It was bombs away for the Braves as they outscored BCLUW, 46-29 in the Montezuma jamboree on Friday evening, Nov. 29.
Montezuma shot well overall, but had a field day from behind the three-point arc. The Braves were 11-for-18 (.611) from back there, and 16-for-29 (.552) overall for the half of play.
Jamboree scrimmages do not count as wins or losses, but they give teams a chance to compete in game-like conditions.
Montezuma led 19-16 after one quarter, but the pace of play got faster and the Braves went on a 27-13 tear in the second period.
Montezuma owned the boards by a 14-7 margin and were guilty of just four turnovers, compared with BCLUW’s 11. Those two factors helped the Braves get things speeded up.
Cole Watts led Montezuma with a 14-point half. He was five-for-six from the field, which included four-for-five on treys.
Eddie Burgess scored 12 points, which included four-for-five shooting, including a trio of treys. He also led Montezuma rebounders with six and had a pair of steals.
Trey Shearer scored nine points for the Braves and led in assists with three.
Masin Shearer hit a pair of three-pointers for Montezuma and scored eight points. He added two steals.
BCLUW was 5-15 last season, including an 82-56 regular season loss to the Braves.
UP NEXT – Montezuma opens its season on Tuesday, Dec. 2, hosting North Mahaska in the first SICL game of the season. It also will be the first girls-boys varsity doubleheader of the year.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
BCLUW 16 13 – 29
Montezuma 19 27 – 46
MONTEZUMA (46) – Brayden Arendt 1-1, 0-0, 1, 3. Masin Shearer 3-5, 0-0, 1, 8. Connor Van Zee 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0. Cole Watts 5-6, 0-0, 1, 14. Trey Shearer 3-11, 104, 1, 9. Colton Benson 0-0, 0-0, 1, 0. Owen Cook 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0. Gavin Strong 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0. Eddie Burgess 4-5, 1-1, 1, 12. Joey Kercheval 0-1, 0-0, 0, 0. TOTALS – 16-29, 3-5, 6, 46.
BCLUW (29)
TOTALS: 11-23, 2-4, 6, 29.
Line score legend – field goals made-attempted, free throws made-attempted, personal fouls, total points.
Three-point goals: Montezuma 11 (Watts 4, Burgess 3, M. Shearer 2, Arendt 1, T. Shearer 1). BCLUW 5.
Turnovers: Montezuma 4, BCLUW 11.
Rebounds: Montezuma 14 (Burgess 6, Watts 4); BCLUW 7.
Assists: T. Shearer 3, Burgess 2.
Steals: M. Shearer 2, Burgess 2.