Trojans earn road split with Tigers
GRANT CITY, Mo. — The Nodaway-Holt basketball teams split with Worth County Monday night with the girls claiming a 58-46 victory and the boys suffering a 56-27 setback to drop below .500.
The Lady Trojans jumped out to a 10-0 first-quarter advantage only to see Worth County close to 16-13 by the end of the period. Another run to open the second quarter pushed the Nodaway-Holt lead to 10 again, but by halftime the Lady Tigers had trimmed the margin to just four, 27-23.
After three, the Lady Trojans led 47-33 and led by as many as 16 in the fourth quarter before claiming the 58-46 win, their 10th victory of the season.
Junior post Jordan Long scored a team-high 18 points while senior post Bailea Plummer added 13, junior forward Jaylle Holmes chipped in 12 and junior guard Frankie Lemar finished with 10. Worth County’s Kaitlyn Davidson led all scorers with 25 points.
The Trojan boys struggled out of the gates, falling behind 19-1 after one period and couldn’t dig out of the big hole.
Nodaway-Holt won the second quarter, 13-10, but still went into halftime trailed 29-14. A big third quarter for the Tigers pushed their advantage to 48-21, and they went on to win 56-27.
Senior forward Cody Schniedermeyer scored eight points to pace Nodaway-Holt (8-9). Cade Allee led all scorers with 21 points for Worth County.
