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The lead had reached
32-0 with two more scores from Coleman and Matthew Howell, before
Joppa-Maple Grove 6-1 senior Jacob Smith netted the first points
for the Rangers on a drive in the lane at the 4:27 mark of the
second quarter.
That was the only
points of the first half for the visiting team.
Cobden added two
more scores before the half by Mitchell Howell and Pitts.
Howell scored
on a nice assist from Matthew Howell and Pitts drove the baseline
to finish of the first two quarters at 36-2.
Joppa-Maple Grove
committed 14-turnovers in the first half and shot just 1-of-17
from the floor, 0-of-11 from the 3-point line.
The best part
of the game for the Rangers was the third quarter as they managed
to make the score look a bit more respectable.
Smith scored 12
of his points in the frame, but seven different Appleknockers
scored in the third quarter that Cobden won 22-19 to lead 58-21
at the end of the stanza.
With the mercy
rule continuous clock rolling in the fourth quarter Coach Sweitzer
emptied the bench as 12 players total got in the game with 11
of them scoring points.
“We talk
every game about limiting (opponents) to one contested shot.
We feel like in high school basketball if you make your lay
ups, make your free throws and take care of the ball, its a
simple formula but it isn't always easy to accomplish,”
said Coach Sweitzer. “We put on our board that we want
to 'compete every possession' and regardless of the score we
want to win that possession. I felt like we did that tonight.”
Pitts and Matthew
Howell ended up with eight-points each while Mitchell Howell
scored six.
Another important
stat that showed the dominance was rebounding as Cobden controlled
the glass 40-16 as they only allowed two offensive rebounds
by the Rangers.
Smith scored 19-points
for the Rangers while 6-foot senior Maurice Zabala came off
of the bench to score four-points.
Senior guard Aiden
Stubblefield hit a 3-pointer for Joppa-Maple Grove to round
out the team's scoring.
The Appleknockers
hit 31-of-59 shots overall (52.5 percent) but they were just
2-of-12 from long range.
Meaning inside
the arc they were 61.7 percent on two-point attempts, most of
which came in the paint.
Joppa-Maple Grove
finished 11-of-38 (28.9 percent) from the field, 2-of-20 from
the arc.
Both teams host
SEC games next Monday.
Cobden will welcome
Century to the new gymnasium while the Rangers will host Shawnee.
“The thing
I'm most proud of tonight was our discipline as a team. We still
wanted to work to get better tonight,” said Coach Sweitzer.
“So what we did today will benefit us down the road.”
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