Worth County's boys survived their toughest opponent during their win streak and pushed it up to 10 games, holding off Maysville 62-55 Thursday as they successfully invaded the Wolverines. They overcame early foul trouble and stayed with the red shirts until the third quarter, when they pulled away to a lead. Then, they had to weather frantic efforts by the Wolverines to get back in the game as they had lots of fouls to give. But they weathered the run after Maysville had gotten it down to three and came away with the win.
Maysville had been playing excellent basketball lately and are having their best year since 1987-1988, when they won the conference title. They recently beat St. Joseph Christian in the GRC Showcase in Milan and then put #2 Stanberry in a 26-11 hole at one point and held the GRC Champs off, beating them 49-42.
Worth County saw both Aydan Gladstone and Jackson Runde pick up two quick fouls each, and Maysville's relentless full court pressure and crashing the boards propelled them into an early 9-5 lead. But by the four minute mark of the first quarter, Worth County realized they could play basketball with them and erased the Wolverine lead with Tyler New's 3-pointer to put the Tigers back in front 12-11. They extended it by the end of the first to an 18-15 lead after one.
Grant Cameron's 3-pointer raised the Tiger lead to 21-17, but the relentless board crashing of Dalton Willis drew the Wolverines back to within one at 22-21. At that point, Heintz's putbacks accounted for eight of the 21 Maysville points. Willis scooped up a carom and put Maysville back in front 25-24, and the teams traded leads until the end of the half, when the Maysville student body tried the false countdown on Grant Cameron, only for him to hit a pullup at the buzzer to put Worth County in front 32-31 at the half.
With Worth County up 36-35 early in the third, Maysville's Logan Kimbrell, their most physical player, got shaken up going after an errant lob pass and sat out the next few minutes. That gave Worth County the opportunity it needed to gain some separation. Grant Cameron scored off a Gladstone steal. Willis hit a free throw, but Tyler New handed one off to Gladstone, who finished with a layup. Runde stripped a Wolverine who just got a defensive board and fed Jackson Smith, and then Tyler New hit a 3-pointer to make it 45-36 after a pass from Jackson Runde.
Kimbrell came back in and had an immediate impact as he cut to the basket to cut it to 45-38. At first, Worth County continued to pull away; after the teams traded buckets for the remainder of the third and much of the fourth, Tyler New's drive put the Tigers up 56-45 with 2:52 left. But then Maysville's run came as the Wolverines only had two team fouls and could afford to be very aggressive on defense. Zach Heintz's drive and Kobyn Metzger's threes cut the Tiger lead to 56-50, and after consecutive Tiger turnovers, Metzger hit a free throw and Kimbrell got a putback to make it 56-53 with 1:11 left in the game.
Maysville started fouling, and Worth County got the clock down to 30 seconds before Maysville could put them on the line. Aydan Gladstone missed a 1-1, giving them a chance to tie with a three. But one of the Maysville players drove the baseline and threw away a pass to an open shooter, and Gladstone hit both free throws with 21 seconds left. Maysville lost the ball again and Runde hit two more with 15 seconds left to make it 60-53.
The Wolverines set up a three point try by Metzger, and Zach Heintz drew a foul fighting for an offensive board and hit two free throws with 5.4 seconds left. But Gladstone answered with two more with 4.6 seconds left to seal the win.
Aydan Gladstone had 20 points for the Tigers. Grant Cameron had 16, Tyler New 14, Jackson Runde 10, and Jackson Smith 2.
Jackson Runde had 1 block.
Jackson Runde, Grant Cameron, and Aydan Gladstone had 4 boards each as the Tigers found rebounds hard to come by. Jackson Smith had 3, Tyler New had 2, and Levi Cassavaugh 1.
Tyler New had 7 assists. Jackson Runde had 6, Aydan Gladstone 4, Grant Cameron 2, and Jackson Smith and Levi Cassavaugh 1 each.
Grant Cameron had 4 tips. Jackson Runde had 3, while Jackson Smith and Aydan Gladstone had 1 each.
Tyler New had 6 steals. Jackson Runde and Grant Cameron had 3 each, Jackson Smith and Aydan Gladstone 2 each, and Levi Cassavaugh 1.
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