12 Courts of Christmas - Milan vs. Mid-Buchanan (Boys)

Milan Boys are playing Mid-Buchanan at 12 Courts of Christmas at Hy-Vee Arena today.  They come into this game with a record of 7-3.

Chekh Niasse leads the Wildcats with 12.2 points per game.  Jeremy Bennett is right behind him with 11.9 PPG.

Milan and Mid-Buchanan do not show any prior matchups on MSHSAA (which goes back about 15 years).  Mid-Buchanan has lost their last 2 games against GRC Teams (Stanberry - 12/16/21; North Andrew - 3/2/21) after winning 9 straight.  Milan is looking to make it 3 straight.

Milan Starting Lineups

• #4 Chekh Niasse
• #5 Michael Pipes
• #10 Jared Gonzalez
• #14 Ahmet Niasse
• #23 Jeremy Bennett

1st Quarter

Milan wins the tip.  Chekh opens up the scoring.

Mid Buch answers to tie it at 2.  6:30 left.

A couple of turnovers extend Mid Buch's run to 7.  They lead 7-2 with 5:45 left.  Coach Dabney with a timeout.

Another turnover leads to a Mid Buch dunk.  Now 9-2 with 5:16 left.

Jerrett Courtney with a putback, but Mid Buch breaks the press easily.  11-4 Mid Buch with 4:19 left.

Another Milan turnover.  Another Mid Buch dunk.  13-4 Mid Buch 3:30 left.

Brady Sayre answers with a 3 on the other end.  13-7 with 2:46 left.

Mid Buch with a long 2.  Milan having a hard time with the press and calls their 2nd timeout.  15-7 Mid Buch with 1:37 left.

Joe Clark for Mid Buch has his 3rd dunk of the game.  Chekh answers with a bucket.  17-9 with 47 sec left.

Mid Buch turns another Wildcat turnover into 2 points.  19-9 with 23.6 sec left.

Chekh with a put back ends scoring in the 1st.  Mid-Buchanan 19 Milan 11 after 1.

2nd Quarter

Mid Buch hits 1 of 2 free throws after a Gonzalez foul.  20-11 with 7:15 left.

Chekh with a jumper to make it 20-13 with 6:55 left.

Jeremy Bennett with a bucket after second effort.  Milan down 20-15 with 6:15 left.

Bennett with a left-hand runner.  Now 20-17 with 5:40 left.

After a Mid Buch turnover, Ahmet with a bucket.  Mid Buch answers.  22-19 Mid Buch with 4:53 left.

Mid Buch with a drive and a bucket.  24-19 with 3:35 left.

Jeremy Bennett fouled on a jumper. He hits both free throws.  Mid Buch goes coast to coast with a bucket.  26-21 with 3:00 left.

Brady Sayre with a bucket.  26-23 with 2:40 left.

Bennett fouled on a drive to the bucket.  He hits 1 of 2.  26-24 with 1:12 left.

Mid Buch with a bucket to extend lead to 28-24.  25 sec left in half.

Halftime score - Mid Buchanan 28 Milan 24

3rd Quarter

Mid Buch with 2 buckets to open the half.  They extend their lead to 32-24.  Milan with a timeout with 6:32 left.

Mid Buch extends run to 6 points to open the half, but Michael Pipes with a putback to make it 34-26 with 4:34 left.

Pipes with another bucket, but Mid Buch breaks the press with a layup.  36-28 with 4:00 left.

A turnover turns into a bucket for Chekh Niasse.  36-30 with 3:00 left.

Mid Buch with a bucket to make it 38-30 with a minute left.

Mid Buch closes out the scoring in the 3rd with another Clark dunk.  Mid Buchanan 40 Milan 30 at the end of the 3rd Quarter.

4th Quarter

Mid Buch opens the scoring in the 4th with a bucket.  Now 42-30 with 6:47 left.

A 3 from the top of the key for Mid Buch extends their run to 9 straight and a 45-30 lead with 5:16 left.

Mid Buch throws up a prayer from 3 and hits it.  "A Bad Decision" according to the livestream broadcaster next to me.  They extend their lead to 48-30 with 4:00 left.

Chekh Niasse ends the run with a 3.  Now 48-33 with 3:22 left.

Another 3 goes down for Mid Buch.  51-33 with 2:47 left.

Ahmet Niasse fouled and hits a free throw.  51-34 with 2:35 left.

Nathan Keck closes out the scoring with a 3, but falls 53-37

Milan Scoring

Chekh Niasse 11

Jeremy Bennett 7

Brady Sayre 5

Ahmet Niasse 5

Michael Pipes 4

Nathan Keck 3

Jerrett Courtney 2

12 Courts of Christmas - Milan vs. Mid-Buchanan (Girls)

Milan Girls are playing Mid-Buchanan at 12 Courts of Christmas at Hy-Vee Arena today.  They come into this game with a record of 7-2.

Cady Pauley leads the Lady Cats with 32.8 points per game.  She surpassed the 2,400 point mark during the last game vs. Chillicothe.  

Milan and Mid-Buchanan do not show any prior matchups on MSHSAA (which goes back about 15 years).

Milan Starting Lineups

• #32 Cady Pauley
• #25 Auburn Cole
• #12 Janissa Martinez
• #24 Avery Pickering
• #21 Emerson Pauley

1st Quarter

Milan wins the tip.  After a couple of possessions and clock problems, Cady Pauley with a steal and a bucket.  She misses the free throw.  Milan up 2-0 with 7:00 left.

So far a defensive battle.  Mid-Buch with a couple of turnovers and a missed shot.  Milan has missed 4 shots so far.  Mid-Buch ties it at 2 with 5:20 left.

Mid Buch with a little 3-0 run to go up 5-2 with 4:26 left.

Mid Buch extends the run to 5 before Cady hits a jumper. 7-4 Mid Buch with 3:30 left.

Milan forces a turnover.  Cady takes it coast to coast.  After a Mid Buch turnover, Avery Pickering with a bucket.  2:30 left.  Milan up 8-7.

Mid Buch is fouled and hits 1 of 2.  It is tied at 8 with 2:17 left.

Mid Buch with a layup and Milan calls a timeout.  Mid Buch up 10-8 with 1:37 left.

Mid Buch extends run to 5-0 before Cady is fouled.  Cady hits 1 of 2.  Mid Buch up 12-9 with 47.4 left.

Emma Whitlock with a bucket on the assist from Cady to close the scoring at the end of the quarter.  Mid Buch leads 12-11.

2nd Quarter

Cady gets a steal on the defensive end and turns it into a bucket on the other side.  7:00 left.  Milan up 13-12.

Auburn Cole with a bucket for the Lady Cats.  15-12 Milan with 6:30 left.

Cady with a drive and a bucket.  Mid Buch answers.  17-14 Milan.  5:49 left.

Gracie Dickson finishes with a layup on a fast break.  Lady Cats are very active in the line defensively and giving Mid Buch problems.  19-14 Milan with 5:00 left.

Mid Buch is fouled and hits 1 free throw.  19-15 Milan with 4:30 left.

Cady is fouled and hits 2 free throws.  21-15 Milan with 3:20 left.

Mid Buch with a layup, but Cady answers with a bucket and a foul.  She hits the free throw. 24-17 Milan with 2:59 left.

Emma Whitlock with a bucket on a no-look from Cady.  26-19 Milan with 1:40 left.

Cady with a 3 from the corner puts the Lady Cats up 10. She then hits a step back to make it 31-19.  50 seconds left.

Cady blocks a shot and then gets fouled on the rebound.  She hits both.  Now 33-19 with 30 sec left.

Milan goes into the half up 33-19.

Cady with 16 in the 2nd Quarter.

3rd Quarter

Milan with the ball to start the 3rd.  Cady continues her scoring with a bucket in the lane. 35-19.

Cady with a step back 3.  38-19 with 7:00 left.

Mid Buch with 2 free throws to get on the board in the 2nd half.  Cady answers with a bucket.  40-21 Milan with 4:30 left.

Cady with a 3 in transition.  Milan up 43-21 with 3:25 left.

Mid Buch with a steal and a bucket.  43-23 with 2:30 left.

Mid Buch adds a 3 to make it 43-26, but Cady goes coast to coast. 45-26 Milan.  51 sec left.

Emma Whitlock ends the scoring with the assist from Cady.  After 3, Milan leads 47-26.

4th Quarter

Mid Buch opens the scoring with a bucket.  6:57 left.  47-28 Milan.

Lady Cats a little sluggish here in the 4th.  They have a few turnovers and Mid Buch hits another bucket.  47-30 with 5:30 left.

Mid Buch with another bucket to cut it to 15 with 4:20 left.

Emerson Pauley ends scoring drought with a 3.  50-32 with 3:44 left.

Mid Buch hits a free throw to make it 50-33.  3:44 left in game.

Mid Buch with a put-back, but Auburn Cole with an answer.  52-35 2:46 left.

Avery Pickering with a bucket.  54-35 with 1:35 left.

Cady with another bucket to make it 56-35 with 57 sec left.

Milan puts in the subs.

Mid Buch with a bucket to close the scoring.  Final Score Milan 56 Mid Buchanan 37.

Milan Scoring

Cady Pauley 37

Emma Whitlock 6

Auburn Cole 4

Avery Pickering 4

Emerson Pauley 3

Gracie Dickson 2

Bishop LeBlond Holiday Tournament - Boys Third Place - North Andrew vs. Plattsburg

North Andrew Boys will play Plattsburg in the 3rd Place game of the Bishop LeBlond Holiday Tournament at 5:30 on December 29.

North Andrew defeated East Buchanan in the first round of the tournament 49-41, but lost to Bishop LeBlond 59-22 in the semifinals.  

North Andrew is looking to end a 4-game losing streak to Plattsburg.  They have lost to Plattsburg twice each of the last two seasons.

North Andrew comes into the game with a record of 5-4.

Three North Andrew players are in double figures with Owen Graham leading at 16.8 points per game.  He is followed by Hayden Ecker at 16.0 points per game and Braxon Linville with 12.5 points per game.  Ecker is leading the GRC with 3.3 3-point FGs made per game.

North Andrew Starting Lineup

• #3 Trey McDaniel
• #30 Couper Simmons
• #32 Owen Graham
• #34 Collin Patterson
• #41 Aiden Miller

Braxon Linville and Hayden Ecker are not here tonight for North Andrew.  

1st Quarter

North Andrew wins the tip and Owen Graham scores the first two.  Plattsburg answers.  2-2 with 6:53 left.

Plattsburg with another bucket.  Graham is fouled and hits 1 of 2.  4-3 Plattsburg with 5:29 left.

Plattsburg scores 4 straight and then Payton Simmons scores a bucket.  Plattsburg answers with a 3.  Graham then gets a bucket down low.  11-7 Plattsburg with 4:00 left.

Graham with another bucket.  Now 11-9 Plattsburg with 2:55 left.

Plattsburg with a 5-0 run.  Cardinals calls a timeout.  16-9 Plattsburg leads with 2:15 left.

Plattsburg closes the quarter with an 11-0 run.  They lead the Cardinals 22-9.

2nd Quarter

Graham opens the quarter with a bucket.  Plattsburg answers.  Graham with another bucket.  He is fouled.  He hits the free throw.  25-14 Plattsburg. 6:30 left.

Plattsburg with a 6-0 run.  North Andrew with another timeout with 5:31 left.  Plattsburg is now up 31-14.

Plattsburg extends their run to 13-0.  They are up 38-14 with 3:00 left.

North Andrew's shooting has gone ice cold.  Plattsburg's run is up to 15-0.  They lead 40-14 with 1:35 left.

Payton Simmons ends the run with a free throw.  40-15 with 1:00 left.

Halftime Score - Plattsburg 40 North Andrew 15

3rd Quarter

Plattsburg opens with a 6-0 run to extend the lead to 46-15 with 6:40 left.

Plattsburg extends to 10-0 run.  Graham is fouled, but can't stop the bleeding.  Now 50-15 with 5:20 left.

Plattsburg continues its run with a 3 and another bucket.  Now at 15 straight and 30 of the last 31 points.  It is 55-15 Plattsburg with 3:49 left.

Couper Simmons ends a 20-0 run with a bucket.  Now 60-17 with 2:30 left.

Patterson then hits a bucket to make it 60-19.  Plattsburg answers.  Now 62-19.  1:38 left.

Graham with a bucket.  And then Couper Simmons hits a shot at the buzzer.  64-23 Plattsburg at the end of the 3rd Quarter.

4th Quarter

Running clock to start the 4th.

Aiden Miller is fouled and hits one free throw.  Plattsburg with a bucket.  66-24 with 6:30 left.

Jarom Russo hits 2 free throws.  Score is now 70-26 with 3:15 left.

Trey McDaniel with a bucket. Plattsburg scores. 72-28 with 47 sec left.

Plattsburg defeats North Andrew 72-28.

North Andrew Scoring

Owen Graham 14

Couper Simmons 4

Payton Simmons 3

Collin Patterson 2

Jarom Russo 2

Trey McDaniel 2

Aiden Miller 1

Bishop LeBlond Holiday Tournament - Girls Third Place - North Andrew vs. Savannah

North Andrew Girls will play Savannah in the 3rd Place game of the Bishop LeBlond Holiday Tournament at 4:00 on December 29.

North Andrew defeated East Buchanan in the first round of the tournament 46-34, but lost to Bishop LeBlond 43-27 in the semifinals.  

Based on a research of past seasons on MSHSAA, these two teams have not played each other (at least in the past 15 years) even though they are separated by only ten miles.

North Andrew comes into the game with a record of 6-3.

Madison Lillard leads the Cardinals in scoring at 8.9 points a game while Brylie Brincks is second with 8.0.  Brincks leads the GRC in Free Throw shooting percentage at 89.5%.  Lillard is 2nd in the GRC with 2.6 3-point FG per game.  She had 6 3-pointers vs. King City which is the most by any GRC girls player this season.

Starting Lineup for North Andrew

• #10 Madison Lillard
• #12 Riley Walker
• #15 Reagan Walker
• #23 Ellie Lawrence
• #24 Brylie Brincks

1st Quarter

North Andrew gets the tip.  Riley Walker starts the scoring with a drive.  North Andrew is up 2-0. 7:25 left.

After an empty possession, Ellie Lawrence with a bucket to put the Cardinals up 4-0 with 6:41 left.

Savannah with a free throw and then a bucket on a put back.  Madison Lillard then hits a 3 to put North Andrew up 7-3 with 5:36 left.

Riley Walker with a lay up on an inbounds pass.  North Andrew up 9-3 with 4:30 left.

After a Savannah bucket, Lillard with another 3, this time from the baseline.  Cardinals lead 12-5 with 3:45 left.

Savannah with a bucket, but Piper Cook is fouled and hits a free throw.  Cardinals lead 13-7 with 2:01 left.

Savannah answers with a 3 to cut the Cardinal lead to 13-10.  1:13 left in 1st.

Cassidy Brittain with a bucket to put the Cardinals up 15-10.  29.7 left.

North Andrew leads 15-10 after the 1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

Lillard with another 3. 18-10 Cardinals with 6:11 left.

Riley Walker with a jump hook.  Cardinals extend the lead to 20-10.  5:25 left.

Brittain hits 1 out of 2 free throws.  Cardinals up 21-10.  4:23 left.

Reagan Walker with a jumper to put Cardinals up 23-10. Savannah with a drive to answer.  Now 23-12 with 3:30 left.

Savannah with 2 free throws, then Brittain hits 1 out of 2 again.  Cardinals up 24-14.  2:22 left.

Brittain back to the line. She hits both.  26-14 1:20 left.

Savannah with a bucket and a foul.  They hit the free throw.  Cardinals lead 26-17 at halftime.

3rd Quarter

Savannah opens up the scoring in the 3rd with a free throw.  Cardinals up 26-18 with 6:30 left.

Riley Walker picks up her 4th foul with 5:34 left.  Looked like a charge on Savannah, but oh well.

Savannah with a bucket to cut it to 26-20.  Cardinals call a timeout with 4:43 left.

Savannah with another bucket after the timeout.  After a stop, Savannah gets fouled and hits both.  They are on a 10-0 run to cut the lead to 26-24 with 3:47 left.

Cardinals are having problems with Savannah's full court pressure.  They turn it over on 4 straight possessions.  They have yet to score in the 3rd with 2:00 left in 3rd.

Savannah hits a free throw to cut it to 26-25.  North Andrew turns it over again.  1:35 left.

Brincks scores for North Andrew with 20 sec left and then Savannah with a fast break bucket at the buzzer.  Cardinals hold a slim 28-27 lead after 3.

4th Quarter

Riley Walker with a bucket and foul.  She hits the free throw.  Cardinals up 31-27 with 6:37 left.

Savannah with a free throw.  Riley Walker answers with a free throw.  Cardinals up 32-28 with 4:58 left.

Cardinals still having trouble with Savannah's pressure.  They turn it over again and Savannah with a long 2 to cut it to 32-30.  Now 3:55 left.

Reagan Walker with a jumper to put the Cardinals up 34-30.  3:10 left.

Savannah answers with a 3; Cardinals turn it over again.  Timeout Savannah with 2:45 left.  Cardinals lead 34-33.

Lillard with a big 3 with 2:01 left.  Cardinals now up 37-33.

Savannah with a 2 to answer.  37-35 with 1:07 left.  

Timeout Savannah with 51.0 left.

Madison Lillard fouls Savannah player with 23.8 left.  She hits one.  37-36 Cardinals.

Brincks fouled with 19.7 seconds left.  She has 1-1.

Brincks hits one of two.  Cardinals lead 38-36.

Brincks with a big steal.  She is fouled with 7.6 left.  She hits both.  40-36 Cardinals.

Cardinals win 40-36.

North Andrew Scoring

Madison Lillard 12

Riley Walker 10

Cassidy Brittain 6

Brylie Brincks 5

Reagan Walker 4

Ellie Lawrence 2

Piper Cook 1

12 Courts of Christmas - North Andrew vs. Skutt Catholic (Girls)

 North Andrew and Skutt Catholic girls will tip-off at 2 at 12 Courts of Christmas.

Starters for North Andrew

• Madison Lillard
• Riley Walker
• Reagan Walker
• Ellie Lawrence
• Brylie Brincks

Starters for Skutt Catholic

• Peyton McCabe
• Presley Douglas
• Addison Burt
• Victoria Van Dyke
• Madison Livingston

1st Quarter

North Andrew having a hard time with Skutt’s press early.  Reagan Walker with an early bucket for North Andrew, but Skutt has converted turnovers into points.  Skutt leads 7-2 with 5:27 left in the quarter.

Cassidy Brittian with a couple bucket for North Andrew to close within 1, but back to back threes fuel an 8-0 run for Skutt.  They are up 15-6 with 2:20 left.

Full court press and 3-point shooting big for Skutt in the quarter.  They close strong and lead North Andrew 21-8.

Cassidy Brittian leads North Andrew with 4.  Reagan Walker and Madison Ecker have 2 each.

2nd Quarter

Skutt’s pressure continuing to give North Andrew problems. Skutt scores first 9 of the quarter and leads 30-8 with 6:00 min left.

Skutt’s pressure, ball movement and 3-point shooting has been textbook today.   North Andrew does not have an answer.  Skutt leads 41-12 at the half.

Riley Walker and Makenna Goldizen with 2 points each in the quarter.

3rd Quarter

Low scoring so far in the 3rd quarter.  Skutt has called off the press.  They have hit a couple of threes in the half court offense and outscored North Andrew 6-2 this quarter. 2:30 left.

North Andrew with a 6-2 run to end the quarter.  They trail 49-20 after 3.

Riley Walker with 6, Cassidy Brittian and Madison Ecker have 5 each.

4th Quarter

Last quarter also played fairly even.  Final score is Skutt 58 North Andrew 27.

Scoring for North Andrew

Riley Walker 6

Cassidy Brittian 5

Madison Ecker 5

Reagan Walker 2

Ellie Lawrence 2

Brylie Brincks 2

Makenna Goldizen 2

12 Courts of Christmas - North Andrew vs. Grand View Christian (Boys)

 North Andrew and Grand View Christian are getting ready to tip off at the 12 Courts of Christmas.

Starters for North Andrew

• Braxton Linville
• Hayden Ecker
• Couper Simmons
• Owen Graham
• Collin Patterson

Starters for GVC

• Josh Sanderson
• Josh Baucum
• Manny Hammonds
• Caleb Parlee
• Daniel Tobiloba

1st Quarter

GVC on an 11-2 run to start the game.  North Andrew having a hard time with their pressure.  5:27 left in 1st.

Game clock is wi-fI and is lagging the one on the scorers table. In game action, GVC still leading, now up 20-7 with 2:10 left (I think).

North Andrew having trouble with Grand View Christian’s speed, height, pressure and shooting.  GVC leads 26-7 with1:27 left in 1st.

North Andrew with a nice little scoring sport at the end.  They trail 30-15 at the end of 1st.

Ecker with 6, Graham 4, McDaniel 3 and Linville 2 for North Andrew.

2nd Quarter

North Andrew with a timeout at 3:33.  GVC not letting up.  They lead 42-17.

North Andrew plays even with GVC the rest of the quarter.  They trail 48-23 at the half.

Ecker leads with 6, Graham has 5, Linville with 4, McDaniel and Simmons have 3 and Patterson has 2 for North Andrew.  

3rd Quarter

GVC picks up where they left off with a 9-3 run to start the the third.  5 min left in 3rd.  57-26 GVC.

North Andrew able to hit a few threes, but GVC extends the lead to 70-34.

Linville and Ecker have 9, Simmons has 6, Graham with5, McDaniel 3 and Patterson 2.

4th Quarter

Running clock in the 4th quarter doesn’t provide as much opportunity, but North Andrew able to add to their point total.  Grand View Christian wins 84-46.

North Andrew Scoring

Ecker 15

Linville 14

Simmons 6

Graham 6

McDaniel 3

Patterson 2