<p>ELLIS – The Hoxie Indians finished the first half and opened
the second on a 20-2 run and held off a late rally as they beat the TMP-Marian
Monarchs Friday in the semifinals of the Mid-Continent League tournament in
Ellis.</p><p><b>Coach Bill Meagher</b></p><div><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/970982689&color=%23013c7b&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509" title="Eagle Radio" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Eagle Radio</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509/01-22-21-tmp-coach-bill-meagher" title="01 - 22 - 21 TMP Coach Bill Meagher" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">01 - 22 - 21 TMP Coach Bill Meagher</a></div></div><p>The Monarchs (7-3) got out to a quick start Friday, scoring
the first eight points of the game and opening a 13-6 lead after one quarter of
play. Jackson Schulte scored five of his team-high 18 points to end the quarter.</p><p>Hoxie (9-0) was able to close the deficit to one at 15-14
early in the second quarter but Lucas Lang drained his first three-pointer of
the game and Kade Harris fast break layup giving TMP the 20-14 lead.</p><p>But Hoxie answered with a 10-0 run to end the first half
taking a 24-20 lead into halftime.</p><p>The start of the second half was much the same with the
Indians outscoring TMP 13-2 to take a 15-point lead at 37-22.</p><p>TMP put together a 15-5 run to get back within five at 42-37
through three quarters. </p><p>In the fourth quarter Hoxie was able to build the lead back
to 15 but TMP never went away. </p><p>Down 13 they used a 9-0 run to close within four at 60-56
but Hoxie was able to close out the game on their way to a 69-58 win.</p><p><b>Game highlights</b></p><div><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/970984621&color=%23013c7b&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509" title="Eagle Radio" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Eagle Radio</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509/01-22-21-tmp-boys-highlights" title="01 - 22 - 21 TMP boys highlights vs Hoxie" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">01 - 22 - 21 TMP boys highlights vs Hoxie</a></div></div><p>Schulte’s 18 led four Monarchs in double-figures with Lucas
Lang added 13. Kade Harris recorded a career-high 11 points and Dylan Werth
finished with 10.</p><p>TMP will play Ellis in the third and fourth place game Saturday
in Ellis. The Railers lost to Trego in the other semifinal 56-50.</p>

🏀TMP comes up short vs Hoxie in MCL semifinals