Worth County’s boys won their ninth straight, their second of the year against South Nodaway, posted three in double figures, and won 71-33 Thursday. Worth County had every reason to expect a close game. The Tigers had played a tough game against North Nodaway the night before, while the Longhorns had not; the Longhorns and Mustangs have split their two meetings this year.
South Nodaway had been a streaky team this year. They dropped four out of their first five, but showed some life as they took NEN to overtime at Northwest Missouri State. They then won three straight, ran smack into Jefferson and lost in ugly fashion, sending them into a six game tailspin. They then won four of their next five, dropping only a tough game against East Atchison, winning third at the Northwest Missouri Tournament. They then lost to South Holt and NEN. The question was which team would show up.
Fortunately for Worth County, the Longhorns’ latest losing streak reached three. Worth County is now 17-5 and is on track to win 20 games this year. Should they do so, it will be the first time ever they have had back to back 20 win seasons.
Worth County got off to a slow start in this one, thanks to some missed free throws. They were only up 7-3 at the halfway point of the first quarter. But once they got going, they were an unstoppable force, jumping out to a 20-5 lead.
Like the North Nodaway game, Ryan McClellan got Worth County going in the first period, getting seven points and 5 of his 10 tips in the period. Cade Allee added seven more. Unlike the North Nodaway game, South Nodaway did not come back, as they didn’t have the array of three-point shooters that North Nodaway does. Even when Worth County went stagnant on offense in the second quarter, going through a three minute scoring drought at one point, they didn’t stop playing defense. They held Taylar Freemyer, South Nodaway’s leading scorer to four points in the first three quarters; he got to 10 after the game was already decided.
South Nodaway hung around for most of the second, but then Caleb Parman cherry picked a basket after Freemyer had just got South Nodaway’s deficit to 14. Then, Drake Kinsella got a three point play after a fourth chance putback to make it 35-16. Worth County, like the Braymer game, got a ton of second and third chance looks and collected 40 boards for the game.
The second half was scoreless until 6:34 was left, when Tevin Cameron hit Ryan McClellan backdoor and Worth County let loose the floodgates. Cameron hit Caleb Parman at the top of the key for a triple, Tevin added a steal, Drake Kinsella scored inside, and Ryan hit from the left side to make it 47-16. Worth County continued to pull away as Cade Allee got into one of his moments where he scored points in bunches; he had nine over the last 2:48 of the period, cherry picking one basket, driving to the lane on a couple of other looks, and hitting a 3-pointer to put Worth County up 58-23 after three.
Wayde Parman hit a three-pointer early in the fourth and later added another basket, while Cade scored off a steal and went 4 for 4 and Tevin Cameron scored off a drive.
Cade Allee had 22 points to lead the Tigers. Drake Kinsella had 14, Ryan McClellan 12, Caleb Parman 7, Tevin Cameron 6, Wayde Parman 5, and Mason Hawk 5.
Mason Hawk had 3 blocks and Drake Kinsella 2.
Mason Hawk had 13 boards for Worth County. Drake Kinsella had 10, Cade Allee 5, Caleb Parman 4, Wayde Parman 3, Ryan McClellan and Jaxon Anderson 2, and Bryant McCord 1.
Ryan McClellan had 4 assists. Tevin Cameron and Mason Hawk had 3, Cade Allee 2, and Caleb Parman, Drake Kinsella, and Jacob New 1.
Ryan McClellan had 10 tips for Worth County. Tevin Cameron had 7, Wayde Parman 3, Mason Hawk and Drake Kinsella 2, and Jacob New 1.
Drake Kinsella had 4 steals for the Tigers. Ryan McClellan, Cade Allee, Mason Hawk, Caleb Parman, and Tevin Cameron all had 2, while Ethan Thomas and Bryant McCord had 1.
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