By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post Sports
GREAT BEND – The TMP-Marian Monarchs girls’ and boys’ basketball teams split a non-conference doubleheader Tuesday night at Great Bend High School.
The Lady Monarchs picked up a 50-32 victory. The TMP boys fell 75-62.
GIRLS: TMP 50, Great Bend 32"
TMP’s Hannah Rose scored eight of the Monarchs' first 10
points as the Monarchs raced out to an early lead and never trailed as they
beat the Panthers 50-32 Tuesday.
Rose connected on back-to-back three pointers to put TMP (8-5) up 6-0. Raegan Allen and Rose added a pair of field goals, giving TMP the 10-0 lead.
After Great Bend (3-11) closed within seven points, at 15-7, Paige Koenigsman knocked down a three-pointer in the final seconds of the first quarter, putting TMP up 18-8.
Great Bend again closed with nine points to open the second quarter before the Monarchs closed the quarter on a 13-4 run to end the first half and open the third quarter for a 32-15 TMP lead.
The Monarchs used a 12-2 run in the fourth quarter to secure the double-digit victory, 50-32.
Hannah Rose led all scorers with 10 points, and Claire Schippers added 9 points.
BOYS: Great Bend 75, TMP 62
The Great Bend Panthers erased a 22-point first-half TMP
lead in a 75-62 victory.
After a pair of early lead changes and two ties, the Monarchs strung together a 26-4 run, giving TMP the 30-8 first-half lead.
Ty Schmeidler scored eight of his game-high 16 points, and Will Eck scored nine points during the first-quarter run as the Monarchs outscored Great Bend 25-8.
Schmeidler scored five straight points to start the second quarter as TMP built its largest lead of the game at 30-8.
After that, Great Bend wrestled the momentum away from TMP, and they answered with a 34-8 run to close out the first half and begin the second.
That allowed the Panthers to storm back and take the lead at 42-38.
TMP’s Jacob Seib briefly gave the Monarchs a 54-53 lead on the first possession of the fourth quarter, but Great Bend answered with a three-pointer for a 56-54 lead.
A lead they never surrendered in the 73-72 victory.
Schmeidler led TMP with 15 points.
Jacob Hall led all scorers with 28 for the Panthers.
The Monarchs will travel to Larned Friday-