Worth County’s boys took Gilman City’s best shot, but erased an 11 point second half deficit and came away with a 53-48 win Friday in Trenton. The boys usually play well at Trenton, but this time, Gilman City, trying to avenge their football losses to the Tigers as part of the Pattonsburg cooperative, jumped all over them at the start of the game as Kaleb Fehring hit a 3-pointer, Spike Burke got loose in transition, and Camden Griffin hit a three point play, all in the first 1:17 of the game to put the Hawks up 7-0.
Worth County fought back behind Tyler New despite Bo Collins getting in early foul trouble to make it 9-4, but then Gilman’s 6’5” man, Wyatt Sutton, went off and Griffith chipped in two free throws to make it 13-4. The Tigers sneaked up on a lot of teams early in the year, but after the Mount Ayr game, they have started to take everybody’s best shot, similar to what the Chiefs deal with every Sunday.
The Tigers, besides Tyler New, were ice cold from the field, and gave up six offensive rebounds to Sutton and the Hawks in the first quarter and 18 for the game, but they were still very much in the game following a banked 3-pointer from New that cut it to 16-12 after one.
Bo Collins came back into the game and provided an instant spark for the Tigers, getting a shot in over Sutton and then hitting Tyler New for three to move the Tigers into the lead at 17-16. But then Kaleb Fehring shot the Hawks back into the lead, shooting from anywhere and putting Gilman City back up 24-19. Cannon Fletcher then came off the bench and shot Worth County back into the lead 25-24 at the half, and somehow, they were ahead despite giving up all the offensive boards.
But Gilman City, one of the tiniest schools in the area, has 13 players on its roster, and they use 10 of them. They put in a pair of fresh legs in Jesse Smith to guard Tyler New, and it had an immediate impact as Gilman scored the first 12 points to go up 36-25 with 4:19 left in third. Landon Preston had 8, Smith 2, and Camden Griffith 2 during the run.
But then Tyler New took it on himself to get the Tigers back into the game, going coast to coast twice and adding a shot from the high post. Ethan Lininger added an inside shot to cut it to 38-33. The Hawks brought the 300 pound Jace Estrada off the bench, and he showed some skill on the court, scoring twice for the Hawks during that stretch. But Hayden Sanders’ free throw cut it to 40-34 at the end of three.
Tyler New hit a 3-pointer and Cole Ruby got untracked to cut it to 40-39, but Sutton went off for Gilman early in the fourth to keep his team in front. But then Cole Ruby hit a 3-pointer and Tyler New hit two free throws to give Worth County its first lead since the half at 46-44 with 4:33 left.
The game was tied at 46 and 48 before Bo Collins finally got one to go in over Sutton with 1:38 left to give the Tigers the lead. Tyler New got a tip and Bo Collins got a steal, then Tyler New missed a runner with 47 seconds, but Karson Briner got the offensive board, drawing Spike Burke’s fifth foul. He missed both free throws, but then the rebounding that hurt the Tigers for so long that night suddenly flipped in their favor as New got a third chance board and made one of two to make it 51-48 with 46.5 seconds left.
Gilman City tried to set up Fehring for a long 3-pointer, but he stepped out of bounds with 31 seconds left. The Hawks put on the press and nearly forced a five seconds call, but Worth County used a timeout, leaving them with one left. This time, Gilman fouled and put Tyler New on the line, and he made one of two to make it 52-48 with 28.9 seconds left.
The Hawks tried to set up a quick shot, but Karson Briner blocked it and Tyler New was there for the defensive board. He hit one of two to make it 53-48, and then Gilman City picked up an offensive foul with 17 seconds to end it.
Tyler New had 30 points for the Tigers. Hayden Sanders and Cannon Fletcher had 6, Bo Collins 4, Caleb New 3, and Ethan Lininger and Cole Ruby 2.
Bo Collins, Ethan Lininger, and Karson Briner had 1 block.
Bo Collins and Tyler New had 6 boards each. Caleb New had 5, Karson Briner 4, Ethan Lininger and Cole Ruby 3, and Hayden Sanders and Cannon Fletcher 1.
Tyler New had 5 assists. Hayden Sanders and Bo Collins had 3 each, Caleb New 2, and Cole Ruby 1.
Tyler New had 3 tips. Ethan Lininger, Bo Collins, Hayden Sanders, and Caleb New had 1 each.
Bo Collins and Tyler New had 4 steals each. Karson Briner, Cole Ruby, Caleb New, and Hayden Sanders had 1 each.
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