HAYS – The TMP-Marian Monarchs played host to the Plainville Cardinals in a key Mid-Continent League showdown, and the Lady Monarchs and the Plainville boys came away with victories.
GIRLS: TMP 77, Plainville 35
TMP’s Brooke Koenigsman scored 10 of her game-high 23 points in the first quarter on a night where she surpassed 1,000 career points, and the Monarchs cruised to a 77-35 victory.
The Monarchs (11-7 5-2 MCL), who had struggled with slow starts in recent games, wasted no time finding a rhythm.
Koenigsman scored the game’s first bucket to go up 2-0. Those points put her past 1,000 for her career at TMP. After being briefly honored during a timeout, she scored eight more points in the first quarter. That, combined with five points each from Hannah Rose and Claire Schippers and a pair of Shalee Gottschalk three-pointers, helped the Monarchs rush out to a 28-3 lead after the first quarter.
It was more of the same in the second quarter as Koenigsman added seven more points on her way to a game-high 23, and TMP led at halftime 47-13.
The Monarchs outscored Plainville by seven in the third quarter and, with the clock running in the fourth period, claimed the 77-35 victory.
Koenigsman led three in double-figures for the Monarchs. Shalee Gottschalk scored a career-high 11 points, and Claire Schippers finished with 13 points.
BOYS: Plainville 76, TMP 70
The TMP boys hadn’t played an overtime game in more than two years, but after Thursday night, they had played two in less than a week.
They came up short in a 76-70 double-overtime loss to Plainville.
Thursday night’s contest was a back-and-forth affair from the opening tipoff.
After TMP led 7-4 early, Plainville answered with a 9-0 run to lead by six at 13-7.
The Monarchs answered right back thanks to a 12-0 run to lead 19-13.
TMP matched that six-point lead twice in the quarter, only to see Plainville cut the TMP lead to 25-22 at halftime.
The Cardinals brought all the momentum from their locker room for the second half, outscoring TMP 20-9 in the third quarter and led 42-38 through three quarters.
TMP’s Ty Schmeidler scored 23 of his game-high 28 points in the second half and 17 in the two overtime periods.
His three-pointer in the final seconds of the fourth quarter tied the game at 52 and sent the game to overtime.
In the first extra frame, the Monarchs led by as many as four points but could not secure the victory at the free-throw line.
In the second overtime Plainville made 11-of-15 free throws while TMP made just four of eight. The Cardinals outscored TMP 15-9 in the final frame.
Plaine went on to secure the 76-70 2OT victory.
Schmeidler led all scorers with 28 points. Plainville’s Jayden Morris led four scorers in double-figures with 14 points