Worth County was without Bo Collins (ankle) for Thursday’s game against South Holt, and the result was a role reversal from the rest of the year – the girls won and the boys lost. Without Bo, the Knights found driving lanes open at will, and they cut and slashed to the rim all night long, picking up a 70-60 win over the Tigers.
The two teams started off red hot. South Holt scored the first five points of the game, but three 3-pointers from Hayden Sanders in the period helped keep Worth County afloat, and Tyler New added 7 more. The Tigers trailed the Knights through much of the quarter before tying it at 15 and 18.
But the Tigers went through a cold spell in the second, and that was all South Holt needed to get in front. Cole Ruby’s 3-pointer tied it at 24 at the 4:50 mark, but that was the last made basket the Tigers would have besides a free throw from Ruby later in the quarter. Meanwhile, the Knights, with all five of their players on the floor a threat to score, kept on scoring getting farther and farther ahead. Finally, Trevor Markt’s putback at the halftime put the Knights ahead 34-25 at the half.
Worth County switched from a man to a zone to start the second half, and it worked at first as Caleb New’s 3-pointer cut the Tiger deficit to 34-28. But then South Holt adjusted and started slicing the Tigers apart again, getting ahead by as much as 15 points.
With the deficit at 47-32, Tyler New finally got himself going with a 3-pointer. Kendall Noland countered with a free throw, but Cole Ruby got Tyler New the ball for a fast break, Hayden Sanders hit his fourth 3-pointer of the night, and Tyler New got a putback to close the deficit to 48-42 after three.
Karson Briner got on the board for the Tigers to start the fourth, and then Tyler New answered a drive from Tylynn Prussman with a 3-pointer to cut it to three. Cole Medsker countered with two free throws, but Cole Ruby hit a 3-pointer to cut it to 52-50. Worth County got the ball back with a chance to tie or take the lead, but then Medsker jumped a pass and scored to take the wind out of Worth County’s sails.
Worth County twice cut it to three again, but each time, South Holt had an answer, and after the lead grew to eight again at the 2:07 mark after a 3-pointer from Cade Kurtz, Worth County had to start fouling.
Tyler New had 31 points. Hayden Sanders had 14, Cole Ruby 7, Caleb New 6, and Karson Briner 2.
Karson Briner had 2 blocks.
Tyler New had 6 boards. Karson Briner had 5, Cole Ruby 3, Caleb New 2, and Ethan Lininger, Cannon Fletcher, Brayden Combs, and Hayden Sanders had 1.
Tyler New had 8 assists. Hayden Sanders had 3, Cole Ruby and Ethan Lininger 2, and Karson Briner and Cannon Fletcher 1.
Tyler New had 4 tips. Hayden Sanders had 2 and Caleb New 1. Tyler New had 2 steals. Hayden Sanders and Caleb New had 1.
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