Worth County’s boys kept their winning streak alive, winning their sixth straight as they won their final GRC tilt with King City 61-46 before the crossover match Friday at Worth County. Worth County trailed at halftime, but a Caleb Parman scoring outburst in the third quarter fueled a run that put the Tigers on top to stay.
The Tigers jumped out to a 6-2 lead on Ryan McClellan’s pick and roll to Mason Hawk, but then the hot hand of A.J. Saunders and Collin Breckenridge put King City in front as they both made tough shot after tough shot while Worth County couldn’t find the range. The Wildkats led 15-13 after one.
King City went in front by as much as 22-15 after a pair of defensive lapses early in the second, but then Worth County started coming back as Drake Kinsella carried the team on his back and got seven points in the period. Worth County still trailed 24-22 at the half.
With the Tigers down 29-28 early in the third, Caleb Parman struck on three consecutive possessions, twice on the right side and once on the left to put Worth County in front to stay. The third was the toughest, as he was closely guarded on the play. At that point, Worth County was up 37-31.
Tevin Cameron then came off the bench and struck for another 3-pointer from the left side to make it 40-34 after Breckinridge’s coast to coast look had brought King City to within three. Riven McCallon struck from the left side, but then Ryan McClellan went backdoor to Mason Hawk with 57 seconds to make it 42-36.
From that point on, Tevin Cameron started channeling the Celtics great Bob Cousy, dishing out four assists in just under a four minute span from the 19 second mark in the third quarter to the 4:35 mark of the fourth quarter. He hit Mason Hawk inside late in the third, Drake Kinsella at the top of the key for a three, bounced one through traffic to Jacob New in transition, and hit a cutting Ryan McClellan. He added a putback of his own, while Mason Hawk got a steal after a scramble and hit Cade Allee backdoor. By the time the dust had settled, Worth County had broken open a tight game and was comfortable ahead 57-39 against a solid King City team.
Drake Kinsella led the scoring with 16. Mason Hawk had 12, Caleb Parman 11, Ryan McClellan 9, Cade Allee 6, Tevin Cameron 5, and Jacob New 2.
Mason Hawk and Ryan McClellan each had 1 block.
Drake Kinsella had 10 boards to lead the Tigers. Mason Hawk had 8, Ryan McClellan and Caleb Parman had 5 each, Cade Allee 3 each, Tevin Cameron 2, and Jacob New and Bryant McCord 1.
Ryan McClellan, Cade Allee, and Tevin Cameron all had 4 assists for the Tigers. Mason Hawk had 3, Drake Kinsella and Caleb Parman had 2 each, and Jacob New had 1.
Ryan McClellan had 6 tips for the Tigers. Mason Hawk, Drake Kinsella, Tevin Cameron, and Wayde Parman had 1 each.
Ryan McClellan had 4 steals. Caleb Parman and Tevin Cameron had 2 each, while Cade Allee, Mason Hawk, Drake Kinsella, and Jaxon Anderson had 1 each.
The girls were not as fortunate; they played well enough to win a lot of games, but King City typically plays 2-3 games every year where they play way over their heads and win games that they shouldn’t. They picked Tuesday night to play such a game and beat the Tigers 53-45 in overtime.
The game started off tied 4-4 when streak shooter Madeline Saunders scored 10 straight in the last 3:09 of the first to put her team up 14-4. Worth County settled down and came back to take a 19-15 lead at halftime. The Tigers were seemingly in control up 27-20 at the 4:53 mark of the third, but King City fought back to tie it at 27 despite Wildkat standout Grace Schottel on the bench with four fouls.
Consecutive scores from Kaylee McElvain put Worth County back in front 34-27 early in the fourth and they were still up 42-36 at the 1:11 mark after Jessi Badell’s putback. But then Schottel hit two free throws with 59 seconds left and Worth County started clanking their free throws, missing two out of three in the last 45 seconds.
Shae Gilbert’s off-balance three with 28 seconds left made it 42-41; Kristin New’s free throw made it 43-41 with 23 seconds left. Grace Schottel missed an off-balance runner and Worth County got the board, but didn’t realize there was still 12-15 seconds left on the clock. Normally, teams elect to foul in that situation, but King City elected to play for the turnover and got it when Worth County committed a 10 seconds violation when they failed to cross halfcourt.
There were still 2.9 seconds left, and Worth County had fouls to give. They fouled Abigail Rapp with 1.4 seconds left; Rapp knocked down a 15-footer that could have given them a chance to win, but the officials conferred and ruled she was fouled before the shot, giving King City the ball out of bounds.
The second lapse by Worth County proved fatal. Nobody protected the basket and Rapp had an uncontested layup at the buzzer to send it to overtime. King City had all the momentum at that point and scored two quick baskets to take control and get the win.
Worth County shot 10 for 20 from the line for the game. By contrast, King City shot 6 for 8 from the line in the extra period to seal the win in addition to the two Schottel made in the last minute of regulation to start their comeback.
Regan Allee had 13 points to lead the Tigers. Anna Gladstone had 9, Kaylee McElvain 7, Jill Hardy 6, Kristin New 5, Jessi Badell 3, and Merrideth Spiers 2.
Kaylee McElvain and Kristin New had 1 block each.
Regan Allee had 9 boards for the Tigers. Anna Gladstone and Jessi Badell had 7 each. Kaylee McElvain and Kristin New had 4 each, Merrideth Spiers 3, and Megan Cassavaugh, Jill Hardy, and Jenna Smith had 1. Nine different Tigers had boards.
Eight different Tigers had assists. Kristin New had 4. Jill Hardy, Megan Cassavaugh, Regan Allee, and Anna Gladstone all had 2, while Merrideth Spiers, Jill Hardy, and Kaylee McElvain all had 1.
Kristin New had 7 tips to lead the Tigers. Regan Allee had 5, Jessi Badell 4, Kaylee McElvain, Merrideth Spiers, and Megan Cassavaugh 2 each, and Anna Gladstone 1.
Kristin New had 5 steals to lead the Tigers. Regan Allee had 4, Anna Gladstone 2, and Jill Hardy 1.
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