GARRISON, ROLFS, SCHAFER LEADS LITTLE RIVER

By William

WHITE CITY – From the opening tip the Little River boys basketball team was unstoppable on Friday as they pounded Rural Vista on the road with a 54-point, 80-26 victory.

The Redskins poured 31 points in the scorebook in the first quarter and then posted 27 more in the second to take a whopping 46-point, 58-12 advantage into the halftime break.

As a team, Little River shot 53% from the field, shared the ball by dishing out 16 assists, outrebounded Rural Vista 30-19 and forced Rural Vista into making 26 turnovers.

Jayden Garrison hit 13-of-17 shots he took from the field, including 4 three-pointers on his way to a 32-point night. Garrison also dished out four assists, grabbed a pair of rebounds, blocked a shot, and made three steals.

Trey Rolfs and Kaden Schafer also put double digits scoring by their names in the scorebook as they scored 19 and 10 points, respectively. The pair also topped the team in rebounds with Schafer pulling down eight while Rolfs grabbed seven.

The victory means Little River remains unbeaten on the season at 8-0. According to the school website, the Redskins play at Sacred Heart on Saturday before prepping to play in the Burrton Tournament next week.

LITTLE RIVER at Rural Vista

SCORING:                 1          2          3          4          FINAL

LITTLE RIVER            31       27       11       11       80

Rural Vista                5          7          3          11       26

TEAM STATS:           LITTLE RIVER            Rural Vista

FGM-FGA                  31-59                         9-26

3PTM-3PTA              7-15                           4-15

FTM-FTA                   11-17                         4-9

ASSISTS                     16                               0

REBOUNDS               30                               19

TURNOVERS             5                                  26

STEALS                       14                               0

BLOCKED SHOTS     5                                  1

FOULS                        12                               16

LITTLE RIVER REDSKINS INDIVIDUAL STATS:

Jayden Garrison = 32 points with 4 3-pointers, 13-17 shots, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 blocked shot, 3 steals.

Trey Rolfs = 19 points with 2 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 1 blocked shot, 2 steals.

Kaden Schafer = 10 points with 8 rebounds, 1 steal.

Braxton Lafferty = 5 points with 3 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 blocked shot, 3 steals.

Rylan Konen = 4 points with 3 rebounds, 1 steal.

Treygan Birdsong = 3 points with 1 3-pointer, 1 rebound.

Ty Herzog = 3 points with 1 assist.

Graham Stephens = 2 points with 4 assists, 1 rebound, 2 steals.

Dalton Mantz = 2 points with 1 assist, 1 steal.

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