Crest boys down MV

Sports

January 5, 2013 - 12:00 AM

MORAN — Crest High boys rang up a 20-point victory here last night, defeating Marmaton Valley’s Wildcats 57-37.
“A win’s a win,” said Crest Coach Travis Hermreck, but allowed that he would have preferred to see his Lancers play with a little more zeal in the second half.
 “We got the lead and then were kind of content with it in the second half,” he said. “I’d like to see us play a little better throughout.
“But, you have to give Marmaton Valley a lot of credit. They played hard.”
The victory was Crest’s fifth in six outings. The Lancers next play Altoona-Midway at home (Colony) Friday night.
Kyle Hammond, the Lancers’ do-everything 6-2 senior, gave an indication of things to come when he launched a shot from beyond the arc early in the game and it hit nothing but dry goods for a 3-0 Crest lead. By the time the contest was over, Hammond had 34 points on 11 two-pointers,  three threes and three free throws.
The shot that didn’t count was Hammond’s most spectacular. As the second period expired, he swished a shot from the corner of the halfcourt, but officials disallowed it.
Brock Ellis, a 6-4 junior, added 10 points on five field goals.
Crest led 12-8 at the end of the first period and then kicked in the afterburner in the eight minutes, outscoring the Wildcats 16-3 for a 28-11 half-time bulge.
Marmaton Valley played their guests nearly even in the second half, trailing by three, 29-26.
“We played good for most of the game but had a drought in the second quarter where we fell asleep and they couldn’t miss,” Wildcat head coach Tim Stinnett said. “We never could rebound from that. Hammond got hot there for a while and we made it even easier for him by not boxing out.
“You could tell from our performance that our ‘lack of commitment’ over break showed but I do think we are getting better and hopefully we can put it together and win some more ball games,” Stinnett said.
Cole Becker, a quick-handed 5-9 senior, led the Cats with 18 points, nine rebounds and four steals. Chance Stevenson had two assists. Nathan Smart added four boards.
(Crest boys 12-16-11-18-57)
(MVHS boys 8-3-10-16-37)
Crest boys (FG/3-FT-F-PT): Boone 3/0-1-4-7; Stephens 0/1-0-2-3; Morton 0/1-10-1-3; Hammond 11/3-3-1-34; Ellis 5/0-0-4-10. Totals: 19-5-4-12-57.
MVHS boys (FG/3-FT-F-PT): Smith 0/0-0-1-0; Genn 1/0-2-0-4; Stevenson 1/1-0-3-5; Becker 5/2-2-4-18; Gonzales 1/0-0-0-2; Wagner 1/0-1-0-3; Smart 2/0-1-3-5. Totals: 11/3-6-11-37.

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