Freshman/Sophomore Boys Basketball -- Feb. 7

TEUTOPOLIS -- Teutopolis and Marshall split two exciting boys freshman/sophomore basketball games Tuesday evening.

In freshman action, T-town connected on a layup with one second left in double overtime to edge Marshall, 59-58.

Marshall edged out to a 11-10 opening quarter lead and led by that same one point margin 23-22 at halftime. T-town came back with a 17-11 run in the third quarter to pull ahead 39-34 but Marshall rallied for a 12-7 final quarter to knot the score at 52-52. In the first overtime session both teams tallied seven points. In the second overtime, Mitch Hardiek nailed five points and Brock Deters a basket.

Mitch Hemmen tallied 19 while Mitch Hardiek added 15 and Brock Deters 12.

In the sophomore contest, T-town fell to Marshall. The Runnin' Lions were down by two with three seconds remaining and hit a three-point basket to pull out the 55-54 victory.

Marshall ran off to a 20-6 opening quarter lead but T-town came back within 26-24 at halftime. The Shoes then had a 20-8 third period run to lead 44-34. But here came Marshall with a 21-10 final quarter.

Andrew Simmons tallied 22 to lead the Shoes while Lucas Deters added 18.

At Teutopolis

Freshman Game

Double Overtime

Marshall               11    12    11    12    7    5    --    58

Teutopolis           10     12    17      7    7    6    --    59

Marshall -- Keown 20, Wallace 14, Shaffner 4, Strode 4, Harper 8, Francis 8

Teutopolis -- Ungrund 6, Emmerich 1, Deters 12, M. Hardiek 15, McMahon 2, Hemmen 19, Pals 4

Sophomore Game

Marshall            20      6      8    21    --    55

Teutopolis           6    18    20    10    --    54

Marshall -- McManus 5, Smith 0, Tharp 4, Downs 12, Wood 13, Hefner 5, Sanders 16

Teutopolis -- Hanson 0, N. Probst 3, Runde 7, J. Hardiek 0, Will 0, Drees 18, Simmons 22, S. Probst 0, Hoene 4