It was a battle of the Indians on Wednesday night pitting Altamont against Neoga and it would Altamont who came out victorious and moved into the semi finals.
The game started with both teams slow out of the gates. Like a boxing match with the teams feeling each other out, as these two have not matched up yet this season. It was Altamont who would come out making a couple of field goals from Jared Hammer, Noah Klimpel and Jared Kollmann. While Neoga could only muster up one field goal from Quinton Richards..
The pace would continue to slow as neither team were that aggressive attacking the others defense. Altamont were led by Kollmann and Klimpel both with 6. Neoga’s leading scoring Paci McClure was shut out in the first half, slowed down by foul trouble and the Altamont defense. Neoga would get a couple of threes from Brady Reynolds but Altamont increased their led by one, 18-12 at the half.
McClure would come out in the third quarter and hit back to back threes but again was quickly thereafter hit with foul trouble again . Klimpel would get it going in the quarter by scoring seven to increase the lead to 31-23.
Neoga would never go away and pulled within four at one point but they would never get any closer than that. As Altamont hit just enough free throws down the stretch to close out the 45-34 win.
Altamont improves to 17-5 on the season and advance to the semi finals in the NTC Tournament to take on Windsor / Stew-Stras who beat South Central in their game. Game time is set for approximately 7:45 p.m.
Neoga falls to 12-9.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Neoga | 2 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| Altamont | 7 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 45 |
Altamont Stats
Klimpel 16 Robinson 12 Kollmann 9 Hammer 6 Robbins 2
FG 15/43
3 PT 4/12
FT 11/20
Neoga Stats
Reynolds 11 McClure 8 Richards 6 Romark 4 Young 2 Peters 2 O’Dell 2
FG 12/40
3 PT 5/18
FT 6/7
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