Northeast Nodaway has normally beaten DeKalb, but the games have normally been good games. However, Dylan McIntyre went off on the Tigers Tuesday night with 30 points and 15 boards, being the second Bluejay to get 30 points in a night as Northeast won 72-18.
DeKalb came in with a simple game plan; they had several athletic guards, and their goal was to constantly drive and kick and either get on the line or get a 3-pointer. But the Tigers came in with a size mismatch, with nobody who could guard either Auston Pride or Dylan McIntyre. Northeast held firm and allowed little dribble penetration and used their size advantage to clean up on the boards and run. They moved the ball around as well as they had all year, getting 25 assists, and stole the ball 17 times. They took care of the ball themselves, only turning it over five times, and only giving up three offensive boards.
Zach Pride and Dylan McIntyre started off with drives. Harrison Lofland countered with a drive, but then Northeast was off to the races as Auston Pride knocked one down from the high post and Northeast got behind the DeKalb defense in transition twice to make it 10-2.
DeKalb took a timeout to try and stop the bleeding, but Northeast went to their press and forced a five second call. Dylan McIntyre got untracked with a pair of free throws and a basket off a Zach Pride steal, Ben Boswell got on the board with a free throw, and Auston Pride got a putback at the buzzer after going coast to coast to make it 17-2 after one quarter of play.
From there, the game quickly got out of hand, as Northeast put together the kind of quarter that Worth County has done a couple of times this year, scoring 30 points in the second to make it 47-13 at the half. Dylan McIntyre went nuts in the quarter, scoring 18 in the period; Auston Pride added six and Lane Dack 4 as the Bluejays were getting tips and steals at will in the period. Ben Boswell had a nice no-look pass to Auston Pride for a finish, and Zach Pride, Lane Dack, and Colton Swalley were all over the floor on defense and getting people the ball on offense.
Auston Pride added six points, while Ben Boswell and Dylan McIntyre each added four as the Bluejays pushed their lead to 67-13 after three, holding DeKalb scoreless in the process. Brayden Munns got on the board after Lane Dack kept a possession alive, and Brayden Munns got an offensive board that led to a Zach Pride triple.
Munns connected again in the fourth quarter, while Lane Dack went coast to coast and Colton Swalley added a free throw.
Dylan McIntyre had 30 points for the Bluejays. Auston Pride had 16, Lane Dack 9, Ben Boswell 7, Zach Pride 5, Brayden Munns 4, and Colton Swalley 1.
Dylan McIntyre had 15 boards. Auston Pride and Lane Dack had 7 each, Zach Pride and Colton Swalley 4 each, Ben Boswell 3, and Brycen Kennard and Brayden Munns 1 each.
Lane Dack had 7 assists. Zach Pride had 6, Colton Swalley 4, Ben Boswell 1, and Dylan McIntyre 3.
Zach Pride had 5 tips. Ben Boswell and Lane Dack had 4, and Auston Pride, Colton Swalley, and Brayden Munns had 1.
Zach Pride and Dylan McIntyre had 5 steals each. Colton Swalley had 3, Ben Boswell 2, and Auston Pride and Brycen Kennard 1 each.
The girls hung with DeKalb for a while, but the bottom dropped out in the third quarter, and they fell 50-20. Lauren McIntyre was a bright spot, as she had 7.
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