Northeast Nodaway’s boys won their second straight game Friday as Dylan McIntyre hung 42 on DeKalb, Boston Adwell played his best game as a Bluejay with 10 points and 6 assists, and Northeast won 67-54 in a game that featured a scoring duel between Dylan McIntyre and DeKalb’s Devin Hall. Hall had 33 points for DeKalb. DeKalb had won only one game up to that point, but had played a lot of teams tough.
It didn’t look good for Northeast at first. Drew Dack was dressed out for the game, but he did not play the first half. Meanwhile, DeKalb gashed them early and often in the first quarter and the early part of the second, with both Hall and Wyatt Miller getting to the rim at will. It didn’t help that Northeast missed six free throws in the early going and shot 13 for 29 from the line for the game. DeKalb built up a 12-6 lead early in the second before Dylan McIntyre suddenly got untracked. He got loose twice in transition and scored off a Jake Redden steal to knot it at 12-12, but Hall kept going to the rim and Davyn Humes added a pair of free throws and Zander Mattson added one as DeKalb built the lead back up to 24-18 at the half. McIntyre did all he could in the second quarter to keep it close, getting 10 points in the period, but the DeKalb press was taking its toll.
Drew Dack came back to start the second half, and the Bluejays discovered that they needed him on the floor to be effective, as they played with a completely different energy level when he was out there. He only scored three points in the game, but he made the two most important plays of the second half. Hesitant about attacking opponents who were pressuring him earlier in the year, he did a lot better this time. Hall tried to pressure him, only for Drew to draw two quick fouls on him and send him to the bench with foul trouble. Dack’s drives didn’t lead to direct scores, but it opened everyone else up; Northeast had 26 in the third quarter and 23 in the fourth.
Boston Adwell’s 3-pointer off a pass from Dylan McIntyre tied it at 26. DeKalb, like they always do, kept coming at Northeast, bringing the heat with their press and reestablished the lead at 30-26, but four straight from Dylan tied it again before Hall went to the bench. The game was tied at 32, but without Hall, Northeast started to take control as Dylan McIntyre got a putback and Trenton Hartley added a 3-pointer. Humes cut it to 37-34, but Dylan McIntyre countered with a steal, Boston Adwell got a putback, and Drew hit Dylan inside to make it 43-34. Jake Redden added a free throw to make it 44-34.
Dylan McIntyre picked up his fourth foul and Gavin Moore’s free throws cut it to 44-36 to start the fourth quarter; the Bluejay lead was anything but safe as DeKalb nearly wiped out a 22 point deficit against Worth County earlier this year and erased a 16 point deficit against North Nodaway last year. Sure enough, Devin Hall came back rested and began to cut into the Bluejay lead, getting his team to within 50-46. It would have been closer, but DeKalb was called for a carrying violation; they got several of those that wiped out some badly needed points.
Northeast was able to rebuild its lead as Dylan McIntyre got a putback, Jake Redden hit Boston Adwell for his second 3-pointer of the night, and Dylan finished after a great bounce pass in transition from Drew Dack to make it 57-48.
Hall kept coming, cutting it to 59-52, but then Jack Boswell and Dylan McIntyre hit free throws, Drew hit Dylan inside, Jack went coast to coast for a layup, and Drew Dack hit a free throw to make it 66-52. Hall hit a pullup to cut it to 66-54, but time was running out and Dylan hit a free throw to end the scoring. Hall had scored all 18 points for DeKalb in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough as Northeast was firing on all cylinders in the second half.
Dylan McIntyre had 42 for Northeast. Boston Adwell had 10, Jack Boswell 6, Trent Hartley and Drew Dack 3, Brycen Kennard 2, and Jake Redden 1.
Boston Adwell and Dylan McIntyre had 1 block each.
Dylan McIntyre had 12 boards to get a double double. Jake Redden had 10, Boston Adwell 7, Jack Boswell and Drew Dack 3, and Brycen Kennard 1.
Boston Adwell had 6 assists for the Bluejays. Drew Dack had 5, Jack Boswell 4, Dylan McIntyre 3, and Jake Redden 2.
Dylan McIntyre and Drew Dack had 4 tips. Jake Redden had 2, and Boston Adwell and Trent Hartley had 1 each.
Dylan McIntyre had 3 steals. Jake Redden and Boston Adwell had 2 each, and Trent Hartley and Drew Dack 1 each.
Northeast will find out right away how well they measure up against the best as they play Nodaway Valley on January 3rd.
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