At first, it looked like the Mustangs, who had beaten NEN earlier, could do no wrong in the first quarter. Blackford erupted for 8 points in the period and kept getting loose. Ethan Fry added a 3-pointer and Owen Martin knocked one down from the high post as the Mustangs built up a 13-4 lead late in the period. Tyler New’s putback cut it to 13-6.
The game was bound to get closer at some point, as North Nodaway had a big rebounding edge at that point, but Worth County was getting tips and steals to keep themselves in the game. They were ice cold in the first quarter, but they got back in when they started heating up.
Blackford put North Nodaway up 15-6 to start the second after an inbounds pass from Kody Bird, but then Tyler New scored off a drive, Carter Chapman got loose after a New steal, and Briner got a steal and got it to New for a 3-point play to cut it to 15-13. Blackford kept hitting and pushed his team ahead 21-15, but then Cannon Fletcher scored off a drive with 15 seconds left to cut it to 21-17 at the half.
It looked like North Nodaway would take control again after Worth County’s big man, Kolten Smith, picked up his third foul and Ethan Fry scored on a pair of pullups and Preston Hansen scored from inside to make it 27-17. But then Tyler New, who had been missing everything at one point, suddenly got untracked with a 3-pointer after Karson Briner had kept a possession alive with an offensive board. Blackford’s putback made it 29-20, but New took on three blue shirts and scored and added a putback to make it 29-24. Blackford got a putback, but Cannon Fletcher hit a 3-pointer off a Tyler New drive to make it 31-27 after three.
Blackford scored off a drive to make it 36-29, but then Tyler New scored off a drive with 1:42 left to make it 36-31. The foul situation was at 3-3, which meant Worth County could afford to be very aggressive and gamble on defense. After Blackford missed a runner, New went coast to coast to cut it to 36-33 with 1:06 left in regulation.
With Worth County playing full court man to man, an inbounds pass was batted around, but Briner picked up a foul. North Nodaway burned two timeouts trying to get it in against pressure. Cannon Fletcher finally got a steal and Worth County missed three tries to tie or cut it to one before Fry hit Blackford inside with 30 seconds left to make it 38-33.
Tyler New drove into the lane and threw an errant pass, but Cannon Fletcher won the scramble and hoisted up an NBA 3-pointer that arched high in the air and dropped in with 18 seconds left to make it 38-36. North Nodaway ran it all the way down to 11.3 seconds before Blackford made one out of two to make it 39-36.
Blackford missed the second free throw and Cannon Fletcher got the defensive board, got it ahead to Tyler New, who threw it to Karson Briner in the right corner; his 3-pointer was nothing but net to send it to overtime tied at 39-39.
In the extra period, Kolten Smith was the best player on the floor for Worth County as hit putback put Worth County in front 41-39 with 1:43 left. Blackford tried to drive into the lane to answer, but Smith got the block and Tyler New the defensive board. Smith’s putback on the other end made it 43-39.
Aydan Blackford missed a 1-1 on the other end, Ethan Fry got the offensive board with 46 seconds left, but North Nodaway traveled. With Worth County trying to run out the clock and North Nodaway trying to foul to get in the bonus and get the ball back, there were a couple of wild scrambles, but Worth County ran the clock down to 19.1 seconds before turning it over.
Tyler New stole the ball right back after pressure from Karson Briner and Worth County got the clock down to 7.3 seconds left before North Nodaway picked up its fifth foul. On the ensuing inbounds pass, Owen Martin got a steal and Ethan Fry got a layup with 0.6 seconds left to make it 43-41. But Kolten Smith’s long inbounds pass was caught at midcourt by Tyler New as time expired.
Tyler New got his points, but finally got some help in last Tuesday’s game. New had 22, Cannon Fletcher 8, Kolten Smith 6, Karson Briner 5, and Carter Chapman 2.
Kolten Smith had 2 blocks.
Kolten Smith and Tyler New had 10 boards. Karson Briner had 6, Cannon Fletcher 5, Robert Staton 3, and Carter Chapman 1.
Tyler New had 6 assists. Karson Briner had 2 and Cannon Fletcher 1.
Tyler New had a triple double, as he had 11 tips to go with his 22 points and 10 boards. Karson Briner had 5, Robert Staton 3, Carter Chapman 2, and Cannon Fletcher and Kolten Smith had 1.
Tyler New had 7 steals. Cannon Fletcher had 5, Karson Briner 4, Kolten Smith 2, and Camdain Frisch 1.
For the Mustangs, Aydan Blackford had 26 points. Ethan Fry had 9, Preston Hansen 4, and Owen Martin 2.
Preston Hansen had 2 blocks and Aydan Blackford 1.
Aydan Blackford had 13 boards. Preston Hansen had 8, Ethan Fry 4, Brice Trimble, Owen Martin, and Mason Casner had 2, and Kody Bird 1.
Ethan Fry had 5 assists. Brice Trimble had 4, Preston Hansen, Mason Casner, and Owen Martin 2, and Kody Bird 1.
Brice Trimble had 3 tips. Aydan Blackford, Preston Hansen, and Ethan Fry had 2, and Owen Martin had 1.
Owen Martin and Aydan Blackford had 2 steals.
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