Mason County dispatched Montgomery County 55-40 in the semi-finals of the 10th Region Freshmen Boys Tournament Wednesday night at Brossart High School. The Royals managed a one-point lead 13-12 after a period of play but achieved 12 points of seperation by halftime, outscoring the youthful Indians 22-11 to take a 35-23 lead with them to the locker room at halftime. The difference in the period was the Royals' Jake O'Mara who exploded for 13 of his game-high 19 points in the second period., including a 3-ball ahead of the buzzer to end the half. Eighth grader Arthur Walker was hot for the Indians in the first half, scoring all 13 of his points in that timeframe.
Neither team could mount a threat in the third period as each struggled to put 5 points on the board, maintaining the Mason County lead at 12 points, 40-28. Montgomery County continued to battle valianty in the fourth quarter, scoring 13 points, but the Royals topped that effort with 15 of their own to win 55-40, improve to 18-2 on the season, and advance to Thursday night's Championship Game vs Harrison County at 7:30pm in the SyDome. One of the Royals losses this season is to the Harrison County Thorobreds.
Msn: Henry 1-001/2-3, O'Mara 7-1-2/3-19, Frame 2-2-0/0-10, DJohnson 0-0-2/2-2, RJohnson 2-0-0/0-4, Caudill 0-0-1/2-1,
Boone 4-0-0/0-8, Humphries 0-0-1/2-1, Griffith 2-0-3/4-7
Totals: 18-3-10/15-55 18-2
Mgy: Hodgson 1-0-0/0-2, Young 1-0-2/2-4, Tomlin 3-0-1/2-7, Hopkins 4-0-0/0-8, Wlaker 3-2-1/1-13, Combs 3-0-0/0-6
Totals: 15-2-4/5-40
Msn 13 22 5 15 55
Mgy 12 11 5 12 40
In the nitecap, the Harrison County Thorobreds and the homestanding Bishop Brossart Mustangs hooked up, with the visitors racing out to a 13-4 first quarter advantage. The Mustangs battled back, outscoring the Breds 18-13 in the second period, cutting the Thorobreds' lead to 26-22 at the half. Brandon Case had the hot hand for the Beeds in the opening period, scoring 8 of his team's 13 points. In the second period, Brossart's Jonathan Zink and Blake Saunders combined for 13 of the Mustangs' 18, with Zink putting up 8 and Saunders contirbuting 5.
In the second half the Mustangs tied the game at 29-29 with 4:30 to play in the third quarter, but a pair of consecutive Trent Thompson field-goals spearheaded an 11-4 Harrison County rally, putting the Breds on top 40-33 after three periods of play. In the final stanza, Harrison County would continue to draw off, leading by 51-39 with 2:33 to play in the game, before the Mustangs sensed the urgency and rallied to cut the lead to 53-48 at the 1:01 mark, but that was as close as the home team would come in this one, as the Thorobreds move on to the finals with a 59-53 win while improving to 16-4 on the season. Brossart closes the book on the 2011-12 season at 16-11. Harrison's Trent Thompson led all scorers with 19 points, while Darrin Hicks added 16, with 11 of those coming in the fourth quarter. Jonathan Zink finished the night with 18 points for the Mustangs and Brady Sansom put up 11 in the losing effort.
BB: Roberts 0-1-0/0-3, Sansom 2-2-1/2-11, Zink 8-0-2/3-18, Saunders 2-0-4/8-8, Kramer 2-0-0/0-4, Heil 0-0-1/3-1, Hackworth 0-1-5/6-8
Totals: 14-4-13/22-53 16-11
HC: Stroub 1-0-2/3/4, Case 3-1-1/2-10, Kenney 2-0-1/2-5, Hicks 3-1-7/11-16, Thompson 7-0-5/7-19, Kinsey 0-0-1/2-1, Reffett 2-0-0/2-4
Totals: 18-2-17/29-59 16-4
BB 4 18 11 20 53
HC 13 13 14 19 59 |
