drake Simmons for a 3-pointer to stop the bleeding. Korbin Koch hit a free throw for West Nodaway, but then Drake Kinsella took over the game again, airing it out on consecutive plays to Brevyn Ross and Cade Allee in what turned out to be the backbreaker.
Koch hit a shot for West Nodaway to close to within 52-36 with 2:58 left, but that was as close as they would get. All of a sudden, Isaac Alarcon, who had not scored all night, took over the game by scoring the last seven points. Brevyn Ross hit him with a pass to the high post and he drove and finished for a 3-point play; he added a putback and a fast break after another pass from Ross.
Drake Kinsella led the scoring with 19 points; it was the second time in a row that he had 19 against the Rockets. Brevyn Ross had 13, Isaac Alarcon had 7, Mason Hawk had 6, Ryan McClellan had 5, Cade Allee 4, Drake Simmons 3, and Caleb Parman 2. Ryan McClellan and Brevyn Ross had 4 assists each; Drake Kinsella had 3, Cade Allee 2, and Mason Hawk, Isaac Alarcon, Drake Simmons, and Ben Badell each had 1. Ryan McClellan had 5 steals, Cade Allee and Drake Simmons 3, Drake Kinsella, Brevyn Ross, Mason Hawk, and Isaac Alarcon all had 2, and Caleb Parman had 1.
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