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Honeybears fall to Teutopolis at State

[December 14, 2021] The Mount Pulaski Honeybears season came to an end on Saturday with a 31-30 loss to Teutopolis in the first round of the 8th Grade Class 2A State Tournament at Havana High School.

The Honeybears led 7-6 at the end of the first quarter but found themselves trailing 15-13 at the half. Teutopolis held a 25-22 lead after the third quarter. Despite a great effort by Mount Pulaski, Teutopolis advanced with a 31-30 win over the Honeybears.

Mount Pulaski Head Coach Jamie Anderson was still very proud of his team’s effort against Teutopolis, a school rich in basketball history.

“This was a great game right off the bat,” said Anderson. “We were able to grab a first quarter lead, but unfortunately we ran into foul trouble and our offense stalled in the second quarter. Both teams traded baskets throughout the third quarter and we were down three after the third. Teutopolis was in foul trouble during the second half, but we missed a few key free throws down the stretch. We were able to get a timeout with 13.4 seconds left to go in the game. We fumbled the ball from the top of the key but Elayna Marten was able to corral it and got off a shot from about 10-12 feet to the left of the lane. Her shot just hit off the front of the rim and Teutopolis came down with the rebound and time expired. We knew it was going to be a tough game going into the contest, because they had a lot of great length and had been beating other teams by big margins. We were able to keep their main scorer in check, but we just came up short in the end. It was a wonderful season and I’m very proud of how well both of our teams performed.”

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