Bentin Roberts showed that his 16-assist night against North Harrison two games before was no accident as he dished out 14 more against South Holt Tuesday, February 17th as Northeast Nodaway won its fourth game of the year, 58-38 over South Holt. The Bluejays, unlike the girls, were coming off a buzzsaw at OSHS, where they got beat 70-34 as the Wildcards were in the middle of a six game rampage in which they brought down King City, Pattonsburg, and East Atchison as well. But the Bluejays rediscovered the form that had nearly worked against North Harrison as they fell into a 5-2 hole against South Holt, only for Bentin Roberts to start dishing the ball off at will and the rest of the team to get on the board.
First, it was Lance Runde to get the hot hand, scoring six points in an 8-0 Bluejay run that made it 10-5. Then, after South Holt threatened to make a game out of it when Cameron Biondo cut it to 13-10, Bentin Roberts drove and scored, Lance Runde aired one out to Wyatt Scadden for two, Reece Gray aired one out to Scadden for a free throw, and Scadden hit a 3-pointer as the Bluejays pulled away to a 21-13 first quarter lead. Like the North Harrison game, everything they threw up was going in.
But then South Holt pulled out their trapping zone and they started getting steals and easy baskets to chip away. Griffin Kemerling scored twice and Biondo got a steal as they closed to within 23-21 before Liam Cordell hit a 3-pointer to make it 26-21 at the half.
But unlike the North Harrison game, where the Bluejays couldn’t buy a stop defensively, they locked down on defense, holding the Knights to 17 as they solved the trapping zone and started to pull away.
Reece Gray started off the scoring with a 3-pointer, Lance Runde scored from inside after Bentin Roberts got him the ball, and Liam Cordell hit a 3-pointer to make it 34-21. Kameron Noland cut it to 34-25, but Liam Cordell hit a 3-pointer and Bentin Roberts hit Wyatt Scadden for three to make it 38-25. South Holt made another push as Will Jackson countered with a putback. But then Reece Gray took a charge on defense and Bentin Roberts kicked it out to Liam Cordell for three on the other end to make it 41-27.
Will Jackson kept going for the Knights, getting another putback to make it 41-29, but Lance Runde cut inside and scored to make it 43-29 after getting yet another pass from Bentin. At that point, frustration set in for South Holt and one of their players got a technical from Referee Tom Seipel and Runde made one free throw to make it 44-29. Bentin Roberts inbounded one to Wyatt Scadden, who drove and scored to make it 46-29 after three.
The Bluejays led by as much as 48-29 behind Bentin Roberts getting to the line and making two of four, but the Knights had another push in then, sparked by a tough baseline shot by Coltyn Fansher. Will Jackson cut inside and scored and Griffin Kemerling connected to make it 51-35. But Wyatt Scadden got loose in transition, Lance Runde hit a free throw, Benton Roberts hit two free throws, and Jace Burns got off the bench to score from inside to give Northeast its largest lead at 58-35.
Liam Cordell had 18 points. Wyatt Scadden had 15, Lance Runde 12, Bentin Roberts 8, Reece Gray 3, and Jace Burns 2.
Reece Gray had 2 blocks.
Bentin Roberts, Lance Runde, and Liam Cordell had 7 rebounds. Wyatt Scadden and Jace Burns had 5, Chase Allen and Reece Gray 2, and Jude Archer, Brady O’Connell, and Fenton Ackley had 1.
Bentin Roberts had 14 assists. Wyatt Scadden had 3, Lance Runde 2, and Reece Gray 1.
Lance Runde had 4 tips. Bentin Roberts and Wyatt Scadden had 3, and Jude Archer, Chase Allen, and Liam Cordell 1.
Bentin Roberts had 5 steals. Lance Runde had 4, Wyatt Scadden 3, and Liam Cordell and Chase Allen had 1.
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