HUMBOLDT — Head Coach David Taylor didn’t have much to say in the negative category Tuesday night, and rightfully so — his boys manhandled the visiting Marmaton Valley Wildcats, 72-19.
“I didn’t think at any time did we lose our focus,” Taylor said.
The Cubs were hitting on all cylinders during the first game back from the Christmas break, nor did they need dust off any cobwebs against a winless Wildcat team.
Humboldt led 25-2 after one period. In the second, the first-string players kept walloping the visitors on steals and fast breaks throughout, before the B Team closed out the half with a score of 44-8.
Nearly all of the Humboldt players scored at least once, and all of the players saw the court.
Hunter Murrow led the Cubs with 16 points in the contest, followed by Kason Siemens with nine and Justin Meins with seven. Murrow and Meins also had four rebounds each, while Meins had four of Humboldt’s 23 steals. Five different Cubs had two assists.
Micheal Genn led the Wildcats with eight points.
Taylor said he is already looking ahead for his team for the second half of the season. They are coming together fundamentally, he said, and will be honing their craft as the spring approaches.
“We have to keep our focus and keep doing the little things right,” Taylor said, but ended in a high note, once again praising his players — each and every one of them. “We’re able to play a lot of people.”
The Cubs travel to Fredonia on Tuesday. Marmaton Valley will be at Crest on Friday.
Marmaton Valley 2-6-7-4—19
Humboldt 25-19-18-10—72
Marmaton Valley (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Jefferis 1-0-4-2, Genn 1/2-0-2-8, Boyd 0-2-0-2, Stephenson 1-1-1-3, Newman 2-0-2-4, Adams 0-0-3-0. TOTALS: 5/2-3-7-19.
Humboldt (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Z. Vanatta 1-0-0-2, C. Vanatta 1-0-1-2. H. Murrow 7-2-1-16, Carpenter 2-2-1-6, A. Murrow 1-1-1-3, Sellman 0/1-0-3-3, D’Armond 2-0-0-4, Meins 2-3-3-7, Bartlett 3-0-1-6, Pulliam 2-2-1-6, Siemens 3/1-0-2-9, Smith 2-0-0-4, Haviland 1-0-0-2, Doran 1-0-0-2. TOTALS 29/2-9-14-72.
