Montana All-Stars finish hoops sweep of Wyoming
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The Montana All-Stars swept the boys and girls basketball games from their Wyoming counterparts for a second straight night, this time at Lockwood High School.
Montana’s girls got 17 points each from Jada Davis and Mason Quinn in a 100-40 victory. The boys game saw Montana make a 44-36 halftime lead hold up for an 83-68 win.
The Treasure State leads the boys series, in its 50th year, 71-29; the Montana girls lead that 29-year-old series with Wyoming 44-14.
Montana girls 100, Wyoming 40
Nasya O’Connor had all of her eight points in the first half, when Montana rolled up a 48-17 lead; Davis poured in seven points n the second quarter and eight in the third.
Annika Stergar drilled four 3-pointers, three after halftime, and finished with 15 points for Montana.
Cashlynn Haws hit four 3-pointers, all in the second half, and led Wyoming with 12 points.
Wyoming 5 12 10 13 - 40
Montana 20 28 31 21 - 100
WYOMING — Cashlynn Haws 4 0-0 12, Jaylin Mills 2 0-0 6, Chaney Reish 2 2-3 6, Erica Wilson 3 1-2 7, Elizabeth Needham 2 0-0 4, Camryn Wagner 0 2-2 2, Sydney Simone 1 0-0 3, Ashtyn Ketcham 0 0-0 0, Addy Rouse 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 5-7 40.
MONTANA — Jada Davis 5 6-6 17, Avory DeCoite 2 5-8 10, Amaya Jarvis 3 0-0 6, Madison O’Connor 4 0-0 9, Nasya O’Connor 4 1-3 9, Ave Odegard 0 0-0 0, Mason Quinn 6 5-6 17, Kamryn Reinker 3 0-2 6, Marisa Snider 3 4-4 11, Annika Stergar 5 1-2 15. Totals 35 22-31
3-point goals — Wyoming 7 (Haws 4, Mills 2, Wilson), Montana 8 (Stergar 4, Snider, Davis, DeCoite, M.O’Connor). Fouls — Wyoming 15, Montana 10.
Montana boys 83, Wyoming 68
Darcy Merchant, Jr., led the winners with 15 points, including three 3-pointers. He hit a pair of treys and scored eight points in the final quarter while the hosts pulled away from a 61-52 lead.
Cash Rice had 13 points, including seven in the third quarter, for the Treasure State.
Nate Miner led five players in double figures for Wyoming with 15 points.
Wyoming 17 19 16 16 - 68
Montana 23 21 17 22 - 83
WYOMING — Carter Alvar 1 0-0 2, Cody Romengen 4 0-0 10, Trypp Burtsfield 0 0-0 0, Mason Eager 2 0-0 5, Cooper Lancaster 5 2-2 13, Nate Miner 5 4-7 15, Gavin Patik 0 0-0 0, Collin Roberts 4 2-2 11, Owen Walker 5 1-2 12. Totals 26 9-13 68.
MONTANA — Chase Bad Bear 2 0-0 5, Zicciah Collison-Blake 3 0-0 7, DeonDray Ellis 1 1-4 3, Zane Gillhouse 5 0-0 11, Bram Handran 1 4-4 6, Hudson Luedtke 3 0-1 6, Darcy Merchant 6 0-0 15, Johnslee Pierre 3 0-0 7, Cash Rice 6 1-2 13, Lincoln Rogers 4 2-4 10. Totals 33 8-15 83.
3-point goals — Wyoming 7 (Romengen, Eager, Lancaster, Miner, Roberts, Walker), Montana 7 (Merchant 3, Bad Bear, Collison-Blake, Gillhouse, Pierre). Fouls — Wyoming 14, Montana 10.