North Harrison held an opponent to its lowest point total since 2009 and buried Newtown-Harris 73-13 Monday night. The last time the Shamrocks held an opponent to 13 points or fewer was in the 2009-2010 season, when they beat North Daviess 88-10 to start off that season. They also beat Pattonsburg 52-16 that year. In the 2010-11 season, they beat Cainsville 54-17 and Heartland Christian (IA) 72-18. Those were the last two times the Shamrocks have held an opponent under 20 points.
Scoringwise, North Harrison, after finding baskets hard to come by over the last decade, broke the 70 point barrier four times last year, getting 76 points in a win over Grundy County. They have broken the 70 point barrier twice this year, getting 75 against Tri-County to start the season. From the 2012-13 season to the 2017-18 season, they only broke the 70 point barrier once, in 2015 in a 77-58 win over Tri-County.
Newtown-Harris came into the game having won two games this year so far after having won two all of last year. It depends on which team shows up, as they have an impressive 52-14 win over Breckenridge to start the season and a 47-38 win over Tri-County. In their other two games, they have struggled to break the 20 point barrier, losing 66-9 to La Plata and 48-18 to Madison.
Steven Willhite hit a 3-pointer on the right wing after a Brett Emig skip pass and Emig took on three successfully after Grant Claycomb fed him a high-low look. Ryan Metcalf countered with a triple to make it 5-3, but then things went from bad to worse for the purple Tigers. Free throws from Steven Willhite and Logan Craig made it 9-3. Then, Brett Emig got a tip, Grant Claycomb got a steal, and Logan Craig cleaned up. Craig scored from the left side, Steven Willhite skipped one to Brett Emig, and Gavin Garrett scored off a Brett Emig steal to make it 17-3.
Andrew Garcia tried to rally his team, scoring twice for the purple Tigers, but Brett Emig’s baseline shot made it 24-7 after one quarter.
From there, the whole bottom dropped out for Newtown-Harris as North Harrison scored 27 unanswered points in the second. Emig scored off a steal and then finished off a Logan Craig steal to start. Logan Craig worked the inside for a basket and two free throws, then Steven Willhite added two free throws after Logan Huitt kept a possession alive and Logan Craig got it to Willhite. Grant Claycomb hit Willhite for three; then, Willhite got a block, Logan Huitt got a board, and Willhite cleaned up in transition.
North Harrison started filtering in subs at that point, but they continued to clock as Brett Emig got a putback and added a steal, Logan Craig got a pass inside from Collin Briggs, and then Wade Briggs got a tip, Brett Emig got the steal, threw to Logan, who threw to Emig for a basket and a chance for a three point play. He missed, but Logan Craig got a third chance putback. Tyler Lundy got a tip and Logan Craig a steal to cap the run before NaVontae Rainey broke the run for Newtown-Harris to make it 51-9 at the half.
The Shamrocks kept scoring in the third as Gavin Garrett hit Logan Craig inside and hit Brett Emig backdoor. Emig had a chance for a three point play, missed, but Logan Craig was there for the putback. Steven Willhite started another break when he got an outlet to Brett Emig and got the ball back for a basket. Brett Emig got a basket, and then Steven Willhite saved one from going out of bounds to Logan Craig, who had an easy layup.
At that point, the starters were done, but the reserves kept pulling away as Wade Briggs got a steal and then added two more off a Hunter Parkhurst steal. Collin Briggs hit Tyler Lundy backdoor to make it 69-11 after three.
Kamden Robertson and Cruz Ury added putbacks in the fourth quarter for the Shamrocks.
Logan Craig had 25 points for North Harrison. Brett Emig had 20, Steven Willhite 13, Wade Briggs 4, Collin Briggs 3, and Gavin Garrett, Tyler Lundy, Cruz Ury, and Kamden Robertson all with 2.
Grant Claycomb, Steven Willhite, Brandon Hamilton, Logan Craig, and Aaron Lundy all had blocked shots.
Logan Craig had 7 boards for the Shamrocks. Steven Willhite and Logan Huitt had 6 each, Gavin Garrett, Wade Briggs, and Brett Emig 3, Brandon Hamilton and Kamden Robertson 2, and Grant Claycomb, Nick Babinski, Aaron Lundy, and Cruz Ury all had 1.
Brett Emig had 5 assists for the Shamrocks. Logan Craig had 4, Gavin Garrett 3, Grant Claycomb, Steven Willhite, and Collin Briggs 2, and Wade Briggs and Hunter Parkhurst had 1 each.
Steven Willhite had 5 tips for North Harrison. Brett Emig, Gavin Garrett, Logan Craig, and Tyler Lundy all had 4. Logan Huitt had 3, Hunter Parkhurst, Wade Briggs, and Nick Babinski had 2, and Grant Claycomb, Collin Briggs, and Brandon Hamilton had 1.
Brett Emig had 5 steals for the Shamrocks. Gavin Garrett had 4, Logan Craig and Hunter Parkhurst 3 each, and Wade Briggs and Grant Claycomb had 2 each.
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