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Cougars overpower Cowboys 72-45
Mountain View runs out to a 20-9 lead after first quarter, then coasts to easy victory over CCHS
Kole Brewer and Dillon Dean fight for a rebound with Mountain View’s Matt Logan. Mountain View outrebounded Crook County 37 to 15 as they came away with a 72-45 victory.
The Mountain View Cougars simply have too much firepower for the Cowboys.
When Crook County played Mountain View in December, the Cougars came away with a 92-36 victory.
Tuesday, the?Cowboys were closer, but they still fell 72-45 to the Cougars.
“Same story as the last game,” said Crook County head coach Jeff Lowenbach following the game. “They obviously dominated the basket on both ends of the floor. In the first half, they had nine offensive rebounds and we had 14 turnovers, and we were only down 15 points.”
Crook County took an early 3-2 lead. However, the Cougars outscored the Cowboys 18-6 the remainder of the quarter as they ran out to a 20-9 lead.
From there, Mountain View substituted freely, with 13 Cougars scoring in the contest. Mountain View led 37-22 at the half, and in spite of the substitutions, continued
Tevin Cooper is fouled on his way to the basket during the Cowboys loss to the Mountain View Cougars on Tuesday. Cooper finished the game with nine points.
Jacob Mahurin led the Cowboys in scoring with 11 points, while Tevin Cooper finished with nine, and Troy Benton chipped in with eight.
Mitch Modin led the Cougars in scoring with 13 points, while James Reid finished with 11 points and eight assists.
Grant Lannin added six points and eight rebounds for the Cougars who outrebounded the Cowboys 37-15 on the night. Much of the Cougars’ scoring came on second chance opportunities as they pounded the glass for 15 offensive rebounds.
Crook County hit on 15-34 shots from the field. However, they hurt their own cause with 20 turnovers, which led to 22 Mountain View points.
The Cougars, who have won six of their last seven games, are now 12-4 on the season and ranked second in the latest OSAA Class 5A power rankings.
“They are definitely a much better team,”?Lowenbach said. “Reid is very unselfish, so when they are playing a game like we had tonight he is going to get his teammates involved. If needed he would have taken over.”
The Cowboys have now lost four games in a row and have dropped to 3-12 on the season.
Crook County is back in action tonight when they go on the road to take on the Bend Lava Bears in a 7 p.m. matchup.
“We competed well against them the last time,” Lowenbach said. “Hopefully we can do more of the same, but Bend at Bend is always a tough game.”
Tuesday, January 17
at Crook?County
Mountain View (72) — Mitch Modin 13, Reid 11, Logan 9, Bosch 8, C. Hollister 7, Lannin 6, Thompson 3, Sietken 3, J. Hollister 3, Teitgen 3, Gentry 3, Haugen 2, Carroll 1, Bachman, McNelis, Dattke. Totals 27 11-20 72.
Crook County (45) — Jacob Mahurin 11, T. Cooper 9, Benton 7, Seaquist 6, Dees 6, Washechek 5, A. Cooper 1, Brewer, Buss, Dean. Totals 15 9-20 45.
Mountain View 20 17 16 19 — 72
Crook County 9 13 10 13 — 45
Three-point goals — Mountain View: Logan 3, C. Hollister, Teitgen, Reid, J. Hollister; Crook County: T. Cooper 2, Mahurin 2, Benton, Seaquist.
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