End Regular Season In Nashua, Wolf Point
The Scobey Spartans made amends of the 60-26 shellacking it absorbed against the visiting Glasgow Scotties 16 days prior with a slim 45-42 win last Saturday night on the Class B team’s
home court.
Coupled with conference- game victories against Dodson and North Country the two nights prior, the Spartans take a 12-4 overall record into the final weekend of the regular season. Scobey travels to Nashua (2-14, 582-918, 36.3-57.3) Friday and Wolf Point (12-4, 945-841, 59.0-52.5) Saturday.
The 34-point loss to the Scotties in Scobey Thursday, January 20, was one of the most lopsided losses the Spartans have experienced in a looooooong time and they were ready to turn things around Saturday
night.
Tipping off at 7:22 p.m., Scobey took a 4-0 lead on Gage Hallock and Reagan Machart baskets before Glasgow came back to tie it at 4-all. Hudson Kjos made it 7-4 on a 3-point field goal and by the 2-minute mark of the second period, when Hallock sank a pair of free throws, the Spartans had their largest lead of the contest at 24-11.
The Scotties lowered the gap to four points on four occasions during the initial six minutes of the third frame before freshman Wyatt Babb made it 33-31 and junior Riley Smith netted a reverse layup for the second
and final tie at 33.
If there was a turning point it was provided by 5-foot-9 sophomore Braxton Wolfe. He drilled a 3-point field goal from the left wing
for a 36-33 lead to end the
third period. After the break, he opened the fourth quarter with a step-back trey, also from the left wing, for a 39-33 lead. Machart added a deuce and Scobey led 41-33 with just over 5 and one-half minutes to go.
The Scotties fought back when seniors Bergen Miller and Dalton Sand sank 3-point field goals, the latter rolling in and out of the rim before dropping back in to close within 41-39.
Hallock and Babb swapped buckets to keep it a 2-point difference before junior Keigan Ingram made a free throw to close within 43-42.
Glasgow was whistled for a technical foul and Hallock made the first free throw and missed the second for a 44-42 margin with 32.8 seconds remaining.
Glasgow had the opportunity to tie the score with a trip to the free-throw line at the 8.6-second mark but the ball missed the mark.
Hudson Kjos secured the rebound and was fouled with 7 seconds left. The Scobey senior missed the first free throw but sank the second for a 3-point victory.
The Spartans began the week on Thursday, February 3, with a trip to Dodson for a game that was postponed by the Coyotes orginally scheduled for January 22. The Spartans prevailed 68-33.
The next night they hosted North Country and rolled to an 86-40 win.
Scobey closes out the regular season on the road by playing in Nashua Friday, February 11 (JVB 4:30 p.m. VB 7:30 p.m.). The next night they enter the Wolves’ Den Gym to take on Wolf Point (CB 12 p.m., JVB 3 p.m., VB 6 p.m.).
Scobey (68) at Dodson (33), Thurs., Feb. 3 — Scobey: Hudson Kjos 4 0-0 8, Reagan Machart 7 1-3 15, Braxton Wolfe 5 0-1 16, Zach Turner 0 0-0 0, Jimi Jones 3 0-1 7, Gage Hallock 6 2-5 14, Tristan Fladager 2 0-0 4, Bo Anderson 1 0-1 2. Totals: 29 3-11 68. Three-point field goals: Wolfe 4, Jones 1. Fouls: 15. Turnovers: 11. Dodson: Mikey Jaynes 1 0-1 2, Kadin Racine 4 0-0 10, Dwight Werk 0 0-0 0, Tanner Ball 2 0-0 5, Sebastian Best 0 0-1 0, Conan CutsTheRope 1 0-0 3, Chaske Cliff 0 0-0 0, Alex Werk 2 3-4 8, Junior Stiffarm 0 2-2 2, Jeremiah Henry 0 0-0 0, Cash KillEagle
1 1-2 3, Treyten Stiffarm 0
0-0 0. Totals: 11 6-10 33. Threepoint field goals: Racine 2, Ball 1, CutsTheRope 1, A. Werk 1.
Fouls: 14. Quarter scores: 16-7 Sco, 35-15 Sco, 47-21 Sco, 68-33 Sco.
North Country (40) at Scobey (86), Fri., Feb. 4 — Scobey: Hudson Kjos 6 0-0 16, Reagan Machart 10 1-3 21, Braxton Wolfe 6 0-0 15, Zach Turner 0 0-0 0, Luke Cromwell 1 0-0 2, Jimi Jones 2 0-1 4, Gage Hallock 7 3-5 17, Tristan Fladager 0 0-0 0, Bo Anderson 3 5-7 11. Totals: 35 9-16 86. Three-point field goals: Kjos 4, Wolfe 3. Fouls: 10. Turnovers: 7. North Country: Taylor Mogan 2 0-0 5, Trey Johnson 6 0-1 13, Blaine Downing 2 0-1 4, Coy Downing 0 0-0 0, Kade Strommen 3 0-0 6, Marshall Caves 0 0-0 0, Aiden Albus 5 2-3 12, Andrew Boucher 0 0-0 0, Walker Albus 0 0-0 0, Korbyn Skubinna 0 0-0 0.
Totals: 18 2-5 40. Three-point
field goals:
Johnson 1, Mogan 1.
Fouls: 14. Quarter scores: 28-9 Sco, 43-21 Sco, 63-33 Sco, 86-40 Sco. On-court officials: Referee: Arron Webster. Umpires: B. Bighorn and Dean Nelson.
Scobey (45) at Glasgow (42), Sat., Feb. 5 — Scobey: Hudson Kjos 2 0-2 5, Reagan Machart 4 0-1 8, Jace Bilbrey 0 2-2 2, Braxton Wolfe 3 0-0 9, Gage Hallock 6 8-9 20, Bo Anderson 0 1-2 1. Totals: 15 11-16 45.
Three-point field goals: Wolfe 3, Kjos 1. Fouls: 15. Turnovers: 10.
Glasgow: Dalton Sand 2 0-0 5, Riley Smith 5 2-2 13, Wyatt Babb 4 0-1 8, K.J. Ingram 0 0-0 0, Bergen Miller 3 0-0 7, Keigan Ingram 3 3-4 9. Totals: 17 5-7 9. Threepoint field goals: Miller 1, Sand 1, Smith 1. Fouls: 17. Technical foul: Ke. Ingram. Quarter scores: 12-7 Sco, 25-15 Sco, 36-33 Sco, 45-42 Sco. Game time: 7:22-8:34 p.m. On-court officials: Referee Marc Kloker. Umpires Brian Mix and Clayton Zerbe.