HAYS – The TMP-Marian Monarchs dropped both games of a home doubleheader with the Sacred Heart Knights on Friday night at Al Billinger Fieldhouse.
GIRLS:
Sacred Heart 51, TMP 38
The Sacred Heart girls used a 13-4 third-quarter run to go up double-figures on their way to a 51-38 victory.
The Knights (8-2) opened the game on a 9-1 run and led by as many as nine in the first quarter before TMP’s Paige Koenigsman hit back-to-back jumpers to close out the first quarter, with Sacred Heart leading 14-9.
The Knights would keep the trend in each of the next three quarters of putting together big scoring runs.
They opened the second quarter on a 10-2 run and led by 13 before the Monarchs answered with a 12-0 run, capped off by a pair of Koenigsman three’s and two Hannan Rose free throws.
But the Knights answered with a three of their own and led 27-23 at halftime.
The Sacred Heart runs to open the second half was 10-2, and they led TMP 40-30 through three quarters.
In the final frame, Sacred Heart outscored the Monarchs 11-8, securing the 51-38 win.
TMP’s Raegan Allen finished with 12 points and Paige Koenigsman added a career-high 10 points.
BOYS: Sacred Heart 48, TMP 45 OT
It would take an extra four minutes for the #4-ranked Sacred Heart and TMP-Marian boys to decide a win Friday night, with the Knights (10-0) coming away with the 48-45 victory.
The game was a low-scoring affair, with neither team breaking into double figures until the second quarter.
TMP (3-4) missed their first 11 three-point attempts and trailed 5-4 after the first quarter.
Down 9-4 to open the second, Jacob Seib got the scoring started for TMP, making it 9-6, and then Ty Schmeidler and Caden Dinkel converted on back-to-back three-point attempts, giving TMP the 12-9 lead.
After a couple of ties and five lead changes in the final three minutes of the first half, TMP was left clinging to a 19-18 halftime lead.
Sacred Heart regained the lead twice in the early moments of the third quarter, the final time at 23-22, and they led by six through three quarters, 28-22.
In the final quarter, TMP slowly chipped away at the lead, and Ian Nehls and Schmeidler both scored seven points, including the game-tying three-pointer for Schmeidler with 30 seconds to play.
An outstanding defensive effort by Will Eck, altering the potential game-winning shot, for the Knights, as time expired sent the game to overtime.
In the extra frame, Sacred Heart led by as many as six on their way to a 48-45 win.
TMP’s Ty Schmeidler scored 15 points and Jacob Seib added 13 points.
TMP will host Hill City on Monday.