By William / www.mcpherson-county-ks.com
LINDSBORG = The Smoky Valley boys took control early and scored a commanding 26-point, 53-27 victory at home on Tuesday over Hutchinson Trinity.
Rolling early, the Vikings took a three-point first quarter advantage and built it out to an 18-point, 27-9, lead heading into the halftime break before cruising in the second half to finish with the final 26-point win.
Smoky Valley out shot the visitors 41% to 33% while clearing out 23 rebounds to just 15 for Trinity as they dominated most of the stat sheet.
Gus Griffith and Vincent Pickering both reached double digits in the scorebook with 12 and 10 points, respectively while Karson Pihl and Trayton Miller just missed double figures with nine and Haven Lysell-Stewart chipped in with eight.
Hutchinson Trinity at SMOKY VALLEY VIKINGS
SCORING: 1 2 3 4 FINAL
Trinity 8 1 10 8 27
VIKINGS 11 16 18 8 53
TEAM STATS:
Hutchinson Trinity = FG 10/30 (33%); 3-PTR ¼ (25%); FT 6/13 (46%); AST n/a; REBS 15; TO 11; STLS 2; BLK 2; PF 9.
SMOKY VALLEY VIKINGS = FG 21/51 (41%); 3-PTR 7/16 (43%); FT 4/4 (100%); AST 2; REBS 23; TO 4; STLS 10; BLK 4; PF 13.
SMOKY VALLEY VIKINGS INDIVIDUAL SCORING & STAT LEADERS:
Scoring (53 Total Points): Gus Griffith – 12; Vincent Pickering – 10; Karson Pihl – 9; Trayton Miller – 9; Haven Lysell-Stewart – 8; Jerome Autry – 5.
Three-Pointers Made (7): Miller – 3; Pickering – 2; Pihl, Autry – 1.
Rebound Leaders: Lysell-Stewart, Kade Blanchat – 5; Griffith – 3; Pickering, Tristan Stambaugh – 2.
Assist Leader: Pickering, Lysell-Stewart – 1.
Leader in Steals: Lysell-Stewart, Blanchat, Pihl, Justice Autry – 2.
Leader in Blocked Shots: Griffith – 2; Blanchat, Miller – 1.