The Madison Bulldogs came through with a 63-34 victory against the Hamilton Tigers Friday night.
Yet Madison didn’t pull away until after halftime, as the Bulldogs held just a 21-14 lead at the break.
During the third and fourth quarters, the game changed, and the Bulldogs took control both offensively and defensively.
“The second half we played with a lot more intensity,” Madison coach Mike Pitko said. “I think that was the turning point in the game.”
In the final 16 minutes, the Bulldogs scored more points (42) than the Tigers did in the entire game (34).
A big part in the Bulldogs victory was Jordan Stout, who scored 17 points. Eric Porter added 14 points for Madison.
MADISON boys 63, HAMILTON 34
Madison 8 13 21 21 — 63
Hamilton 9 5 8 12 — 34
Madison — Luthi 6, Porter 14, Whitmore 5, Stout 17, Huber 4, Hamilton 2, James 3, Stewart 2, Schankie 6, Ott 4.
Hamilton — Damron 2, Ashlock 5, Swink 2, B. Smith 12, J. Smith 13.
Halftime — Madison 21-14. Total Fouls —Madison 16, Hamilton 14. Fouled Out — Hamilton: Schlotterbeck.
Lebo boys 51, SCC 50
Defeating the Southern Coffey County Titans was no easy task for the Lebo Wolves, whose victory came by a mere one-point margin.
The game was close throughout, as the teams played to a 26-all tie at halftime.
Lebo’s Cameron Smith scored 16 points, while Taylor Barker added 14. As for the Titans, Dane Birk came out as the game’s high-scorer with 19 points.
The winning margin came thanks to Adam Laflin, who had made just one field goal the entire game. It was Laflin who knocked down the winning free throw to break the tie and lift the Wolves to victory.
LEBO boys 51, SOUTHERN COFFEY COUNTY 50
Lebo 8 18 14 11 — 51
SCC 13 13 9 15 — 50
Lebo — Jeremy Johnston 2, Bryant Linsey 6, Cameron Smith 16, Adam Laflin 3, Taylor Barker 14, Aaron Gillespie 10.
SCC — C. Ludolf 8, Harvey 7 Meyer 2, True 4, Birk 19, Redding 8, Houston 2.
Halftime — Tied 26-26. Total Fouls — Lebo 20, SCC 17. Fouled Out — SCC: C. Ludolf, Lebo: Aaron Gillespie.
Council Grove boys 56, Osage City 38
The Council Grove Braves turned a tenuous one-point halftime lead into a 56-38 victory over the Osage City Indians Friday night.
Going into the second half, Council Grove was only leading, 23-22, but the Braves outscored Osage City, 33-16, in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.
Helping them do so was Clint Roddy and Blake Mayer, as each scored a game-high 13 points apiece.
Dalton Keeffe scored 13 points for the Indians.
COUNCIL GROVE boys 56, OSAGE CITY 38
Council Grove 10 13 15 18 — 56
Osage City 10 12 10 6 — 38
Council Grove — Ross 11, Roddy 13, Miller 6, Smith 2, Mayer 13, Siegle 9, Messer 2.
Osage City — Giesy 1, Carson 1, Oliver 10, Faulkner 9, Keeffe 13, Thornburgh 4.
Halftime — Council Grove 23, Osage City 22. Total Fouls — Council Grove 15, Osage City 11.
MdCV boys 59,
Burlingame 42
Although the Marais des Cygnes Valley Trojans started Friday night’s game slowly, they rebounded to take the easy victory over Burlingame.
Both teams ended the first quarter tied at 6, but the Trojans’ Chisom Spencer and David Becker stepped up, together accumulating 37 combined points.
Spencer, scored a game-high 20 points, while Becker trailed close behind with 17 points.
Burlingame got a strong game out of Chris Patterson, who had 14 points.
“It was an awfully big win for us,” MdCV coach Thad Thurston said. “Burlingame is a really strong team.”
MdCV boys 59, BURLINGAME 42
MdCV 6 23 22 8 — 59
Burlingame 6 15 13 8 — 42
MdCV — Chisom Spencer 20, David Becker 17, Dennis Becker 10, Litch 9, Phillips 3.
Burlingame — Chris Patterson 14, Dotson 8, Thummel 8, Hoffman 6, Zerbe 5, Smart 1.
Halftime — MdCV 29-21. Total Fouls — MdCV 20, Burlingame 17. Fouled out — Marais des Cygnes Valley: Schmidt, Phillips.
Hartford boys 73, Olathe Christian 60
Friday night’s game was a hard-earned victory for the Hartford Jaguars, as they defeated Olathe Christian, 73-60.
“I thought we did a tremendous job in our transition offense,” Hartford coach Chuck Ewy said. “All the post players ran the court real well.”
The Jaguars got most of their points out of three players: Blake Edwards with 21 points, Keegan Crawford with 14 points and Justin Farr with 11 points.
HARTFORD boys 73, OLATHE CHRISTIAN 60
Hartford 12 24 15 22 — 73
Olathe Christian 13 18 8 21 — 60
Hartford — Blake Edwards 21, Keegan Crawford 14, Justin Farr 11, Scott Gardner 9, Adam Williams 7, Cody Barrett 4, Storm Cartee 3, Josh Dunn 2, Adam Ewy 2.
Olathe Christian — Ben Wishall 17, Zeb Speer 15, Anthony Sublett 6, Josiah Bradley 6, Ben Hall 6, Mathew Temple 3, Nick Kijowski 3, Antjuan Saunders 3, Micah Borders 1.
Halftime — Hartford 36-31. Total Fouls — Hartford 17, Olathe Christian 29. Fouled Out — OC: Anthony Sublett, Antjuan Saunders.
Erica Bennett contributed to this report.