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From 19 down, Bearcats rally to beat Washburn STAFF REPORT
Maryville Daily Forum
TOPEKA, Kan. – The Northwest Missouri State men’s basketball team came back from a 19 point-deficit to defeat Washburn, 83-76, on Saturday evening at Lee Arena. Northwest moved to 10-5 on the year and 5-1 in MIAA play. Washburn falls to 11-3 on the year and 4-3 in conference action. Conner Crooker had a team-high 19 points on 6-of-15 shooting. DeShaun Cooper shook off a rough start to finish with 16 points and six rebounds. Bryston Williams and Grant Cozad each had 10 points. Kyle Schlake had 10 rebounds for Northwest and added eight points. Washburn pulled out to a 42-28 halftime
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lead after connecting on six three-pointers. Down by double-digits throughout most of the second half, Northwest was able to pull it back to within nine, 63-54, with 7:11 remaining. The Bearcats scored the next 12 points to take a 66-63 lead with four minutes remaining in regulation. Washburn would pull it back to within one, but Cooper answered with a three, pushing the lead to 69-65. With the game tied, 73-73, with 58 seconds remaining, Cooper hit another clutch layup and the Bearcats hit seven free throws down the stretch to seal the victory. Northwest will host Northeastern State at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Bearcat Arena. That contest was originally scheduled for Jan. 6, but was postponed due to weather.
Bearcat women fall at Washburn STAFF REPORT
Maryville Daily Forum
TOPEKA, Kan. – The Northwest Missouri State women’s basketball team dropped a Saturday evening contest to Washburn at Lee Arena, 73-55. The loss moves Northwest to 4-9 on the season and 1-5 in MIAA play. Washburn improved to 9-5 overall and 4-3 in conference action. Junior Ariel Easton had a team-high 15 points. She also had five rebounds and three
steals. Ashleigh Nelson added nine points and Annie Mathews had a team-best nine rebounds to go along with eight points. After trailing by nine at the half, 35-26, Northwest would pull back to within six with 12:20 remaining in the contest, 43-37, on a pair of Nelson free throws, but Washburn would go on a 10-0 run to pull away late. Northwest will host Northeastern State at 5:30 p.m. tonight at Bearcat Arena in the contest rescheduled from Jan. 6.
Medal winner
Maryville’s Matt Twaddle, right, accepted his medal after placing third in the 132 pound class at the Mid-Buchanan Invitational on Saturday.
4 Hounds medal at Mid-Buch. STAFF REPORT
Maryville Daily Forum
The Spoofhounds had two individual champions and four wrestlers total medal at Saturday’s Mid-Buchanan Invitational in Faucett. Maryville finished eighth overall with 134 points as South Harrison ran away with the team title, posting 255 points — more than 80 points better than second place Albany.
Split the double team
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Nathaniel Alexander won the 126 pound championship, defeating Plattsburg’s Coleman Kennedy for the title. Dane Hull (152 lbs.) also captured a tournament crown, topping South Harrison’s Wyatt Thomas in the title match. Matt Twaddle took third at 132 lbs. and Jacob Partridge took fourth at 106 lbs. The Spoofhounds will host their first home match of the year Tuesday as Rock Port and Albany come to Maryville for duals.
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Nodaway-Holt’s Megan Rosenbohm splits a pair of North Nodaway defenders for two of her 11 points. Nodaway-Holt downed the Lady Mustangs 66-32 Friday night.
Devers leads Lady Trojans to win By STEVE HARTMAN Staff writer
Good teams find ways to win and Nodaway-Holt proved that to be true Friday night at Hopkins, as they downed the Lady Mustangs from North Nodaway 66-32 in a 275 Conference clash. North Nodaway coach Doug Freemyer’s defensive strategy was to make someone other than Nodaway-Holt standout guard Megan Rosenbohm beat them. Offensively, the Lady Mustangs wanted to handle Nodaway-Holt’s press and score by getting the ball inside to standout freshman Madison Thompson. For the first four minutes of the game, both strategies worked well. Thompson scored eight quick first-quarter points, while Rosenbohm started cold for Nodaway-Holt. The Lady Trojans stayed close due to the hot shooting of Kalli Devers and as the first quarter wore on, their press began to take effect on North Nodaway. Despite Thompson’s early scoring flurry, the Lady Mustangs trailed 19-12 at the end of the first quarter, as Devers continued to shoot well and Rosenbohm began to warm up. In the second quarter, the defensive pressure created by the Nodaway-Holt press caused more difficulties for North Nodaway, and by halftime, the Lady Trojans stretched their lead out to 40-16. “Our press worked really well. It created a lot of easy shots for us,” Lady Trojan coach David Carroll said. “Nodaway-Holt is a very good team,” Freemyer said. “I felt like we handled the ball better against their press than we did the last time we played them, but turnovers re-
ally hurt us in the second quarter.” The second half proved to be more of the same, as the Nodaway-Holt press made North Nodaway play at a faster tempo than it was comfortable with, causing more turnovers and hurried shots. By the end of the third quarter, Nodaway-Holt led 53-26. Devers finished her night with 27 points, including 18 in the first half. Rosenbohm added 11 points, all in the first half. Frankie Lemar scored eight points for the Lady Trojans and Darci Gallagher scored all seven of her points in the second half. “Kalli Devers played an outstanding game,” Carroll said. “Not only did she shoot the ball well, but she handled the ball well and played well defensively.” Cambry Schluter led North Nodaway with 10 points, while Thompson finished with eight, as Rosenbohm’s defensive work inside the Nodaway-Holt zone defense kept her from being more of a factor after her first-quarter scoring flurry. “Normally, Rosenbohm plays on the offensive left side of their press and we prepared for that,” Freemyer said. “Even though we have a left-handed guard (Erin Greeley), we’re still pretty right-handed when attacking the press and when she moved to the other side of their press, she really caused problems for us because she’s so quick and anticipates so well.” Both teams will be in action in the 82nd Annual Fairfax Tournament this week. Fourth-seeded North Nodaway , now 5-7 on the season, clashes with fifth-seeded CraigFairfax tonight, while top-seeded NodawayHolt, now 11-0 on the season, received a first-round bye and awaits the winner of the Craig-Fairfax/North Nodaway contest on Wednesday evening.
Gotcha beat
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Jefferson sophomore Ben Jermain gets a step on his St. Joseph Christian defender on his way to a layup Friday night. The host Eagles bested the visiting Lions 56-36.
Eagles soar over Christian Lions STAFF REPORT
Maryville Daily Forum
After Friday nights game, the Jefferson girls are now 5-6, one game closer to .500. The Lady Eagles beat the St. Joseph Christian Lions 56-20, holding the Lions to just four first-half points. Sophomore Jessie Henry led the Lady Eagles with 17 points. Junior Danae Schieber added 12 points to the cause. The Lady Eagles will travel to Stanberry this week for the Stanberry Invitational
Tournament. They will face the South Nodaway Longhorns in the opening round at 7:30 p.m. tonight. The Jefferson boys followed suit and improved to 9-2 in a 56-36 victory over the Lions on Friday. Senior Kyler Farnan led the team in scoring with 14 points. Sophomore Bryce Deen added 10 points of his own. Jefferson will go to Stanberry this week for the Stanberry Invitational Tournament. Their first game of the tournament will be against South Nodaway at 9 p.m. tonight.
West Nodaway Rockets split with South Holt STAFF REPORT
Maryville Daily Forum
West Nodaway and South Holt split a pair of 275 Conference games Friday night in Oregon, as South Holt won the girls game 68-24, and West Nodaway captured the boys contest 65-48. South Holt jumped out to a 44-10 halftime lead and never looked back. The Lady Rockets, now 0-9 on the season, were paced by Emily Cordell with nine points, while Alyson Dye and Melody McGinness added five and four points, respectively.
In the boys contest, West Nodaway jumped out to a 21-13 first quarter lead and stretched that lead to 43-23 at halftime. Trevor Meyer led the Rockets with 28 points. Blake Farnan added 12 points and Jaden Gillenwater scored 11 for the Rockets, now 6-4 on the season. Both West Nodaway squads are in action this week in the 82nd annual Fairfax Tournament. The Lady Rockets, seeded seventh, will play second-seeded Tarkio Tuesday evening at 6 p.m., while the Rockets play seventh-seeded CraigFairfax tonight at 7:30 p.m.