HAYS – The TMP-Marian Monarchs boys and girls basketball teams picked up a pair of big wins over their longtime rivals Russell Tuesday at Al Billinger Fieldhouse in Hays.
Girls: TMP 73, Russel 33
The TMP Lady Monarchs used a 19-5 run to open the second
quarter and four players scored in double-figures as they claimed their 13th
straight win Tuesday, 73-33 against the Russell Broncos.
TMP (14-2, 8-0 MCL) rushed out to a 6-0 start to the game before Russell answered with back-to-back field goals to cut the TMP lead to two. Emilee Lane answered with the first of her three three-pointers that sparked a 12-4 run to put TMP up 18-8. After a pair of Russell (9-8, 5-3) free throws the Monarchs led 18-10 after the first quarter.
Jaci VonLintel scored the first five points of the second quarter leading TMP on a 19-5 run to start the second quarter as the Monarchs built a 37-15 lead.
Leading by 20 at the end of the third quarter TMP strung together a 24-0 run to go up 63-19 and cruised the rest of the way to a 73-33 win.
Emilee Lane led all scorers with 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Sophia Balthazor hit three three-pointers and finished with 17 points. Jaci VonLintel added 15 points and Kassidi Yost scored a career-high 13 points.
Boys: TMP 59, Russell 42
The TMP boys ran their win streak to three games in a
Russell Tuesday with a 59-42 win over the Broncos.
Russell’s Jackson Cross scored nine first quarter points as the Broncos (9-7, 3-4 MCL) built a five-point lead at 11-6. The Monarchs (12-3, 7-0 MCL) scored the final five points of the first quarter capped off with a Kade Harris three-pointer.
A Cross free throw put Russell back up by one at 12-11 to start the second quarter but with six minutes left in the second quarter Kenton Ginther hit his first of seven three’s to put TMP up 14-12, a lead they would never surrender.
Ginter drained three three-pointers in the second quarter as the Monarchs outscored Russell 19-10 in the second quarter and led 29-21 at halftime.
TMP held Russell to just four third quarter field goals while the Monarchs outscored the Broncos 22-9 to build a 51-30 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Russell scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter but TMP was able to secure the 59-42 victory.
Kenton Ginther’s career-high 21 points paced the Monarchs. Jace Wentling added 15 points and Dylan Werth finished with 10 points.
The Monarchs host the Phillipsburg Panthers on Friday at Al Billinger Fieldhouse.