Morrison sweeps Irving College
Thursday night at Morrison, the Eagles picked up two wins from Irving College as the Lady Eagles cruised by the Lady Tigers 54-28. In the boys game Morrison was to strong in the paint and claimed the 44-20 victory.
In the girls game Irving College was down 10-4 when the Lady Eagles went on a 24-point run. Brooke Bowman, Melita Pelham and Miki Rogers controlled the game for the Lady Eagles, and pressure defense by Morrison gave Irving College trouble and created turnovers which the Lady Eagles quickly turned into points. By halftime Morrison had a 34-4 lead.
In the second half the Lady Tigers finally put their offense to work as they hit for nine points in the third quarter. Morrison continued to work hard on offense and added 14 points to their lead. In the fourth Da Rae Wells went to work for the Lady Tigers as she hit for eight of Irving College’s 15 points in the quarter. Morrison’s offense slowed as Irving College held the Eagles to six points in the quarter.
Leading the way for Morrison were Pelham and Rogers with 12 points each. Bowman had eight, Carly Potter had six, Kayley Murray, Christy Perry and Tia Curtis had four points each. Shelbie Tubbs and Kimberly Herrin added two points each.
For the Lady Tigers, Wells had 13 points, Abril Amparan had seven, Kerrie Green six and Kelcy Tate had two points.
In the boys game Morrison put 21 points on the board before the Tigers hit the scoreboard at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter Irving College managed five points in the period as they held Morrison to eight. But by the end of the first half Morrison held a 29-7 lead.
In the third period Morrison’s big men went back to work as Jonathan Holland and Casey Dunn controlled the boards and helped the Eagles put 12 more points on the board by the end of the third period. Irving College struggled with Morrison’s defense and managed only four points in the period. In the final period of play Irving College held Morrison to three points while Dustin Smith helped the Tigers to nine points in the period, but it was too little and too late to overcome the Eagles’ early dominance.
For the Eagles, Dunn had 12, Jonathan Holland 10, Cody Fults eight, Bobby Fults and Tyler McElroy had five points each. Zach West and Charlie Krickel added two points each.
For Irving College, Smith had 16 points. Casey Mullican and Grant Hoover added two points each.