By GARRETT WELLBROCK
Hays Post Sports
TMP boys and girls both got their first wins of the season Saturday with wins on the final day of the Hays City Shootout to finish 7th place.
Girls: TMP-Marian 47, Olathe East 36
Second-chance points have hurt the Lady Monarchs all tournament, but today they benefited from it and helped get their first win of the season.
The Lady Monarchs outrebounded Olathe East 42-28 en route to an 11-point victory.
TMP struggled to get going offensively early, starting the 1st quarter 1-13 from the field, but they scored on the last play of the quarter to trim the Hawks' lead to 9-4 after 1.
A strong 2nd quarter, where the Lady Monarchs knocked down 2 threes, helped them tie things up at halftime, 23-23.
To begin the 3rd, Hannah Rose hit a 3, and it was then followed up by Claire Schippers and 1 layup to give the Monarchs a 30-25 lead, and they never trailed again.
TMP was in the same situation they were in last night, up 6 going into the 4th. But this time they finished the job, outscoring Olathe East 10 to 5 in the 4th quarter.
The Lady Monarchs held Olathe East to only 13 second-half points.
Schippers led the Monarchs with 12 points and Raegan Allen added 10 points as well.
Boys: TMP-Marian 55, Newton 49
The Monarchs trailed by as many as 9 in the first half and managed a second-half comeback to get their first win of the season over 5A Newton.
TMP had a short 4-2 lead early in the 1st quarter, but once again they went on a scoring drought like they have previously in the first 2 games and saw the Railers go on a 9-0 run to fall behind by 9.
The Monarchs battled back but still trailed by 7 heading into the locker room, 26-19.
TMP's offense came alive in the 3rd quarter as they came out of the locker room with three 3's and two and one layups from Jacob Seib and Grant Nehls. They went into the 4th tied at 38.
TMP got 2 baskets to begin the 4th quarter to give them their largest lead of 4, but Newton responded quickly with 6 straight points to retake the lead 44-42.
William Eck made a layup to tie it, but once again the Railers added 4 straight to go back up 4.
Ty Schmeidler then hit the 2 biggest shots of the day, making back-to-back 3's to give the Monarchs the lead for good at 50-48.
TMP would make their free throws and get their first win of the year, 55-49, to wrap up the Hays City Shootout.
The Monarchs hit 6 threes, 5 of them coming in the second half. They were led by Jacob Seib with 13 points, followed by Schmeidler, who finished with 12.
The Nehls brothers, Grant and Ian, both finished the game with 9.