PARSONS, Kansas -- The 13th ranked NOC Mavericks won handily at Labette 91-56 Friday night in Parsons, Kansas while the Lady Mavs lost 78-67.
Mavs 91, Labette 56
NOC (4-0) was led by Tyrel Morgan and Dylan McLean with 18 points each. Mark Berry also reached double figures with 10. Morgan led the Mavs with eight rebounds, Nate Goodlow had seven assists.
“A road win is always a good win,” said coach Donnie Jackson. “We had unbelievable team energy. It was the best energy we have had. I hope it was real and a start of something more consistent. Our defensive energy was the biggest key. Guys were flying around, rotating and playing for each other. We made extra passes and we were playing for each other.”
Freshman Dylan McLean’s 18 points off the bench was a key to the win, according to Jackson.
“Dylan (McLean) showed why he earned more minutes with another good game,” he said. “Malik (Crawford) also played well with the best effort he had all season.”
The Mavs jumped out to a good start building an 18-4 lead over the Cardinals and were never threatened. NOC led 41-19 at half and cruised to the 91-56 win.
The Mavs shot 48% from the field and 39% from 3-point range while holding Labette to 40% shooting on the night. NOC shot 20-28 from the line as well.
NOC hosts Labette Monday night at 7:30 p.m. before opening Region 2 play Thursday night at #24 NEO.
“It’s a quick turn-around playing Labette again on Monday,” Jackson concluded. “We will need to keep our same defensive edge. It’s our last game before conference play starts and we need to continue to improve.”
Labette 78, Lady Mavs 67
The NOC Lady Mavs battled back from eight points down in the 3rd quarter and then took a 65-63 lead in the final quarter but couldn’t hold on losing 78-67.
NOC (0-3) was led by Delaney Reimer with 16 points while Mia Brown added 14 and Celeste Moore 11. Brown added right rebounds and four assists.
Coach Greg Krause was pleased with the Lady Mavs’ effort.
“We played better,” he said. “We took it to the basket stronger and played better defensively. Game competition is definitely helping us to see strengths and weaknesses and work on improvement.”
The Lady Mavs played uphill all night it seemed as on a number of occasions, Labette would build a lead and the Lady Mavs would rally.
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