COLFAX – Unrelenting defensive pressure by the Montezuma Braves keyed a 65-28 victory over Colfax-Mingo on Friday night, Dec. 13.
An assortment of presses – full court man and zone, along with man-to-man coverage in the half court – had the Tigerhawks off balance from the start.
Montezuma led 20-10 after one quarter, but decided the issue for sure during a 27-3 second period.
The Braves, up 47-13 at halftime, established a continuous clock during third quarter action.
Brady Boulton led scorers with 25 points, which included an 11-for-12 performance from the free throw line. He also had 5 steals.
Max Anderson scored 12 points on 5-for-8 shooting, including one acrobatic drive where he scored while being fouled. Max also dished 3 assists and made two three-point shots.
Dane Strong was a third double figures scorer with 11 points, including a pair of three-pointers.
Montezuma shot .469 from the field and was guilty of just 7 turnovers.
The Braves also made 11 steals and had 9 deflections, which show how disruptive their defense was to the Colfax-Mingo offense. Kohen Holland contributed to that disruption with 3 blocked shots.
The win lifted the Braves to 4-1 on the season.
Colfax-Mingo fell to 1-4.
The night’s quad of games was moved back to a 5 p.m. start time, as officials were hoping to get people home before predicted bad weather set in.
UP NEXT – Montezuma’s girls and boys are at HLV on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Montezuma 20 27 6 12 – 65
Colfax-Mingo 10 3 8 7 – 28
MONTEZUMA (65) – Dane Strong 4-10, 1-1, 4, 11; David Rose 0-2, 0-0, 1, 0; Brady Boulton 6-11, 11-12, 2, 25; Kohen Holland 3-10, 1-4, 3, 7; Max Anderson 5-8, 0-0, 0, 12; Alex Becerril 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0; Easton Hudnut 0-1, 0-0, 3, 0; Talen Holland 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0; Luke Brennan 2-3, 0-0, 2, 4; Kaden Latcham 1-1, 0-0, 0, 2; Broox Stockman 2-3, 0-1, 2, 4; Gavin Wilcox 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0; Linkyn Bru 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0; Brodie Saringer 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0. TOTALS – 23-49, 13-18, 17, 65.
LINE SCORE LEGEND – field goals made-attempted, free throws made-attempted, personal fouls, total points.
Three-pointers – 6-19 (Strong 2-4, Anderson 2-5, Boulton 2-6, Rose 0-1, K. Holland 0-1, Hudnut 0-1, Brennan 0-1).
Turnovers – 7.
Rebounds – 25 (K. Holland 7, Anderson 6, Rose 3, Boulton 2, Brennan 3, Hudnut 1, Stockman 1, Wilcox 1, Bru 1).
Assists – 7 (Anderson 3, Strong 1, Hudnut 1, Stockman 1, Boulton 1).
Steals – 11 (Boulton 5, Rose 3, Strong 1, K. Holland 1, Brennan 1).
Blocks – 3 (K. Holland 3).