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Greyhounds win; Jewell upsets Neosho County
Fort Scott Community College's men's basketball team made it a sweep in the McDonald's Classic by defeating the MidAmerica Nazarene junior varsity, 75-56, at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon.
In the opening game, the William Jewell junior varsity dominated play in defeating Neosho County, 83-64.
The Greyhounds, 5-2, will play their third home game in four days when they host the Ottawa junior varsity tonight at 7 at Arnold Arena. After that, they won't be home again until January 3.
MidAmerica was pesky in the early going, as most four-year school JV's tend to be. But Australian freshman Chris Clausen's dunk ignited a 19-0 run that stretched a three-point lead into a 25-5 advantage with 6:37 to go in the half.
The Pioneers were held to five-of-28 (18 percent) field-goal shooting in the first half as the 'Hounds took a 37-15 lead into the locker room.
An 8-0 run early in the second half made the lead 51-22. MidAmerica chipped away and got within 61-50 with 4:34 to go. But the Greyhounds were performing too well from the field, at the free-throw line and on the boards to allow the Pioneers to get any closer.
Fort Scott shot 60 percent from the field in the second half, making 15 of 25 attempts. The 'Hounds didn't even attempt a three-point shot as it was plenty easy to score inside and in transition. They also made eight of 13 free throws in the half.
Bateko Francisco led the 'Hounds once again with 23 points on nine-of-23 field-goal shooting. There's not any need to be concerned about his shooting percentage. It's his job to shoot, being the two guard, and he somehow always manages to get some tough baskets and get his points.
Terrell Turner added 15 points for the Greyhounds. Kyle Cooper scored 13 points. Clausen had his second consecutive double double as he scored 10 and brought down 12 rebounds.
No one for MidAmerica had double digits in scoring. Ben Swinger, Drew Goetz and John Knipker each had eight.
The Greyhounds were 28 of 66 from the field overall for 42 percent. The Pioneers were 21 of 69 for 30 percent.
Fort Scott dominated the boards, 55-38. Cooper had eight boards and D'Mario Newton had seven.
William Jewell JV 83, Neosho County 64.
At halftime, Neosho County trailed 36-26. And that was only after reserve guard Harry Burton scored the final five points of the first half in the final 53 seconds.
The Panther's starting lineup scored only seven points in the first half -- Kefing Hill had six of those points. So Neosho County head coach John McIntyre decided to start four reserves in the second half, trying to find some scoring punch.
That move didn't work out as William Jewell quickly extended the lead to 51-35 with exactly 12 minutes to go. The lead was as large as 20 (59-39 with 9:24 go to) and the Panthers never got closer than 14.
Hill scored Neosho County's first basket of the game. Robert Chenoweth scored quickly for the Cardinals, sparking a 12-0 run. William Jewell never trailed again. Jordan Carey scored seven of his nine points in a 59-second span to make it a 35-16 game with 2:46 to go.
Jarrett Countryman led William Jewell with 26 points while also grabbing 12 rebounds. He connected on 10 of 16 shots from the field. Chenoweth followed with 15 points and eight boards.
Reserve post Eugene Blue led Neosho County with 16 points, 12 of them in the second half. He made eight of 13 shots from the field. Hill finished with 10 points.
William Jewell shot 44 percent from the field as it made 27 of 61 field-goal attempts. The Cards were eight of 21 from three-point range and 21 of 29 from the free-throw line.
Neosho County hit on 46 percent of its shots on 28 of 61 but made only five of 25 threes and was three of nine at the charity stripe. The Panthers also committed 19 turnovers to the Cardinals' 12 and were outrebounded, 43-33.
Neosho County fell to 3-4 on the season.