Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Mustang Boys Barely Go the Distance; Worth County Cruises to Finals

Drake Kinsella had his second straight game of scoring 25 points and Worth County’s boys joined the girls in the Northwest Missouri Tournament finals by beating North Nodaway 61-34 Wednesday.
Like the girls game, Worth County’s boys were coming into the game rested, while North Nodaway had come off an emotional 54-52 victory over West Nodaway, holding off a late Rocket rally for the win the night before. Sure enough, Worth County raced out to a quick start, with Kinsella knocking down a couple of shots from the high post and adding a putback and a three point play to make it 7-0. Jacob New got a tip, Drake Kinsella a steal, and aired it out to New for a layup to make it 9-0.

Cody Wood did all he could to get his Mustangs back in the game in the first quarter. He flipped one over his head that went in and knocked down back to back triples to cut it to 11-8. But then Drake Kinsella got loose on a drive, Jacob New hit a 3 from the baseline after a pass out from Mason Hawk, and Kinsella got loose in transition to make it 18-8.

Tyler Bix started the scoring for North Nodaway in the second quarter with a drive, but then Cade Allee hit a 3-pointer from the right side after a pass from Jaxon Anderson, Tevin Cameron got a putback, Drake Kinsella got a 3-pointer off a pass from Ryan McClellan, and Mason Hawk hit him on a high-low look to make it 28-10. North Nodaway tried to hang around, as Cole Bird’s putback made it 31-13, but then Cade Allee got loose in transition and Jacob New hit Drake Kinsella for his third triple of the game to make it 36-13 at the half. It was Drake’s 19th point of the game.

Mason Hawk came alive in the third quarter with six points, but North Nodaway stopped the bleeding in the third quarter as they got four 3-pointers in the period. Arron Coleman had 2, and Cody Wood and Tyler Bix had 1 each as the teams battled to a 14-14 standoff. Worth County led 50-27 after three.

Karson Oberhauser’s 3-pointer got North Nodaway to within 54-34 after Kinsella got his 25th point for the Tigers, but then Jaxon Anderson scored seven in the final 1:34 to push Worth County’s lead up to 27. Wayde Parman got in for the first time after coming back from a football injury.

For Worth County, Drake Kinsella had 25 points. Jacob New had 10, playing one of his best games of the year. Cade Allee and Jaxon Anderson had 7, Mason Hawk 6, Ryan McClellan 4, and Tevin Cameron 2.

Mason Hawk, Drake Kinsella, Cade Allee, and Jaxon Anderson all had 1 block.

Nine different Tigers had boards. Jacob New, Mason Hawk, and Tevin Cameron all had 6. Drake Kinsella had 5, Wayde Parman and Ryan McClellan had 3, and Jaxon Anderson, Cade Allee, and Bryant McCord had 2 each.

Jacob New had 7 assists for the Tigers. Drake Kinsella and Mason Hawk had 3 each. Ryan McClellan and Jaxon Anderson had 2, while Cade Allee, Bryant McCord, Wayde Parman, and Ethan Thomas all had 1. Nine different Tigers had assists.

Eight different Tigers had tips. Jaxon Anderson and Ryan McClellan had 5 each. Jacob New had 4, Tevin Cameron had 2, and Mason Hawk, Drake Kinsella, Cade Allee, and Bryant McCord had 1 each.

Cade Allee had 4 steals for the Tigers. Ryan McClellan had 3, while Drake Kinsella, Mason Hawk, Jacob New, Wayde Parman, and Jaxon Anderson all had 1.

For North Nodaway, Cody Wood had 11, Tyler Bix had 9, Arron Coleman 6, Karson Oberhauser 3, Cole Bird 2, and Austin Bird 1.

Arron Coleman had 2 blocks, while Cole Bird had 1.

Cole Bird had 8 boards for the Mustangs. Cody Wood had 6, Arron Coleman 4, Austin Bird, Karson Oberhauser, and Wyatt O’Riley all had 2, while Ryan Riley, Tyler Bix, and Andrew Blackford all had 1.

Tyler Bix had 3 assists. Austin Bird had 2, while Cody Wood and Arron Coleman had 1. Cody Wood and Austin Bird each had 1 tip and 1 steal.

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