Dunn leads Morrison to big win over Tigers
Irving College traveled to Morrison Monday for a mid-day match-up with the Eagles in seventh- and eighth-grade action. Morrison’s big man in the middle, Todd Dunn, scored 17 points to help the Eagles to a 39-18 win.
In first-quarter action, Irving College had problems with the aggressive play of the Eagles as they failed to score in the period. Morrison had no trouble running its offense as they hit for 17 points in the period.
With Morrison taking a 17-0 lead into the second period Irving College had to get some type of offense going. Gary Milstead scored the Tigers’ only points in the period with four. The Eagles had a few problems getting the ball to fall in the second quarter but did manage six points and took a 23-4 lead at halftime.
Irving College made an early run in the third period of play with Ethan Grider hitting for five points, but the Eagles made a statement with three minutes left in the quarter as they ended the period with 11 points taking a 34-18 lead into the final frame. The fourth was an offensive struggle for both teams as each team scored just five points.
Leading the way for Morrison was Dunn with 17 points, while Justin Fults had 10. Justin Adcock, Rick Johnson, Jeremy Brown, Matt Nelson, Charlie Hennessee and Clay Parker each scored two points.
For Irving College, Milstead had six and Grider had five points. William DeLong had three, Brently Panter and Justin Bouldin had two points each.