North Harrison scored the first ten points of the game last Monday against Northeast Nodaway in the South Harrison Tournament, and then held off repeated Bluejay charges to get back in the game. Finally, with the game on the line and NEN threatening to catch the Shamrocks at the end, Cruz Ury, pressed into service because of the absence of Hunter Parkhurst (flu), came up big twice with his only points of the game to give momentum back to the Shamrocks and get them the 54-43 win. North Harrison would go on to lose a 47-45 heartbreaker to Mercer in a game that was close all the way; however, they turned around and beat South Harrison 64-55 for the third place trophy Saturday.
The Shamrocks threatened to run the Bluejays out of the gym as Kaden Koch hit a 3-pointer and Steven Willhite was able to get to the rim at will in the early going as they scored the first 10 points of the game. But then NEN switched to a zone and the game slowed to a crawl.
Auston Pride kept the Bluejays in the game with six in the first period, as they got the deficit down to 13-6 after one and they closed to four twice in the second quarter, getting to within 19-15 at the break. Pride had 12 of Northeast’s 15 points in the first half.
Ben Boswell, held to two in the first half, hit a 3-pointer to make it 21-18, only for Brett Emig to go off for the Shamrocks in the third quarter to the tune of 11 points as they pushed it out to double digits. Steven Willhite started a 9-0 run with a backdoor layup; despite Boswell taking a charge on defense, Emig countered with a pullup, a 3-pointer off a pass from Cruz Ury, and a putback to make it 30-18.
Boswell finally got going again after Northeast switched back to man, and the Bluejays made a charge again as Boswell hit a coast to coast 3-point play and added a 3-pointer to make it 30-24 with 1:56 left in the frame. The teams traded blows until Koch scored off a steal to make it 36-26, only for Dylan McIntyre to scoop up a carom and score for the Bluejays to cut their deficit to 36-28 after three.
The blue shirts got the deficit down to five three times in the fourth, as Pride scored from inside and Reed McIntyre scored from the high post to make it 39-34. Wade Briggs finally hit a 3-pointer to make it 44-36 with 2:45 left, only for Boswell to hit a pullup to make it two possessions again at 44-38.
The Bluejays called a timeout and set up a press, only for Cruz Ury to come up big for the Shamrocks by getting behind the NEN defense to make it 46-38. Ben Boswell countered with a fast break the other way to make it 46-40, North Harrison missed a 1-1, and NEN had a chance to make it three or four, their closest since the first quarter. But Boswell missed a pullup, and Cruz Ury came up big again, hitting two free throws to make it three possessions with 1:39 left at 48-40. North Harrison only allowed a guarded 3-pointer by Boswell late, and after Ury stepped to the line, North Harrison was 8 for 8 the rest of the way from the line.
For North Harrison, Steven Willhite had 15 points. Kaden Koch had 14, Brett Emig 13, Wade Briggs 8, and Cruz Ury 4.
Steven Willhite had 1 block.
Kaden Koch had 10 boards for the Shamrocks. Steven Willhite had 9, Brett Emig 8, Cruz Ury 4, and Wade Briggs 2.
Brett Emig had 8 assists. Wade Briggs had 4, and Kaden Koch, Cruz Ury, and Steven Willhite 2.
Cruz Ury had 3 tips. Brett Emig and Kaden Koch had 2, and Steven Willhite had 1.
Brett Emig had 2 steals. Steven Willhite, Wade Briggs, and Kaden Koch had 1.
For Northeast Nodaway, Ben Boswell led all scorers with 20. Auston Pride had 16, Dylan McIntyre 4, Reed McIntyre 2, and Drew Wiederholt 1.
Nathan Schieber had 6 boards for the Bluejays. Auston Bride and Ben Boswell had 1, Drew Wiederholt and Mitchell Sherry 3, and Reed McIntyre and Dylan McIntyre had 2.
Reed McIntyre and Drew Wiederholt had 3 assists each. Dylan McIntyre and Ben Boswell had 2, while Mitchell Sherry had 1.
Mitchell Sherry and Auston Pride had 1 tip each. Mitchell Sherry and Ben Boswell had 2 steals each.
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