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It may have been a long road trip.
But the travel certainly didn’t bother the Rolla High School boys’ basketball team on Friday.
The Bulldogs got started quickly and went on to pound Joplin 51-36 in Ozark Conference play.
Rolla improves to 14-5 overall and 2-1 in the conference. Joplin falls to 9-8 and 1-2.
The Bulldogs blew out to a 17-8 lead after the first period and led the rest of the way.
Rolla took a 24-14 advantage into halftime. The Bulldogs then outscored the Eagles 17-10 in the third quarter to take a 41-24 edge into the fourth quarter.
“Joplin has a really nice team,” said RHS head coach Mark Miller. “They’ve got two good players and they’re a pretty big team. But our defensive intensity, our rebounding, really stepped it up. We switched defenses and kept them off-balanced and offensively we hit some shots.”
Senior guard Jay Zalis paced Rolla with 19 points while senior guard Mike Miller added 10 points.
Charlie Brown led Joplin with 11 points.
In the junior varsity game a fierce Rolla rally fell short, as Joplin posted a 49-46 victory.
Joplin took a 19-6 lead after the first period and Rolla trailed by as much as 27 points before going into halftime down 33-9. However, the jayvee Bulldogs outscored Joplin 23-6 in the third period to cut their deficit to 39-32 entering the fourth period. Rolla actually took the lead in the final period before Joplin pulled out the close win.
Freshman Caleb Copeland had 18 points and freshman Landon Maynard added 12 for Rolla’s jayvee squad, now 10-4.
The Rolla jayvee squad will play host Pacific at 9 a.m. Saturday in the semifinals of the Pacific Jayvee Tournament. Rolla will then play in the tournament at 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. later Saturday.
On Tuesday the Rolla jayvee and varsity teams will host Lebanon in conference play, with the jayvee game starting at 6 p.m.
Scoring
Varsity
Rolla 51, Joplin 36
Rolla (51): Brown 2-0-4, Wilson 1-0-3, Miller 3-1-10, Zalis 6-6-19, Garner 2-1-6, Cox 2-2-7, Vance 1-0-2, Totals 17-10-51.
Joplin (36): C. Brown 4-2-11, St. Peter 1-2-4, McCord 1-0-3, Franks 2-0-5, Hueller 2-3-7, Washington 0-3-3, Q. Brown 1-0-3, totals 11-10-36.
Junior Varsity
Joplin 49, Rolla 46
Rolla (46): Kean 1-0-2, Beistel 2-0-6, Facen 0-2-2, Maynard 4-1-12, O’Brennan 2-0-4, Copeland 7-3-18, Dy. Cox 1-0-2, Totals 17-6-46.
Joplin (49): McVay 1-0-2, Q. Brown 2-0-4, Vene 2-0-4, Adams 1-0-2, Gilmore 2-0-4, McCord 2-1-7, Washington 5-1-11, Wallace 4-1-9, Lane 2-0-4, Huener 1-0-2, Totals 22-3-49.
It may have been a long road trip.
But the travel certainly didn’t bother the Rolla High School boys’ basketball team on Friday.
The Bulldogs got started quickly and went on to pound Joplin 51-36 in Ozark Conference play.
Rolla improves to 14-5 overall and 2-1 in the conference. Joplin falls to 9-8 and 1-2.
The Bulldogs blew out to a 17-8 lead after the first period and led the rest of the way.
Rolla took a 24-14 advantage into halftime. The Bulldogs then outscored the Eagles 17-10 in the third quarter to take a 41-24 edge into the fourth quarter.
“Joplin has a really nice team,” said RHS head coach Mark Miller. “They’ve got two good players and they’re a pretty big team. But our defensive intensity, our rebounding, really stepped it up. We switched defenses and kept them off-balanced and offensively we hit some shots.”
Senior guard Jay Zalis paced Rolla with 19 points while senior guard Mike Miller added 10 points.
Charlie Brown led Joplin with 11 points.
In the junior varsity game a fierce Rolla rally fell short, as Joplin posted a 49-46 victory.
Joplin took a 19-6 lead after the first period and Rolla trailed by as much as 27 points before going into halftime down 33-9. However, the jayvee Bulldogs outscored Joplin 23-6 in the third period to cut their deficit to 39-32 entering the fourth period. Rolla actually took the lead in the final period before Joplin pulled out the close win.
Freshman Caleb Copeland had 18 points and freshman Landon Maynard added 12 for Rolla’s jayvee squad, now 10-4.
The Rolla jayvee squad will play host Pacific at 9 a.m. Saturday in the semifinals of the Pacific Jayvee Tournament. Rolla will then play in the tournament at 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. later Saturday.
On Tuesday the Rolla jayvee and varsity teams will host Lebanon in conference play, with the jayvee game starting at 6 p.m.
Scoring
Varsity
Rolla 51, Joplin 36
Rolla (51): Brown 2-0-4, Wilson 1-0-3, Miller 3-1-10, Zalis 6-6-19, Garner 2-1-6, Cox 2-2-7, Vance 1-0-2, Totals 17-10-51.
Joplin (36): C. Brown 4-2-11, St. Peter 1-2-4, McCord 1-0-3, Franks 2-0-5, Hueller 2-3-7, Washington 0-3-3, Q. Brown 1-0-3, totals 11-10-36.
Junior Varsity
Joplin 49, Rolla 46
Rolla (46): Kean 1-0-2, Beistel 2-0-6, Facen 0-2-2, Maynard 4-1-12, O’Brennan 2-0-4, Copeland 7-3-18, Dy. Cox 1-0-2, Totals 17-6-46.
Joplin (49): McVay 1-0-2, Q. Brown 2-0-4, Vene 2-0-4, Adams 1-0-2, Gilmore 2-0-4, McCord 2-1-7, Washington 5-1-11, Wallace 4-1-9, Lane 2-0-4, Huener 1-0-2, Totals 22-3-49.
