<p>HILL CITY - The the TMP-Marian girls and boys basketball team opened up Mid-Continent League play Friday night with a win over Hill City.</p><p><b>Girls: TMP 51, Hill City 32</b></p><p>The TMP Lady Monarchs held Hill City to just two points in the second quarter and put together an 18-4 run to end the first quarter and open the second on their way to a 51-32 win</p><p><b>Coach Rose McFarland</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/945981103&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509" title="Eagle Radio" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Eagle Radio</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509/12-11-20-tmp-girls-coach-int" title="12-11-20 TMP coach Rose McFarland" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">12-11-20 TMP coach Rose McFarland</a></div></div><p>Hill City jumped out to an early 3-0 lead but the Monarchs scored nine straight on a Sophia Balthazor three pointer, a pair of fast break baskets and a rebound and put back as the Monarchs took a 9-3 lead.</p><p>Hill City scored eight straight to take the 11-9 lead before TMP tied the game at 11 on a Jaci VonLintel field goal at the end of the first quarter.</p><p>TMP took the lead on a Balthazor steal and layup that put TMP up 13-11. They would neve trail again.</p><p>In that second quarter the Monarchs outscored Hill City 10-2 and then opened the third quarter with five quick Emilee Lane points to put TMP up 11 at 26-15.</p><p>A Kyleigh Allen three-pointer gave TMP a 29-18 lead, capping off an 18-4 run.</p><p>The Monarchs led 36-24 through three quarters of action.</p><p>Balthazor hit her second three of the game to open the fourth quarter and four straight from Kassidi Yost gave TMP their largest lead of the night at 42-24.</p><p>The went on to pick up the 51-32 win.</p><p><b>Game highlights</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/945981052&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509" title="Eagle Radio" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Eagle Radio</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509/12-11-20-tmp-girls-highlights" title="12-11-20 TMP girls highlights vs Hill City" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">12-11-20 TMP girls highlights vs Hill City</a></div></div><p>Balthazor finished with a game-high 15 points. VonLintel finished with 10 points.</p><p>Alissa Keith led Hill City withy 11 points and 8 rebounds.</p><p>TMP improved to 3-1 while Hill City dropped to 0-2.</p><p><b>Boys: TMP 63, Hill City 39</b></p><p>The TMP boys used a 21-4 first half run on their way to a 63-39 win over Hill City.</p><p><b>Coach Bill Meagher</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/945981169&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509" title="Eagle Radio" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Eagle Radio</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509/12-11-20-tmp-boys-coach-int" title="12-11-2020 TMP coach Bill Meagher" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">12-11-2020 TMP coach Bill Meagher</a></div></div><p>The two teams traded the lead early and Hill City was able to take an 8-7 first quarter lead.</p><p>Trailing by one, TMP's Jackson Schulte knocked in his second first-quarter three pointer sparking a 21-4 TMP run to end the first and begin the second putting TMP up 24-12.</p><p>TMP led 32-21 at halftime.</p><p>The Monarchs outscored Hill City in the third quarter 20-4 building a 52-23 lead.</p><p>TMP led by as many as 30 points in the fourth quarter and claimed the 63-39 win.</p><p><b>Game highlights</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/945981142&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509" title="Eagle Radio" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Eagle Radio</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-814667509/12-11-20-tmp-boys-highlights" title="12-11-20 - TMP boys highlights vs Hill City" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">12-11-20 - TMP boys highlights vs Hill City</a></div></div><p>Schulted scored in double-figures for the third time in four games to open the season with a game-high 16 points.</p><p>Sophomore Dylan Werth added 15 points and 8 rebounds.</p><p>Hill City's Derek Keith scored a team-high 12.</p><p>TMP improved to 3-1 on the season while Hill City dropped to 0-2.</p><p>The Monarchs host Oakley on Tuesday.</p>

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