Northeast Nodaway’s junior high boys raced out to a big lead and never looked back, getting a 33-4 win over North Nodaway. Having split their first two games, they felt they hadn’t played up to their potential yet, and they made the most of their chances Tuesday, October 24th. North Nodaway has impressive numbers, a pair of good ballhandlers in Jackson Keho and Owen Coleman, and a pair of bigs in Weston Alexander and Robbie Forney. But the challenge will be to harness their talents together. The effort was there; the Mustangs outrebounded the Bluejays 25-23. But they struggled in running any kind of offense, and it showed up in the turnover column, with North Nodaway surrendering the ball 31 times to nine for the Bluejays.
Bentin Roberts, who has a lot of friends and family from
Hopkins, led the effort for the Bluejays with 14 points and 8 steals. Liam
Cordell added another 9 points and six Bluejays made it into the scoring
column.
Liam Cordell got the scoring started when Jace Burns kicked
one out to him for a baseline shot. Wyatt Scadden added a free throw, Roberts
got loose in transition after Liam Cordell pushed it up the floor, Scadden added
another free throw, and then Bentin Roberts converted three straight steals
into points, getting a three point play, a layup, and then a pair of free
throws as NEN led 13-0 after one.
Cordell knocked down a baseline shot and then a 3-pointer to
start the Bluejay scoring for the second quarter. Jackson Keho, who had several
good looks getting downhill and going to the rim, finally got one to drop for
the Mustangs with 3:02 left to put them on the board. Gracin Runde and Brady O’Connell
got on the board for the Bluejays before Owen Coleman got to the rim and
finished to cut the Mustang deficit to 22-4 at the break.
Cordell once again started the scoring for the Bluejays in
the third quarter, scoring off a drive. Wyatt Scadden scored off a carom, and
then Bentin Roberts started stealing the ball again, scoring five straight to finish
the quarter and put the Bluejays up 31-4 after three. Xander Bodle, who showed
a lot of improvement from last year and who had several good looks go astray,
finally got one to go down in the fourth quarter.
Bentin Roberts had 14 points. Liam Cordell had 9, Wyatt
Scadden 4, and Gracin Runde, Brady O’Connell, and Xander Bodle each had 2.
Wyatt Scadden and Jace Burns had 6 boards each. Xander Bodle
and Gracin Runde had 3 each, Bentin Roberts 2, and Liam Cordell, Brady O’Connell,
and Jaxen Taylor had 1 each.
Brock Adwell had 2 assists. Jace Burns, Liam Cordell, Gracin
Runde, and Xander Bodle had 1 each.
Liam Cordell, Bentin Roberts, and Brock Adwell had 4 tips
each. Jace Burns had 3, and Wyatt Scadden and Gracin Runde had 1 each.
Bentin Roberts had 8 steals. Liam Cordell had 4, and Wyatt
Scadden, Brady O’Connell, Jace Burns, and Jaxen Taylor had 2 each. Xander Bodle
and Gracin Runde had 1 each.
For North Nodaway, Jackson Keho and Owen Coleman had 2 each.
Weston Alexander and Jackson Keho had 6 boards each. Hayden
Marriott had 4, Thomas Stringer and Robbie Forney 3 each, Owen Coleman 2, and
Gannon Stricker 1.
Weston Alexander, Robbie Forney, and Thomas Stringer had 1
tip each. Jackson Keho had 4 steals, while Robbie Forney and Cade Miller had 1
each.
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