RUSSELL - The TMP-Marian Monarchs went on the road Tuesday for a Mid-Continent League matchup with their long-time rivals the Russell Broncos and it was the Russell girls earning a 49-45 victory while the TMP boys outlasted Russell in overtime, 67-64.
GIRLS: Russell 49, TMP 45
Similar to the first meeting between the Monarchs (10-7, 4-2 MCL) and the Broncos, earlier this year in the fifth-place game of the MCL tournament, Russell (9-9, 5-3 MCL) ran out to a double-digital lead but this time there were able to hold off the Monarchs and picked up their first win against TMP since the 2019 season, 49-45.
Russell jumped out to an early 15-3 run with only Shalee Gottschalk鈥檚 three point field on the board for TMP.
Over the final minute of the first and start of the second quarter TMP鈥檚 Brooke Koenigsman combined with Reagan Allen to score eight in-a-row, making it 15-11 Russell early in the second quarter.
Russell again extended their lead to nine but TMP outscored Russell in the second quarter 16 to 9 as the Monarchs made it 24-21 Broncos at halftime.
Brynn Rebel connected on a three pointer out of the quarter break tying the game briefly at 24.
But Russell answered with an 11-2 run and led by seven at 38-31 through three quarters of the action
The Monarchs opened the final frame by putting together a 14-6 run that allowed TMP to take the 45-44 on a Koenigsman three pointer.
Koenigsman and Hannah Rose scored 12 of the 14 points during the run.
But on the next Russell possession, Aubrey Birney scored on an offensive rebound to put the Broncos us 46-45 and they never trailed again in a 49-45 victory.
Birney led all scorers with 12 points and seven rebounds. Koenigsman led TMP with 11 points and five rebounds.
BOYS: TMP 67, Russell 64
It would take overtime to decided a winner Tuesday between the TMP boys and the Russell boys and it was TMP coming up with the 67-64 win
Jacob Seib scored the first four point of the game for the Monarchs as they jumped to an early 8-3 lead.
The Monarchs (9-8, 5-1 MCL) led 15-7 after the first quarter.
TMP continued to build their first-half lead and led by as many at 13 at 24-11 on an offensive rebound and put back by Seib in the second quarter.
But the Monarchs went cold to close out the first half and that allowed Russell (9-8, 4-3 MCL) to climb back within one at halftime, 26-25.
They then took the lead to open the second half at 27-26. The third quarter featured 10 lead changes and four ties before the Monarchs took a 42-41 lead into the final period of the regulation.
In the fourth quarter Russell led by as many as four and TMP by as many as three but with TMP up three at 55-52, Jake Mooney hit a three pointer to send the game to overtime.
In the extra frame, the Monarchs were six-of-eight at the line and Carson Liles was a perfect four-for-four. He scored four points and Jacob Seib scored six points in the overtime leading TMP to the 67-64 victory.
Seib scored a career-high 23 points. Ty Schmeidler added 18 points and Liles finished with 14 points.
Russell鈥檚 Trey Carlson had 27 points, 13 rebounds and blocked three shots in a losing effort.
TMP with host Plainville on Thursday and Russell travels to Trego on Friday.