Spoofhounds dominate Dragons 74-29

By Phil Cobb | February 7, 2017 |

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Maryville’s Jackson Golightly rises for a jump shot while being guarded by Cameron’s Jaxson Frazier on Tuesday. Golightly had 10 points in a 74-29 win for the Spoofhounds.

CAMERON — The last time the Maryville boys’ basketball team played in Cameron’s gym, it didn’t end well.

That was far from the case Tuesday night, as the Spoofhounds didn’t waste time taking the host Dragons’ breath away in a 74-29 win.

The last trip to Cameron for the Spoofhounds ended in a 41-38 loss to Lawson on a last-second shot against in the title game of the Cameron Inviational on Jan. 28.

Cameron took a quick 3-0 lead before the Spoofhounds went on a 16-2 run, which forced a Dragon timeout with 2 minutes, 12 seconds left in the opening frame.

Maryville ended the first quarter with an 18-11 lead

Spoofhound coach Matt Stoecklein said he saw more effort from his players after the first few minutes of the game.

“We didn’t have the energy we needed the first two or three minutes of the game, but after that, they started executing and our defensive presence was a lot better,” he said. “We started communicating better.”

The Spoofhounds outscored Cameron 25-6 in the second quarter to take a 43-17 lead at the break.

Maryville (19-3, 5-0 Midland Empire conference) grew its lead to 51-21 with 2:51 left in the third quarter, behind a 13-0 run to start the frame.

The game took an even uglier turn in the second half as the Dragons racked up three intentional fouls, one of which resulted in an ejection.

Maryville’s John Zimmerman suffered an ankle injury as a result of one of the intentional fouls and left with the aid of a wheelchair. The Spoofhounds will give him a couple days rest and likely have an X-ray done.

Stoecklein said the game got out of hand in more ways than one toward the end.

“The fouls were pretty rough,” he said. “You can go for the ball, you just can’t … the shove in the back … that’s kids learning and hopefully they’ll learn from that experience.”

Spencer Morrison scored a game-high 14 points for Maryville. Eli Dowis and Zimmerman both had 10. Trey Oglesby and Jackson Golightly contributed seven points each.

Golightly also had six rebounds while Dowis had four and Jalen Sundell had three.

Dowis and Oglesby each dished out four assists. Maryville also gathered eight steals.

Jaxson Frazier scored 10 points for Cameron (8-14, 1-4).

Rematch with Benton on the horizon

The Spoofhounds improve to 19-3 with the win and host Benton on Friday. The Cardinals are one of just three teams to beat Maryville this season. Although it didn’t cost the Spoofhounds a conference loss, they haven’t forgotten the defeat.

“At practice, coaches put the 58-57 score up on the wall just to remind us,” Golightly said. “It’s a huge game with conference on the line and everything. It’s a big game. We’re ready and I’m almost positive they’re ready. It’s going to be a battle and it’s gong to be a lot of fun.”

SCORING TOTALS

MARYVILLE (19-3): Morrison 14, Zimmerman 10, Dowis 10, Golightly 7, Oglesby 7, Gray 4, Bean 3, Roush 3, Stoecklein 3, Patton 2. TOTALS: 28 5-9 74. 3 PT GOALS: 7 (Morrison 2, Zimmerman, Bean, Oglesby, Dowis, Sundell).

CAMERON (8-14): Frazier 10, Mefford 7, Baker 6, McGinnis 4, Dickerson 2. TOTALS: 9 9-13 29. 3 PT GOALS: 4 (Baker 2, Mefford, Frazier).

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Maryville’s John Zimmerman goes up for a layup while being guarded by Cameron’s Kyler Hill on Tuesday. Maryville beat Cameron 74-29 and Zimmerman had 10 points.