For the second time this season, the Marshals played Prodigy Prep, Fla. in Saturday’s CFSB Classic. In the Dec. 7 Hoopfest game, the Marshals came from behind to go up 62-61 in the fourth quarter but Prodigy Prep finished it out with an 84-76 win. It was the Marshals who took control from the start Saturday and pulled away in the fourth quarter to win 79-67.
Tyler Powell opened the game with a three followed up by a basket by Bryce Flatt and Powell’s second field goal for a quick 7-0 lead before Prodigy Prep’s Emmanuel Maldonado hit from behind the arc to put them on the board.
Tyler Stokes, who led the Marshals in the win with 28 points, hit his first three of the game to put the Marshals up 10-5 and with those three points, became the 19th member of the 1,000 point club just four days after teammate Tyler Powell reached the mark.
Knowing he was close to the milestone before the game, Stokes said his mind was on the game and not on his 1,000th point and like Powell, happy to now have his name listed among the best scorers in Marshall County program history.
“I had to go out there and play the game”, Stokes said. “You can’t worry about statistics…you’ve got to go out there and get the win.”
Head Coach Terry Birdsong said he was proud of Stokes and his commitment saying, “Joining the 1,000 point club, he established himself as one of the top big guys to ever play in the Marshall County program.”
After the milestone 3-pointer, the Marshals took their largest lead of eight points in the first quarter following Jay Nimmo’s three. Maldonado, who scored 34 points against the Marshals in the Hoopfest, hit two straight from beyond the arc to cut the lead to two points at 15-13, the Marshals closing out the quarter on a 21-18 lead.
Prodigy Prep led 22-21 early in the second quarter, their first lead of the game, and went up 26-21 before Nimmo hit a three to cut the lead back to two. Julian Newman scored his first points of the game to put Prodigy Prep up 28-26 and another three by Maldonado made it five points. Bryce Flatt, Stokes and Nimmo scored the final six points to put the Marshals up 33-31 at halftime.
Zion Harmon, with just two points in the first half, made up for it in the third quarter scoring 15 of the Marshals 24 points and they took a 57-55 lead into the fourth quarter. The final quarter belonged to the Marshals, opening with a 9-0 run and going on to out-score Prodigy Prep 21-12 to finish out the win.
Their second game in the CFSB Classic is Monday at 3:00 against Fulton City (6-5) then on to Friday for a district double-header against Calloway County (12-7).
Prodigy Prep 18 31 55 67
Marshall County 21 33 57 79
Scoring:
Prodigy Prep: Emmanuel Maldonado 16, Richie Hinds 14, Kobe Rivera 11, Milan Harrison 11, Kevin Cruz 8, Julian Newman 7
Marshall County: Tyler Stokes 28, Zion Harmon 23, Tyler Powell 13, Jay Nimmo 9, Bryce Flatt 6
Marshall County: FG 29/56, 3 Pt 9/21, FT 12/15, Reb 29
Marshall County topped Fulton City 81-49 Monday in their second game of the CFSB Classic. They were led by Harmon with 20 points, 13 from Flatt and Stokes with 12. Twelve different players put points on the board in the win.
Scoring
Marshall County: Zion Harmon 20, Bryce Flatt 13, Tyler Stokes 12, Tyler Powell 9, Kaden Driver 7, Jay Nimmo 6, Kole Sedlock 3, Colby Schroader 3, Riley Smith 3, Logan Davis 2, Quinn Smith 2, Dawson Smothers 1
Fulton City: Brennen Walker 16, Devaris Scott 14, Keandre Patton 5, Amire Hobbs 5, Kire Tribble 4, Camarae Cobb 2, Cameron Madding 2
Marshall County: FG 34/57, 3 Pt 8/20, FT 5/9, Reb 28
Fulton City: FG 19/43, 3 Pt 2/8, FT 9/18, Reb 19