Size advantage lifts Eagles past Pioneers
Things went downhill fast for the seventh-grade Pioneers Friday night at the Warren County Middle School.
Morrison’s seventh- and eighth-graders took advantage of their size as the Eagles racked up 19 first-half points on their way to a 31-19 win.
Morrison’s height advantage took charge of the boards in the first quarter. The Eagles scored at will as Bobby Fults hit to open the game and baskets by Zach West and Casey Dunn gave Morrison a 11-0 lead by the end of the first quarter.
Morrison continued to dominate the boards in the second period with West and Dunn, and Warren County went almost 10 minutes into the contest before scoring its first goal. Mark Harvey put the Pioneers on the board with 1:27 left in the first half and Lake Kirby added a basket with 53 seconds left in the quarter, but the Eagles still held a 19-4 lead at the break.
Morrison came out and scored 10 straight points in the third quarter, with West, Fults and Jonathan Holland accounting for 11 points in the period. Brett Patterson hit a 3-pointer with 21 seconds left on the clock, but the Eagles held a 30-7 lead by the end of the period.
Warren County scored seven unanswered points in the fourth quarter, which came from the hot shooting hand of Mark Harvey. Morrison added one point at the 2:52 mark, but Austin Fairchild hit a “3” and Harvey added one basket before the horn as the Eagles came away with the victory.
For the Eagles, West hit for 12 points, Dunn had 10, Fults scored seven, Holland added two and Charlie Krickel had one point.
For the Pioneers, Mark Harvey had 11 points, Patterson and Fairchild had three points each and Kirby added two points.