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                    </figure><p>PLAINVILLE – The TMP-Marian Monarchs outscored Phillipsburg
10-4 to start the game and never trailed the rest of the way as they claimed
the 2020 Mid-Continent League tournament championship Saturday with a 59-46 win
over the Panthers.</p><p>TMP had lost the last two MCL title games to the Panthers and tt's the first MCL tournament title for the Monarchs since 2016.</p><p><b>Coach Bill Meagher postgame</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/749542141&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe></div><p>Phillipsburg opened the game with a 4-2 lead but TMP
answered with a, 8-0 run capped off by back-to-back Ryan Stoecklein field goals
to put the Monarchs up 10-4. They extended their lead to seven, at 16-9 before
taking a 16-11 lead into the second quarter.</p><p>The Panthers trimmed TMP’s lead to 16-13 to open the second
quarter when Jackson Schulte hit his first of five three-pointers on the night
to put TMP up 19-13. A Lucas Lang field goal midway through the second quarter
gave TMP their largest lead of the first half at 26-17.</p><p>Phillipsburg finished the first half with a flurry of field
goals and trimmed the TMP lead to just 28-22.</p><p>The Monarchs extended their lead to 10 at 39-29 to open the third
quarter when Schulte hit back-to-back threes and Stoecklein added his second three
of the game. The lead grew to 12 at 44-32 on a Lucas Lang three-pointer. TMP
led 48-38 after three quarters.</p><p>In the fourth quarter led by as many as 15 on their way to
the 59-46 win.</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/749541619&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe></div><p>Jackson Schulte led three Monarchs in double-figures with 15 and Carson Jacobs finished with 11 points and 12 rebounds.</p><p>Ty Sides for Phillipsburg led all scorers with 19 points.</p><p>TMP improves 10-1 with their 10th straight win. Phillipsburg
drops to 8-5 on the season.</p>

TMP boys claim MCL tournament title