Northeast Nodaway's boys advanced to the South Harrison Tournament finals Thursday with a 59-52 win over Princeton as Dylan McIntyre had 25 points and the team had a season high 25 assists. Previously, Northeast was shorthanded against Mercer, but they ground out a 55-37 win in the first round.
Princeton came in well-disciplined and they ran their plays well and didn't make many mistakes. Auston Pride scored four early and Dylan McIntyre got loose on the left baseline as the Bluejays took an early 6-3 lead, but then Princeton moved back in front, moving ahead 10-6 at the 2:45 mark. But Northeast started doing a better job getting out in transition and running and they fought back to tie the game at 10-10 after the first quarter.
The difference for the rest of the game was that McIntyre, who had struggled to find the range in the first quarter, suddenly adjusted and came out of his slump. Zach Pride hit Lane Dack backdoor, Ben Boswell got a steal, Zach Pride took a charge on defense, and Lane Dack pushed one ahead to Dylan to make it 16-10. Princeton hung around for the rest of the half as the score stayed between 6 and 8, but Lane Dack got behind the press late to make it 26-18 at the half.
Dylan McIntyre got the hot hand in the third quarter as the Bluejays started putting on a clinic on both sides of the board. Zach Pride caught the Blue Tigers napping and threw a backdoor strike to Ben Boswell, the second time Zach had pulled that off. Dylan McIntyre cut inside and got a pass from Colton Swalley, and then Swalley got a tip, Ben Boswell got a steal, and Dylan McIntyre finished to make it 32-18 to start the third. Princeton got a putback to cut it to 12, but then Ben Boswell threw to Dylan behind the press and then Ben Boswell hit Colton Swalley backdoor to make it 37-20 at the 5:00 mark of the third.
But then Princeton switched from a zone to a man to man, and #0 got the hot hand after hitting a guarded three. They chipped away until they got the deficit down to 9, but then Ben Boswell hit Dylan McIntyre inside at the buzzer to make it 43-32.
With Princeton forced to come out and guard Northeast, the Bluejays went to their four corners offense and found a lot of driving lanes open and twice dumped it off to Dylan McIntyre backdoor, and Lane Dack cleaned up after a missed layup following a steal to make it 49-32. But Princeton could afford to be very aggressive on defense, and they started trapping the four corners offense and fighting back, getting it back to 51-40 with 3:11 left. But Ben Boswell got loose against the press and scored twice and Dylan McIntyre hit a reverse layup to make it 57-42 before Princeton closed to within 7 at the end against the subs.
Dylan McIntyre had 25 for the Bluejays. Ben Boswell had 16, Lane Dack and Auston Pride had 6 each, Colton Swalley 4, and Jake Redden 2.
Auston Pride had 2 blocks and Dylan McIntyre 1.
Colton Swalley and Dylan McIntyre had 5 boards each. Lane Dack had 4, Auston and Zach Pride had 3 each, and Ben Boswell 2.
Ben Boswell had 6 assists. Colton Swalley, Dylan McIntyre, Zach Pride, and Lane Dack all had 4, Auston Pride 2, and Ethan Gascoigne 1.
Colton Swalley had 7 tips, Zach Pride 4, Dylan McIntyre and Ben Boswell 3, Auston Pride 2, and Lane Dack 1.
Colton Swalley and Ben Boswell had 2 steals each. Dylan McIntyre, Zach Pride, Auston Pride, and Lane Dack had 1 each.
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