The Liberty BlueJays used a strong and consistent beginning to the game to beat the Lee's Summit Tigers 58-43 Friday night at Lee's Summit. In the opening quarter Ben Hansen made 2 three point shots and Kyle Rutliff added another to help the Jays to a 19-4 edge at the end of the 1st quarter. Although the BlueJays offense wasn't as productive in the second frame, the Jays still held a 25-12 lead at halftime.
The Tigers mounted a solid comeback in the 3rd quarter and cut their deficit to as few as 5 but an old-fashioned three point play by Denton Koon stopped their run. In addition to Koon's play, the defense, who played an outstanding game of controlling Lee's Summit's shooters, stepped up and got some keys stops and rebounds.
Koon led the way with 20 points, Hansen finished with 10, Jordan Lewis with 9, and Rutliff had 8. The Jays made 22 out of 38 shots (58%) and were an efficient 5-10 from beyond the arc. Liberty held the Tigers to a 37% field goal percentage and had a 32-17 edge on the boards.
The Jays travel to Blue Springs South next Tuesday and then are back home against Blue Springs for Courtwarming.
In the JV game, the BlueJays scored the last 13 points of the game to win 56-42. Up by one point at the time, the Jays played great defense, made their lay ups and free-throws to ice the game.
Congrats Jays on two very solid wins!
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