Wildcat girls lose in double OT

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February 6, 2013 - 12:00 AM

MORAN — On a night filled with several clutch plays by both teams, a pair of freshmen stood above everybody else Tuesday.
Marmaton Valley High’s Mackenzie Tynon and Northeast High’s Jaycie Polhlopek took turns delivering basket after basket as their schools battled into double overtime.
Polhlopek delivered the first round of heroics with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to tie the score at 33-33 at the end of regulation. Tynon then stepped to the free throw line to calmly swish two attempts to tie the score at 42-42 at the end of the first overtime.
The Vikings were able to convert enough offensive opportunities from there, while Marmaton Valley’s shots stopped falling. Northeast built on its lead at the free throw line in the second overtime, hitting 7 of 10 at one stretch, in a 52-48 win.
The loss drops Marmaton Valley to 5-11 overall and 2-5 in Three Rivers League standings.
Wildcat coach Kent Houk pointed to missed chances as Marmaton Valley’s downfall.
“We missed too many free throws, and we ‘toilet-bowled’ a couple of shots,” Houk said, in which the ball swirled around the rim only to fall out.
The missed chances allowed Northeast to twice make up five-point deficits down the stretch. Marmaton Valley led 33-28 when Polhlopek scored from inside to to close the gap to 33-30 with 1:28 left in regulation.
The Wildcats came up empty on its next two possessions, the first on a travel, the second on a steal by the Vikings, setting up Polhlopek’s tying trey to end the regular session.
Tynon responded by converting a traditional 3-point play to start the overtime scoring, followed by a layup from Kaitlin Ensminger to push the Wildcats ahead 38-33.
Again, the Vikings battled back. Morgan Maransani drained two free throws, leading to another Polhlopek trey to tie the score. A Wildcat turnover led to a basket by Gretchen Mills. A Viking steal and a Polhlopek layup capped a 9-0 run with 44 seconds left in overtime.
Kacie Shadden replied for Marmaton Valley with a basket, then Northeast’s Kaylee Bogina missed the front end of a 1-and-1, with 2.6 seconds left on the clock. Tynon was fouled on the rebound, and hit both charities to tie the score.
A Mills jumper to start the second overtime gave the Vikings the lead for good. The lead grew to 45-42 before Emily Meiwes scored on an outback for the Wildcats with 1:25 left.
Northeast went 1 of 4 from the line, leaving the door open a crack, but Marmaton Valley could not respond.
The Vikings led 48-44 when Tynon drained a pair of free throws for the Wildcats. Marmaton Valley’s MaRiyah Cavender was whistled for an intentional foul on Northeast’s subsequent possession with 32 seconds left, and Bogina hit 3 of 4 charities to push the lead to 51-46. Meiwes went 2 for 2 from the line, then the Wildcats narrowly missed regaining possession with a chance to tie with about 14 seconds left, but Cavender was whistled for a foul, negating a potential traveling call on Mills. She hit 1 of 2 free throws to seal the win.
Tynon and Polhlopek each scored 19 points to lead their respective teams.
“Mackenzie played big,” Houk said. “She hit some shots and did a good job of boxing out. She did a lot of things well tonight.”
Kacie Shadden followed with 11 for Marmaton Valley. Ensminger, Cavender, Kailey Boyd and Meiwes scored four points each.
Northeast trailed 6-2 early on before closing the first half with a 12-2 run to lead 14-8. Marmaton Valley clawed back to within 20-19 at halftime, and pulled ahead 25-24 after three quarters.
Both teams struggled from the line. Marmaton Valley hit 14 of 24 free throws; Northeast hit 13 of 29.
The Wildcats host Southern Coffey County Friday.
Northeast (14-6-4-9-9-10—52)
MV (8-11-6-8-9-6—48)
Northeast (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Maransani 1-4-3-6, Bogina 1-7-0-9, Mills 5-0-3-10, Polhlopek 4/3-2-4-19, Tindle 1-0-0-2, Nunn 2-0-5-4, Wyland 1-0-4-2. TOTALS: 15/3-13-19-52.
MV (FG-FT-F-TP): Ensminger 2-2-4-4, Cavender 1-2-4-4, Boyd 2-0-5-4, Shadden 4-3-3-11, Meiwes 1-2-4-4, Louk 0-0-2-0, Tynon 7-5-4-19. TOTALS: 17-14-26-48.

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