MONTEZUMA – The Montezuma Braves pushed the pedal to the medal, eased off a bit, then stood on it.
Result: A stop-and-go, 86-41 cruise past Colfax-Mingo on Friday evening, Jan. 31.
The Braves started fast with a 28-8 lead after one quarter. But the Tigerhawks came back a little with a 16-13 second quarter to cut three points off their deficit.
Montezuma took its lead from 41-24 at halftime to 72-34 after three quarters by outscoring the visitors 31-10 in the third quarter.
Brady Boulton scored 31 points for the Braves and had 5 assists and 4 steals.
Kohen Holland scored 12 points and had 9 rebounds.
Dane Strong scored 10 points and Max Anderson put in 9.
The Braves shot .615 from the field and set those up with some crisp passing. Montezuma assisted 17 of its 32 field goals.
It was Senior Night. Seniors David Rose, Kohen Holland and Max Anderson were honored between the girls and boys games.
The win lifted the Braves to 15-2 on the season.
The Tigerhawks fell to 2-15.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Colfax-Mingo 8 16 10 7 – 41
Montezuma 28 13 31 14 – 86
MONTEZUMA (86) – Dane Strong 5-8, 0-3, 4, 10; David Rose 1-3, 1-2, 1, 3; Brady Boulton 11-14, 6-6, 3, 31; Kohen Hollnad 4-6, 4-7, 2, 12; Max Anderson 4-9, 1-2, 1, 9; Easton Hudnut 2-3, 2-2, 2, 7; Talen Holland 1-2, 0-3, 0, 2; Luke Brennan 3-4, 0-0, 2, 6; Kaden Latcham 1-2m 1-2, 0; Broox Stockman 0-0, 2-2, 2, 2; Gavin Wilcox 0-1, 0-0, 0, 0; Linkyn Bru 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0; Brodie Saringer, 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0. TOTALS – 32-52, 17-29, 17, 56.
LINE SCORE LEGEND: field goals made-attempted, free throws made-attempted, personal fouls, total points.
Three-pointers: 5-17 (Boulton 3-6, Latcham 1-2, Hudnut 1-1, Sstrng 0-3, K. Holland 0-1, Brennan 0-1, Anderson 0-3).
Turnovers: 15.
Rebounds: 24 (K. Holland 9, Strong 4, Brennan 3, Rose 2, Stockman 3, T. Holland 2, Hudnut 1, Anderson 1).
Assists: 17 (Boulton 8, Rose 2, Brennan 2, Stronsg 1, K. Holland 1, Andeerson 1, Hudnut 1, Stockman 1).
Steals: 14 (Boulton 5, Rose 4, Strong 2, K. Holland 1, Latcham 1, Wilcox 1).
Blocks: 2 (Anderson 1, T. Holland 1).