WEBB CITY 78, FRONTENAC 60
FRONTENAC, Kan. — A second-quarter surge led Webb City to a 78-60 win over Frontenac on Friday night at the Freeman Sports Medicine Mid-Season Shoot-Out at Frontenac High School.
Webb City (11-2) will meet Nevada (10-5) at 2:30 on Saturday in the tourney’s championship game.
The Raiders led 16-14 at the end of the first quarter, but the Cardinals put together a 17-0 run to begin the second period.
Webb City never trailed again. The Cardinals were up 38-27 at halftime.
Treys late in the third quarter by Nickhai Howard and Max Higginbotham, along with four points from Cohl Vaden, gave Webb City a 54-36 lead.
The Cardinals went up 20 early in the fourth quarter on a pair of free throws from Higginbotham.
A two-handed dunk by Luke Brumit extended Webb City’s advantage to 62-43 with five minutes to play.
Alex Martin and Howard scored 15 points apiece to lead the Cardinals, while Vaden added 10 points. Brumit had 10 rebounds and eight points.
Mekhi Garrard and Trenton Hayes added eight points apiece. Nine different players scored for the Cardinals, who shot 43 percent from the floor (26-for-60).
The Raiders were led by 6-foot-8 junior post player Jordan Fudge’s 22 points. Frontenac shot 43 percent (20-of-47). The Raiders had 26 turnovers, while the Cardinals had 19.
There were 49 fouls called, 27 on the Raiders and 22 on the Cardinals.
NEVADA 58, FORT SCOTT 30
Also in Frontenac, Nevada came out on top in the clash between Tigers, improving to 2-0 in the tourney.
Nevada led 13-9 at the end of the opening frame and 29-23 at halftime.
With a 17-5 third quarter, Nevada extended its lead to 18 at 46-28 entering the fourth quarter.
Shaun Gray’s Tigers pushed the lead to 20 right away in the fourth quarter.
Nevada outscored Fort Scott 29-7 in the second half.
Logan McNeley led Nevada with 22 points with four 3-pointers, while Logan Applegate added 13 points.
CARTHAGE 79, COFFEYVILLE 30
CHANUTE, Kan. — A strong first half led Carthage’s boys to a 79-30 win over Coffeyville on Friday afternoon at the Ralph Miller Classic at Chanute High School.
Up 25-13 at the end of the first quarter, Carthage extended its lead to 39-19 by halftime.
The Tigers outscored the Golden Tornado 30-6 in the third period to take a comfortable 69-25 advantage entering the fourth quarter.
Max Templeman poured in 21 points to lead Carthage, while Joel Pugh added 18 points with five 3-pointers.
Also for the Tigers, Silas Templeman scored 12 points and Justin Ray had 10 with two treys.
Carthage plays Life Prep at 2:30 on Saturday to finish out tourney play.
NEOSHO 79, FORSYTH 58
NEOSHO, Mo. — Neosho earned a convincing 79-58 non-conference win over Forsyth.
Landon Austin led the Wildcats with 27 points and Isaiah Green added a career-high 20 points.
Austin scored 17 points in the second half and also grabbed 10 rebounds.
Wildcats coach Zane Culp noted it was Austin’s second straight double-double.
Chase Flynn added 15 points for Neosho, while Dalton Brodie had eight. Brock Franklin and Kael Smith chipped in seven points apiece.
The Wildcats led 35-33 at the break, but the hosts erupted for 44 points in the second half, including 26 in the fourth quarter.
The Wildcats improved to 10-6.
Neosho hosts McDonald County next Friday.
