Wade Briggs did all he could for North Harrison’s junior high boys, getting 15 for his squad, but Worth County simply had too many weapons even without Alex Rinehart (arm) as they came away with the 39-25 win Monday night.
Worth County overcame foul trouble in the first half and their bench went on a big run to close out the half, putting the Tigers up to stay.
The Tigers jumped out to an 8-2 lead late in the first. Jackson Runde hit a 3-pointer off an Aydan Gladstone kickout and steal and added a cut inside for a layup. Grant Cameron added two free throws and Aydan Gladstone one, while Briggs countered with a cut to the basket.
Cruz Ury got the hot hand late in the quarter for the Shamrocks, getting a free throw and putback in the final 15 seconds of the first quarter to make it 8-5 as it looked like North Harrison would make a game of it. Jackson Smith scored off a backdoor look off a pass from Aydan Gladstone, but Briggs scored two free throws with 5:24 left.
The score was stuck there for the next 2:45 and North Harrison had every reason to expect the momentum as Worth County had 9 fouls to North Harrison’s four. But all of a sudden, Jackson Runde got loose coast to coast for two free throws, took on three Shamrocks for a three point play, and Grant Cameron scored in transition off a Jackson Smith pass and added a free throw off another transition look before Briggs hit a free throw to cut Worth County’s lead to 18-8 at the half.
Aydan Gladstone’s block set up Levi Cassavaugh’s layup, but then Briggs countered again off the cut to make it 20-10 again. But then Worth County finally gained some separation, fueled by Aydan Gladstone. He scored in transition and fed Jackson Runde twice to make it 26-10 with 3:28 left in the third. Briggs scored a reverse layup with 2:51 left to break the run and some more Shamrocks got into the scoring column to stop the bleeding. Cole Kampman got a putback, Cruz Ury hit a pair of free throws, and Briggs went coast to coast for a layup. Worth County countered as Jace Cousatte had a steal and a free throw and Aydan Gladstone got loose for a coast to coast layup that turned into a 3-point play along with a putback as Worth County still led 32-19 after three.
Briggs’ coast to coast look that cut Worth County’s lead to 32-21 after a pair of free throws was the only score for either team until the 2:35 mark, when Jace Cousatte got a block, caught his own rejection, and went coast to coast for Worth County. Briggs went backdoor for a reverse layup for North Harrison, but Josh Freed came off the bench for a triple and a breakaway off a long pass from Gladstone to make it 39-23 before Nick Babinski got loose at the end for North Harrison.
For Worth County, Jackson Runde had 14, Aydan Gladstone 8, Grant Cameron 5, Josh Freed 5, Jace Cousatte 3, Levi Cassavaugh 2, and Jackson Smith 2.
For North Harrison, Wade Briggs had 15, Cruz Ury 6, Cole Kampman 2, and Nick Babinski 2.
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