Both Montgomery County teams gave up second half leads but regrouped for a sweep of Macon at the Moberly Holiday Shootout on Monday.
The Wildcat boys finished the game on a 14-2 run for a 50-40 victory. The Tigers climbed out of a ten-point third quarter hole to take the lead early in the 4th:
Brad Boyer with the call on NEMOPressbox.com. Montgomery County scored the next eight points:
Wyatt March led all scorers with 19 points and was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. He and the Wildcats won their fourth in a row to improve to 6-2. Ryder Lewis led Macon with 15 and freshman Max Devenport had his best scoring game with four three-pointers for 12. The Tigers drop to 1-7. It was the first time that Montgomery County and Macon boys played since 1959.
The Montgomery County girls used a late foul count to their advantage in holding on for a 43-40 win over Macon, at the MACC Activity Center. Leading by three and with only one team foul, the Lady Wildcats strategically used three fouls in the final 13 seconds to force Macon into a desperation three-pointer at the buzzer that was no good.
The Tigerettes did erase an eight point deficit in the fourth quarter with the help of MaKenzie Hessell:
Hessell finished with 17. The Tigerettes drop to 4-5. Emma Rodgers led all scorers with 21 points, including 7-of-8 from the line to earn our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game award. The Lady Wildcats improve to 6-3.
The Montgomery County teams head to the Tipton Shootout on Friday to play Miller. The Macon teams will host Fayette on Friday.
postgame Montgomery County boys coach Dustin Figg:
postgame with Macon boys coach Dale Devenport:
postgame with Montgomery County girls coach Joe Basinger:
postgame with Macon girls coach Thomas Kirkland:
