BY BUDDY TABLER

Special to the Tribune

LARNED — A miserable shooting night doomed Larned’s boys as they fell 45-22 to the Kinsley Coyotes in Monday’s Gene Keady Basketball Classic.

Kinsley grabbed a 11-7 first quarter lead but Larned battled back to take a 15-11 lead midway of the second quarter but that is when the bottom fell out as Kinsley went on a 12-0 run to lead at halftime, 23-15. Kinsley outscored Larned 34-7 the rest of the way.

Larned made 1 of 19 three-pointers and shot 21% from the field. The Indians failed to score in the fourth quarter for the second straight game.

“We’re so impatient,” said Larned coach Luke Steinlage. “We’re settling for the 3-point shot and not making them. When we ran our offense, we got good looks and scored. We’re inexperienced.”

Larned’s Carlos Ibarra and Luke Wilson netetd six apiece and Brayson Bird scored five. The Indians play Spearville Thursday.

Kinsley converted 16 of 38 field goals for 42%. Xavier Holguin scored 16 points. London Brokar added nine and Boris Peranovic put in eight. 

Kinsley 11 12 14 8 — 45

Larned 7 8 7  0 – 22

KINSLEY (1-1)–Holguin 6 2-2 16, Brokar 3 0-0 9, Peranovic 2 4-6 8, Anderson 3 0-0 6, Schmidt 1 0-0 3, Chamberlain 1 0-0 3, Totals 16-38 6-8 45.

LARNED (0-2)–Wilson 3 0-0 6, Ibarra 3 0-0 6, Bird 2 1-5 5, Hess 1 0-2 3, Colglazier 1 0-0 2, Orth 0 0-1 0, Totals 9 1-8 22.  

3-pointers–K 7 (Brokar 3, Holguin 2, Chamberlain 1, Schmidt 1); L 1-19 (Hess 1).

MACKSVILLE 76, SPEARVILLE 43

LARNED – Macksville freshman Hector Gomez converted five 3-pointers and scored 22 points as the Mustangs roared past Spearville 76-43 in Monday’s Gene Keady Basketball Classic. 

Alexis Barron scored 21 points. Diego Esparza contributed seven points, seven steals and five assists. Ryan Kuckleman scored 11 points with eight rebounds and five assists.

Spearville’s Joshua Cox scored 14 points. 

Spearville 13 16 11 3 – 43

Macksville 19 30 15 12 – 76

SPEARVILLE (1-1)–Cox 5 4-9 14, Hubbel 3 1-1 7, Alcala 2 2-2 6, Hornung 1 3-6 6, Shenk 2 0-2 4, Werner 0 0-1 0, Totals 16 10-21 43.

MACKSVILLE (2-0)–Gomez 8-14 1-2 22, Barron 9-16 1-2 21, Kuckelman 5-8 1-6 11, Esparza 2-9 3-3 7, Alvaro Ibarra 3-5 2-4 8, Lickiss 3-6 0-0 7, Cleveland 0-2 0-0 0, Portillo 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 29-63 8-17 76.

3-pointers–M 10-23 (Gomez 5-6, A. Ibarra 2-5, Barron 2-6, Lickiss 1-3, Esparza 0-3). Rebounds–M 32 (Kuckelman 8). Assists–M 18 (Kuckelman 5, Esparza 5). Steals–M 20 (Esparza 7). 

ST. JOHN 43, ELLIS 42

LARNED — St. John’s 6-foot-7 Elijah Delp rescued the Tigers with the tying and game-winning free throws for a 43-42 victory over pesky Ellis in Tuesday’s Gene Keady Basketball Classic. Delp scored a game high 24 points to dominate the paint.

The Tigers (1-1) trailed by four points in the fourth quarter before rallying behind Delp’s 11-point final period. Angel Ibarra converted a fourth-quarter basket.

Ellis’ Kaden Solorio scored 17 points and Toby Honas added 14 points.

Ellis        12  6  11 13 — 42

St. John   8  11 11 13 — 43

ELLIS (1-1)—Solorio 7 2-2 17, Honas 6 2-2 14, Jimenez 2 0-0 6, North 0 3-4 3, Reese 1 0-0 2, Totals 16 7-8 42.

ST. JOHN (1-1)—Delp 7 10-15 24, Dunn 3 1-4 7, Hunter Smith 2 0-0 5, Marco Ibarra 1 0-0 3, Angel Ibarra 1 0-0 2, Quade Smith 1 0-0 2, Totals 15 11-19 43

3-pointers—E 3 (Jimenez 2, Solorio 1), SJ 2 (H. Smith 1, M. Ibarra 1)

HOISINGTON 77,  BUCKLIN 64

LARNED — Hoisington’s Bralen Thompson scored 26 points and Noah Dolezal scored a career high 19 points to spark the Cardinals past Bucklin 77=64 in Tuesday’s Gene Keady Basketball Classic.

The Cardinals (2-0) outscored the Red Aces by 13 points to push their lead to 19 points in the fourth quarter. The Cardinals (2-0) play St. John (1-1) in Friday’s semifinals.

Bucklin (1-1) was paced by Scott Price with 30 points, 20 in the second half. Andrew Bowman scored 19 points.

Bucklin  16 13 22 13 — 64

HHS      20 19 18 20 — 77

BUCKLIN (1-1)—Price 11 2-2 30, Andrew Bowman 5 4-4 17, Stimpert 2 0-0 4, Nate Bowman 2 2-4 7, Lindsey 2 0-0 4, Stein 1 0-0 2, Totals 23 8-14 64.

HOISINGTON (2-0)—Thompson 10 4-6 26, Dolezel 8 3-4 19, Haxton 4 5-6 13, Steinert 4 0-0 8, Hoffman 3 0-0 6, Jason Robinson 2 1-2 5, Aylward 0 0-1 0, Totals 31 13-19 77.

3-pointers—B 10 (Price 6, A. Bowman 3,N. Bowman 1), H 2 (Thompson 2).

GENE KEADY CLASSIC

FIRST ROUND—Macksville 76, Spearville 43; Kinsley 45, Larned 22; St. John 43, Ellis 42; Hoisington 77, Bucklin 64

SECOND ROUND—FRIDAY—Macksville vs. Kinsley, 6:30, LMS; Hoisington vs. St. John, 6, LHS; THURSDAY—Spearville vs. Larned, 6, LHS; Bucklin vs. Ellis, 6:30, LMS