They came into Thursday’s game against a Stanberry team that had an uncanny ability to win close games. Against Braymer, Stanberry got a steal and a layup at the buzzer to win 45-44 earlier in the season. And against South Harrison in the Albany Tournament, they apparently fell by one point, only for a full court heave by Collin Sager to go in and give Stanberry a 42-40 consolation win over South Harrison.
Neither team could take control in the first quarter as they battled to a 12-12 draw. Jaxon Anderson had six, off a 3-pointer and a conventional three-point play for the Tigers, while Caleb Parman, Jacob New, and Aydan Gladstone each had two. Stanberry countered as each of their sharpshooters, Collin Sager and Tristen Lager, had threes.
Nobody could get any kind of separation in the second until finally, Tristen Lager and Cole Durbin scored off drives to put Stanberry in front 20-16 with 2:40 left. But Jaxon Anderson drove and scored, as did Aydan Gladstone, and Worth County tied it right back up at 20. Stanberry went into the locker with a 23-22 lead.
Stanberry threatened to take control in the third as Durbin’s drive put them in front at 31-26, but Jaxon Anderson’s drive, Jackson Runde’s airout to Jacob New for a layup, and two free throws from New put Worth County back in front 32-31. Durbin scored off a drive to put his team back in front 33-32, but then Jackson Runde started taking over, scoring nine in the last 1:10 of the third to put Worth County back in front 41-36 after three. He scored off a steal, a drive, a triple, and a tipin at the buzzer.
Tristen Lager scored two free throws off a steal right off the bat to start the fourth, but Worth County looked to take control as Runde got loose in transition, Aydan Gladstone hit two free throws, and Gladstone threw up a guarded three that went in to make it 48-38.
But then Stanberry started driving to the basket at will, and finally, they got it to within 50-49, only for Jackson Runde to hit a triple to make it two possessions again at 53-49 with 2:27 left. They extended it to five when Jaxon Anderson got loose in transition, but then Stanberry started driving at will again as Collin Sager and Cole Durbin both got loose to cut it to 57-55 with 26 seconds left.
Caleb Parman missed a one and one after being fouled before Worth County could get it in, but Aydan Gladstone stole a pick and roll pass with 18 seconds to get on the line. He made one out of two to make it 58-55.
It seemed like that would be it after Collin Sager drove the right baseline, tried to skip it to Hunter Johnson, but the ball got lost out of bounds with 8.6 seconds left. But Worth County tried to air it out to Aydan Gladstone with Stanberry playing fullcourt denial defense; he corralled the ball, but lost his footing and traveled with 7.3 seconds left.
Stanberry tried to set up a look from Sager to tie it up, but he was covered by two white shirts. But he kicked it out to Tristen Lager 30 feet away from the basket, and he made it at the buzzer to send it to overtime.
It looked once again like Stanberry would get another crazy win, especially after Cole Durbin scored the first four points of overtime to put Stanberry up 62-58. But Jaxon Anderson’s drive turned into two free throws to keep Worth County in the game. Aydan Gladstone missed a three that would have given Worth County the lead, but Collin Sager’s fourth chance board got him a trip to the line and he hit one of two to make it 63-60 with 44 seconds left.
Caleb Parman hit one of two with 30 seconds left, but Stanberry missed a 1-1 that would have put them two possessions up. Jaxon Anderson drove down the right baseline and his shot tied it up at 63 with 12 seconds left. Stanberry had the last possession, but Jacob New tipped an errant pass away as time expired.
The teams exchanged free throws; then, Collin Sager’s pullup put Stanberry in front 66-64 with 1:55 to start the second overtime. But Jacob New got loose in transition and tied it right back up at 66. Tristen Lager carried the ball for Stanberry with 1:40, and Worth County took advantage, as Aydan Gladstone’s drive put Worth County in front 68-66 with 1:17 left.
Collin Sager missed an off-balance shot, but Tristen Lager stole the ball right back for Stanberry, giving them a chance to tie. But the Bulldogs lost the ball out of bounds. Stanberry once again put on the press, but this time, Jackson Runde got loose in transition and got it to Caleb Parman to make it two possessions at 70-66.
Sager hit two free throws to cut it to 70-68 again, but then was called for an intentional foul after he wrapped up Jackson Runde on the inbounds play with 21 seconds left. Runde hit both free throws to make it 72-68; with the free possession, Caleb Parman added another to make it 73-68. Jaxon Anderson added another free throw with eight seconds left to secure the win.
Jaxon Anderson had a career night for Worth County as he had 25 points. Jackson Runde had 17, another career night while Aydan Gladstone had 14, a third career high. Jacob New had 10, Caleb Parman 6, and Bryant McCord had 2.
Bryant McCord had 2 blocks, while Jaxon Anderson and Jacob New had 1.
Jaxon Anderson and Caleb Parman had 8 boards each. Jackson Runde had 6, Jacob New 2, and Aydan Gladstone and Bryant McCord 1.
Caleb Parman had 7 assists for the Tigers. Jackson Runde had 4, Jaxon Anderson and Jacob New 3 each, and Aydan Gladstone 2.
Jacob New had 5 tips for Worth County. Aydan Gladstone had 4, Jaxon Anderson and Caleb Parman 3 each, while Ethan Thomas and Jackson Runde had 1.
Caleb Parman, Jackson Runde, and Jaxon Anderson had 3 steals each. Aydan Gladstone had 2, while Jacob New had 1
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