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The Titans move to 7-0 on the season overall and are 2-0 in the Twin Lakes Conference after another quick start and a 4
th quarter spurt holds off SE Valley.
South Central Calhoun defense created some turnovers with the press early, allowing them to get several easy buckets as they built a 28-6 lead early in the 2
nd quarter. The Titans led 4-0 in the first minute of the game and only allowed a couple 3’s in the 1
st quarter as they went up 23-6 after one quarter. They extended the lead to 37-15 late in the 1
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The Titans get a big conference win on Monday to move to 5-1 overall and they sit 2-0 in the Twin Lakes Conference tied with Alta Aurelia. The loss is the first of the season for SE Valley though this was not their conference matchup so the Jaguars are 1-0 in the Twin Lakes Conference.
Free throws shooting was the difference for the Titans as they went 18-20 from the line including 15-15 in the 1
st half which helped them lead 36-22 at half and by as much as 30-13 in the 2
nd quarter. They needed to hit their free throws because SE Valley was knocking down 3’s finishing with 16 made 3’s on the night. Kolson Kruse had 5 in the 1
The 3
rd ranked Tigers came out sharp on Friday only turning the ball over once in the 1
st half as they built a 31-4 at the end of the 1
st quarter. The Tigers were able to create turnovers in the half-court defense and turned those into easy layups on the other end for Kaleb Booth, Nicke Macke, Tory Feldman, Colby Christensen and Treyton Goins. Carroll only made 5-3’s on the night but didn’t need to take many. Kaleb Booth hit a two of the 3’s and had 12 points at half while Nick Macke was able to get the baseline and attack the rim scoring a team high 17 points in the 1
Carroll wanted to work on coming out with quicker starts after slow starts in several games this season and they did that on Friday. The Tigers jumped ahead 20-0 with just over a minute left in the 1
st quarter before Perry scored. The defense pressure led to several run outs and easy layups and the Tigers moved the ball well in the half court and were able to Ella Collison, Kennedy Lein and Camryn Schable going on offense. Schable did a lot of her damage on the offense back boards and had 3 in the 1
st quarter.
The Tigers led 22-3 heading into the 2