Northeast Nodaway’s boys continued to fly high as they beat down North Nodaway 43-9. The Bluejays remained unbeaten after the win, while North Nodaway was still seeking their first win.
The Bluejays had to contend with skyscraper Hunter Carlson, who created a lot of problems in the paint for Northeast. Carlson threw up a prayer that went in to cut it to 4-2, but then Dylan McIntyre drove and put one in over Carlson to start a 16-0 run to end the first quarter.
The rest of the period was Northeast swarming, pressing, trapping, and never letting North Nodaway’s big man get into any kind of rhythm offensively. Zach Pride’s drive opened up a baseline shot for Brayden Munns, Lane Dack’s drive created another open look that he knocked down. Dack skipped one to Pride on the right win, followed by a play where Zach Pride aired one out to Munns for a fast break. Northeast continued to take it to the rack at will as Munns scored off a drive, then Colton Swalley and Ben Boswell finished off the quarter with steals.
Northeast took off the pressure after the first quarter, but continued to pull away slowly from North Nodaway. Carlson’s shot from the high post for North Nodaway broke a long scoring drought after Ben Boswell opened the scoring with a baseline shot off a pass from Colton Swalley. Austin Pride got loose underneath and got a high-low pass from Zach and Lane Dack connected from the left side off an Austin Pride kickout to make it 26-4 at the half.
Brayden Munns scored from the left wing off a pass from Zach Pride before Northeast cooled off. North Nodaway managed its only consecutive scores in the game as Keegan Keho hit from the left sing and Kade Emery got a free throw after an offensive board to make it 28-7. Northeast finally countered as Ben Boswell got a putback after Colton Swalley pushed it ahead for a fast break. Dawson Vore added a free throw and Colton Swalley and Dylan McIntyre scored off drives as Northeast went ahead 35-7 after three.
Damian Dailey cut it to 35-9 for North Nodaway, but then Northeast scored the last eight points after Munns got loose and flew down court to counter Dailey’s basket. Austin Pride added a putback to trigger the running clock, Zach Pride scored off a McIntyre steal, and McIntyre scored from the left wing off a pass from Lane Dack.
For Northeast, Brayden Munns led the scoring with 12 points. Dylan McIntyre had 8, Ben Boswell 6, Colton Swalley and Zach Pride 4 each, Dawson Vore 3, and Lane Dack 2.
For North Nodaway, Hunter Carlson had 4, Keegan Keho and Damian Dailey 2, and Kade Emery 1.
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