Monroe Central

Varsity: The the bears beat Union City last night 77-41 on senior night. The bears lead by 10 after the first quarter. By halftime the bears have stretched the lead to 18. The end of the third quarter the lead was 21. The bears outscored the Indians 23-8 in the 4th quarter. The bears only had 8 turnovers for the game. The bears had 4 guys in double figures. Alden Mahaffey lead the bears with 18 points and 5 rebounds. Easton Foster added 16 points and 6 rebounds. Josiah Cleveland had 16 points and shot 7 of 8 from the floor. Cole Munchel added 10 points and a season high 18 rebounds. The bears finish the regular season Friday night at Randolph Southern. JV: The jv bears were in a hard fought game last night and pulled out a 60-55 win in overtime. The bears were down 4 and the end of the first quarter. By halftime the bears were up 2. In the 3rd quarter the lead went back and forth but the bears were still up 2. In the 4th quarter the bear pushed the lead to 4 with 6 minutes to go. With 4 and half minutes to go the bears went up 1 on a Josh Swearingen lay-up. Jackson Konkle got a steal and layup to tie the game with 2 and half minutes to go. With 13 seconds to go Griffen Gannom hit 2 free throws to give the bears a 3 point lead. Union City missed a 3 but the bears couldn't get the rebound and Union City hit a 3 at the buzzer to tie the game. In overtime Griffen Gannom and Carter Duncan hit 4 big free throws to win the game with under 30 seconds to go. Carter Duncan lead the bears with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Justus Ullom added 14 points and 7 rebounds. Griffen Gannom scored 11 points.