HAYS – The TMP-Marian Monarch boys and girls basketball teams earned a doubleheader sweep of the Oakley Plainsmen in a pair of makeup games Monday night at Al Billinger Fieldhouse.
Girls: TMP 53, Oakley 34
The Lady Monarchs jumped out to a 10-0 first quarter lead and then outscored Oakley 13-4 to open the second half on their way to a 53-34 win Friday.
TMP Senior Kyleigh Allen
TMP senior Kyleigh Allen scored the first four points of the game for TMP (12-3, 6-1 MCL) and then Sophia Balthazor and Jaci VonLintel hit back-to-back three pointers as TMP raced out to a 10-0 lead.
They led by 10 again at 12-2 before Oakley (7-10, 2-6 MCL) cut the lead in half at 12-6. TMP led 14-8 through the first quarter.
In the second quarter Oakley outscored TMP 16-10 and trimmed the deficit to just two twice, the last time at 24-22 at halftime.
The second half though would belong to TMP. The Monarchs outscored Oakley 29-14 in the second half.
TMP opened the third quarter on a 15-6 run. Balthazor hit a pair of three pointers and Allen added five points and VonLintel four points in the quarter. TMP led at that point 39-28.
Oakley was able to cut the TMP lead back to single digits at nine, at 39-30 through three quarter.
But in the fourth quarter TMP scored 10 straight to open the quarter and outscored Oakley 14-4 in the final period.
Game highlights
TMP’s Jaci VonLintel led three Monarchs in doublefigures with 14 points. Kyleigh Allen, the lone TMP senior, added 12 points and Sophia Balthazor chipped in 11.
Boys: TMP 90, Oakley 30
TMP’s Lucas Lang opened the game four-of-four from three and finished with 17 first quarter points in what would be a preview of things to come as the Monarchs (12-4, 6-1 MCL) make 17 three-pointers and cruise to 90-30 win.
Coach Bill Meagher
Lang converted on five first quarter three pointers, Jackson Schulte added five points and Dylan Werth four as TMP led 30-10 through one quarter of play.
Schulte scored 17 of his game-high 24 points in the second quarter as the Monarchs outscored Oakley 23-8 in the second quarter.
Oakley (7-8, 4-5 MCL) cut TMP’s lead to 57-24 to open the second half but the Monarchs answered with a 24-2 run to end the third quarter taking an 81-26 lead into the final frame.
With the continue clock TMP added two more three pointers giving them 17 as a team in the 90-30 win.
Game highlights
Schulte scored a game-high 24 points for TMP on senior night. Follow seniors, Lucas Lang added 17, Trenton Rome added 13 points and Hayden Brown chipped in 7 points.
The TMP-Marian Monarchs travel to Russell Tuesday for their first ever meeting as MCL members.