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 Beau Collier continued to play outstanding basketball for the
Toppers and his 15 points led the team. Michael Lowery was close
behind with 14 points and junior Brett Huff, who usually comes in
early off the bench, contributed another solid effort with 12
points.
This was the Toppers sixth consecutive win and during this hot
streak both Lowery and Beau Collier have stepped up their offensive
game by averaging 12.5 ppg and 12.3 ppg respectively. The Toppers
were cruising from the beginning of this one and jumped out to an
early 17-8 first quarter lead thanks to a tough press that Clay City
struggled to handle.
The Toppers continued to play well defensively in the second quarter
and forced turnovers allowed the Toppers to go on an 8-0 run,
leading 27-14. At the half the Toppers held a comfortable 36-22
lead.
 Mount Pulaski showed no signs of slowing down offensively as the
team put up 25 points in the third quarter. Beau Collier led the
charge with eight third quarter points in the matter of a minute. In
that New York minute Collier hit a three, stole the ball and showed
off a nice spin around move and banked it in for two points and then
on the Toppers next possession seconds later he decided to pop
another three. This gave Mount Pulaski the 55-34 lead with just over
a minute to play in the third quarter. Brett Huff and Lowery would
go on to make three pointers of their own here to give the Toppers a
61-38 lead at the end of three.
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Fourth quarter action even saw 6'4 junior Caleb Przykopanski getting
in on the trey action. He was open for the two but decided to take a
step back and nail the three instead, giving the Toppers a 71-39
lead. 6'5 freshman Peyton Taylor also decided to go a little long
range in the fourth quarter and his ten foot jumper gave Mount
Pulaski a 75-45 lead. Senior Aaron Durchholz also contributed four
points off the bench in the final minutes of the 79-48 victory.
The Toppers record improves to 9-7 on the season.
Mount Pulaski's next game is at home Friday night against Midwest
Central.
Toppers scoring vs. Clay City:
Beau Collier 15
Lowery 14
Brett Huff 12
Curry 9
Blake Collier 8
Taylor 4
Stewart 4
Aylesworth 4
Durchholz 4
Przykopanski 3
Amidon 2
[Teena Lowery]
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