Cade Allee posted a career high with 29 points and Worth County’s boys raced past Gilman City 86-46 Wednesday night to reach the district finals for the 2nd time in a row. Gilman City morphed from being a stogy defensive team for much of this year and last to trying to run with the Tigers. This was the same group of players who faced each other last year in districts. Last year, Worth County trailed at halftime before pulling out the 56-43 win over Gilman City. But this time, Worth County put up a season high in points scored as they ran away with the game.
Gilman City seemingly decided that if they were going to go down against Worth County, they were going to go down swinging. For a while, they traded blows with the Tigers and Dakota Boe’s inside shot put the Hawks up 7-6. But then Cade Allee, who scored the first 13 points for the Tigers and 17 in the period, went off, scoring off a Tevin Cameron tip, driving off a pass from Ryan McClellan, and hitting a 3-pointer to make it 13-7.
Mitch Sievering’s free throw cut it to 15-8, but then Mason Hawk scored from inside, Cade Allee got a free throw and Mason Hawk converted his second miss into a basket to make it 20-8. Worth County was able to kill Gilman City on the boards, getting 40 for the night while only allowing 7.
Cornelius Peery scored backdoor to make it 20-10, but then Ryan McClellan hit Cade Allee for three, Ryan got loose in transition after a Mason Hawk outlet, Ryan hit Drake Kinsella for a three point play in transition, and Caleb Parman hit a three before Gage Sperry hit an NBA three at the buzzer to cut Gilman City’s deficit to 31-13.
For a while, Gilman City continued to keep up with the Tigers on the floor as Peery was clicking for the Hawks, while Ryan McClellan, Drake Kinsella, and Mason Hawk all chipped in for the Tigers. But with Worth County up 45-23 and both teams flying up and down the floor halfway through the second quarter, Peery suddenly picked up his third foul and went to the bench and the bottom dropped out.
Ryan McClellan hit a free throw, missed the second, but Cade was there for the putback to make it 48-23. Mason scored from inside and Ryan McClellan scored off a drive to make it 52-23 at halftime.
Peery came back for the second half, but the momentum had permanently swung in the Tigers’ favor.
The two teams traded blows for the first three minutes of the third quarter, with Worth County leading 63-31, before the Tigers started pulling away. Mason Hawk got loose in transition after a Peery triple, Drake Kinsella scored off a Cade Allee steal, Mason Hawk got a third-chance putback, Cade Allee hit a free throw and then a three off a Jaxon Anderson steal, and Anderson got it into Drake Kinsella to put Worth County up 75-31 with 1:02 left to give them their biggest lead of the night. Gilman City never got the margin below 38 in the fourth quarter.
Cade Allee had 29 points to lead four Tigers in double figures. Drake Kinsella had 16, Mason Hawk 14, Ryan McClellan 13, Caleb Parman 8, and Tevin Cameron, Jaxon Anderson, and Ethan Thomas 2 each.
Mason Hawk had 4 blocks while Cade Allee had 3 and Ryan McClellan and Jaxon Anderson had 1 each.
Mason Hawk had 15 boards. Cade Allee had 5, Drake Kinsella, Ryan McClellan, and Caleb Parman had 4, Jaxon Anderson had 3, Tevin Cameron 2, and Jaxon Anderson, Wayde Parman, and Ethan Thomas had 1 each.
The Tigers posted a season-high 28 assists. Ryan McClellan had 8, Drake Kinsella 4, Tevin Cameron 3, Mason Hawk, Cade Allee, Ethan Thomas, Jaxon Anderson 2, and Caleb Parman, Jacob New, and Wayde Parman had 1.
Tevin Cameron had 4 tips while Mason Hawk and Wayde Parman had 3, Cade Allee, Drake Kinsella, Ryan McClellan, and Jaxon Anderson had 2, and Caleb Parman had 1.
Tevin Cameron had 4 steals while Ryan McClellan and Drake Kinsella had 3, Cade Allee, Caleb Parman, and Jaxon Anderson had 2, while Mason Hawk and Ethan Thomas had 1.
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