Northeast Nodaway’s boys showed improvement against North Nodaway before falling 49-35 Tuesday, December 12th, but they still have a lot of work to do if they are to get back to .500. They continued their string of improvement the next game, getting their first win and avenging a PVI Tournament loss in the process, beating DeKalb 51-41. For North Nodaway, they weathered a big night from just-returned Braxon Linville, holding off North Andrew. But after they took an early 5-0 lead on the Bluejays, all of a sudden, Grant McIntyre started finding Jake Redden inside and they cut it to 5-3.
They hung around until the last 28 seconds of the first quarter, but
then in a script similar to the Stanberry debacle, in which they held their own
until they imploded late in the first quarter and fell 73-33, they gave up two
easy baskets late in the first quarter. First, Blaine Clements got a putback
for the Mustangs to put them up 10-6. Then, Owen Martin got a tip, Ethan Fry a
steal, and he threw it back to Martin at the first quarter buzzer to make it
12-6.
But unlike the Stanberry game, Northeast kept hanging around, keeping
North Nodaway off the scoreboard for much of the second quarter. For the first
four minutes, the only points were a 3-pointer from Aydan Blackford and a free
throw from Grant McIntyre as the Mustangs led 13-7. But then the Mustangs’
rebounding advantage began to tell and they started to pull away. Blackford hit
from the high post after a pass from Blaine Clements, Owen Martin went coast to
coast, and Clements added a free throw before Grant McIntyre’s drive cut it to
18-9 at the half. But North Nodaway had 17 rebounds at that point to only 11
for the Mustangs.
But the second half started off well for Northeast as both Grant
McIntyre and Brycen Kennard got Jake Redden the ball, and Jack Boswell added a
drive to cut the Bluejay deficit to 22-18. But Aydan Blackford got loose inside
twice to push it back out to 26-18. Redden cut it to 26-20, but then Aydan
Blackford got it in to Mason Casner, Mason drove and drew Jake Redden’s fourth
foul as he converted it, Aydan got loose inside, and then Mason got loose in
transition to make it 30-16.
Grant McIntyre got a free throw and Lance Runde hit a 3-pointer to cut
it to 30-20, but Mason Casner drove and scored to make it 32-20 after three.
With the Bluejays needing a spark to get back in the game, they bombed
away from three as Trenton Hartley got on the board for three 3-pointers and
Brycen Kennard added two. But the Mustangs were able to get to the rim with
Northeast in foul trouble and Ethan Fry, pushed by coach Cody Jenkins to be
more of a scoring threat, came alive in the quarter with five points. Five
different Mustangs scored as they were able to pull away despite the barrage.
For Northeast Nodaway, Trenton Hartley had 9, Jake Redden 8, Grant
McIntyre 7, Brycen Kennard 6, Lance Runde 3, and Jack Boswell 2.
Brycen Kennard, Grant McIntyre, and Jake Redden each had 5 boards. Jack
Boswell had 4, and Lance Runde and Reece Gray had 1.
Grant McIntyre was finding the open guy at will, getting 8 assists.
Jack Boswell had 4, and Brycen Kennard and Trenton Hartley had 1 each.
Jack Boswell and Jake Redden had 3 tips each. Jake Redden and Brycen
Kennard had 2 steals. Reece Gray had 1.
For North Nodaway, Mason Casner had 15. Aydan Blackford had 13, Blaine
Clements and Owen Martin 6, Ethan Fry 5, and Brice Trimble 4.
Blaine Clements had 4 blocks.
Blaine Clements had 9 boards. Mason Casner had 8, Aydan Blackford and
Brice Trimble had 4 each, Owen Martin 3, and Ethan Fry 1.
Mason Casner had 6 assists. Owen Martin had 4, Aydan Blackford 3, and
Ethan Fry, Blaine Clements, and Brice Trimble had 2 each.
Owen Martin had 5 tips. Brice Trimble, Blaine Clements, and Ethan Fry
had 2 each, and Mason Casner and Kaeden Nave had 1.
Ethan Fry and Brice Trimble had 3 steals each. Brice Trimble and Mason
Casner had 1.
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