Brett Emig scored at will and hung 35 on North Nodaway last Tuesday, as North Harrison led them by as much as 24. But then a freshman, Ethan Fry, came off the bench and sparked North Nodaway late and they cut it to 10 before they fell 69-55.
The game got off to a wild start. First, North Harrison scored the first 13 points as Nick Babinski knocked one down from the top of the key, Wade Briggs hit two free throws, and then Brett Emig scored two more after getting a pass from Grant Claycomb. Grant got a steal, Brett Emig scored off a Wade Briggs steal, Kamden Robertson hit two free throws, banking them home, and then Emig hit a free throw.
But then North Nodaway started faceguarding Emig and scored the next nine. Aydan Blackford scooped up a loose ball and scored, Jordan Jenkins scored off a drive, Blackford hit from the left wing, and Andrew Blackford hit a triple to make it 13-9 before Brett Emig got a steal to make it 15-9 after one.
North Harrison took back control in the second thanks to rebounding and steals. New coach J.W. Brandt has been preaching defense, rebounding, energy, and effort, and it showed. Cooper Cracraft added a putback, Brett Emig scored off a Brandon Hamilton steal, knocked down a 3-pointer, and got a tip and steal to force North Nodaway into their second timeout. It didn’t help that Andrew Blackford, who is figuring big in new coach Michael Trautz’s plans for this year, had to sit with three fouls.
Nothing worked at first, as Brandon Hamilton got a quick outlet to Brett Emig to make it 26-9 with 3:56 left. Freshman Aydan Blackford stepped up for North Nodaway, scoring six points in the last 3:35 to help stem the bleeding. But Brett Emig got to the rim at the buzzer to extend the Shamrock lead to 35-15. He had 13 points for North Harrison in the period.
Back to back threes by Jordan Jenkins and Andrew Blackford to start the third helped stop the bleeding, but then Wade Briggs hit an NBA 3-pointer at the 4:24 mark of the third to spark North Harrison again. Nick Babinski followed his own miss perfectly and converted it into two free throws, Grant Claycomb hit two more, and then Brandon Hamilton got a tip and steal to make it 48-24 with 3:27 left.
It was at that point that freshman Ethan Fry came into the game for North Nodaway, and from that point on, the Mustangs looked like a totally different team. The ball moved much better, people were on the same page, and the team figured out they could get out and run.
Emig kept scoring for North Harrison, but the lead began to disappear late in the third as Aydan Blackford scored off a drive and Karson Oberhauser got a putback and hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key to cut the lead to 52-37.
The lead continued to shrink at the start of the fourth as Andrew Blackford kicked it out to Aydan for a 3-pointer and Aydan Blackford got it to Karson Oberhauser in transition to make it 52-42.
But just as it looked like North Nodaway might complete an improbable comeback, Brett Emig restored order for the Shamrocks, getting 11 points in the fourth quarter. He pushed it right back at the Mustangs after they cut it to 10 after getting a pass from Grant Claycomb, and then Grant got loose in transition to make it 56-42. Andrew Blackford countered with a drive and the Mustangs got the ball back, but then Grant Claycomb got a tip and steal, Wade Briggs got loose in transition after Grant Claycomb got a blocked shot, and it was 62-44 again with 4:51 left.
North Nodaway made a final push as Ethan Fry hit a 3-pointer, Aydan Blackford scored off a drive, and Ethan Fry scored off a drive to make it 65-51. But then Brett Emig carried the Shamrocks on his shoulders the rest of the way, and the Shamrocks never let the lead get below 14 the rest of the way.
Brett Emig had 35 points to lead the Shamrocks. Wade Briggs and Grant Claycomb had 11 each. Nick Babinski had 6, and Kamden Robertson, Cooper Cracraft, and Brandon Hamilton had 2 each.
Brett Emig had 12 boards. Nick Babinski had 8, Brandon Hamilton 7, Grant Claycomb 5, Cooper Cracraft 4, Wade Briggs 3, and Kamden Robertson 2.
Brett Emig had 6 assists. Grant Claycomb had 4, Brandon Hamilton and Nick Babinski 3 each, Wade Briggs 2, and Cole Kampman and Cooper Cracraft 1.
Grant Claycomb had 6 tips. Nick Babinski had 5, Brett Emig 3, Kamden Robertson and Wade Briggs 2, and Cole Kampman, Cooper Cracraft, and Brandon Hamilton 1.
Brett Emig had 6 steals. Grant Claycomb had 3, Wade Briggs and Brandon Hamilton 2 each, and Kamden Robertson and Cole Kampman had 1 each.
For North Nodaway, Aydan Blackford, only a freshman, had 20. Andrew Blackford had 10, Ethan Fry 9, Karson Oberhauser and Jordan Jenkins 7 each, and Damian Dailey 2.
Damian Dailey brought some badly needed size to the Mustangs this year, providing some length and athleticism and getting 8 blocks. They will be even more formidable in the post when they get back Dakota Wray, who is even taller and has even longer arms. Karson Oberhauser had 2 blocks and Aydan Blackford had 1.
Aydan Blackford had 11 boards. Karson Oberhauser had 10, Damian Dailey 5, Andrew Blackford 4, and Jeremiah Dobbins 1.
Andrew Blackford had 5 assists, as did Aydan Blackford. Karson Oberhauser and Damian Dailey had 2 each, and Jordan Jenkins, Ethan Fry, and Jeremiah Dobbins 1.
Aydan Blackford had 3 tips. Jordan Jenkins, Karson Oberhauser, and Andrew Blackford had 1. Aydan Blackford, Karson Oberhauser, and Damian Dailey all had 1 steal each.
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