Northeast Nodaway’s boys avenged an earlier loss to North Harrison on Tuesday, February 7th as they came away with a 46-43 victory and crashed their senior night. The big difference in the game was the rebounding; in the first meeting between the two teams, Keygun Johnson had 17 boards for North Harrison. But in the second meeting, the Bluejays held him down to 7.
The Shamrocks picked up right where they left off as Keygun Johnson got a putback to break a 2-2 tie and added a drive to the rim and Tyson Gibson added a drive to make it 8-2 with 3:37 left in the first.
North Harrison maintained a six point cushion for the rest of the quarter, but then Jake Redden scored an inside shot and Dylan McIntyre scored five straight to erase the Shamrock lead and put Northeast up 15-14. Tyson Gibson took a charge on defense and later had a chasedown stuff, but Jack Boswell hit two free throws and Drew Dack had a pullup to make it 19-14.
Free throws from Tyson Gibson, a three point play from Keygun Johnson, and an inside shot from Gibson put North Harrison back in front 22-19 before Drew Dack’s putback cut it to 22-21 at the break.
The Shamrocks looked like they were taking control after Jerry Gilpatrick broke a 24-24 tie with a 3-pointer and Keygun Johnson added a steal to make it 29-24. But then Jack Boswell took a charge on defense to swing the momentum around for the Bluejays and Dylan McIntyre scored five straight to tie it up again. Keygun Johnson’s three point play put North Harrison up 32-29, but Jake Redden got a steal and fed Drew Dack, Dylan McIntyre drew Tyson Gibson’s fourth foul and made one of two to tie it at 32, and Drew Dack scored after getting a tip and Jack Boswell getting the steal to make it 34-32 after the break.
Keygun Johnson picked up his fourth foul and Dylan McIntyre hit both free throws to make it 36-32 with 7:31 left. With both Johnson and Gibson in foul trouble, North Harrison couldn’t be as aggressive as they wanted to on defense and Northeast was able to take big chunks of time off the clock. Finally, North Harrison got the ball back and a free throw from Keygun, an offensive board from Ethan Henson, and a subsequent free throw cut it to 36-34 with 3:24 left.
But after the teams exchanged misses, Dylan McIntyre hit two free throws with 2:28 left and North Harrison was forced to start fouling. The Bluejays made seven of eight down the stretch from the line and built up the lead to 43-37 before Jerry Gilpatrick hit a 3-pointer from 35 feet out at the buzzer to cut it to three.
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