HUTCHINSON — Pearl River got off to a terrible start in their first round game of the NJCAA National Tournament, but righted the ship quickly and went on to down Williston State 83-69.
Williston jumped out to a 22-9 lead but Pearl River turned up the defense and the shots stopped falling for the Tetons who end the season at 22-11. The Wildcats easily out rebounded Williston 45-34 and went to the line 36 times hitting 31 free throws. The Tetons shot just 10-14 from the line and, after the hot start, shot just 38 percent for the game.
Pearl River was led by Cedric Brim Jr. with 22 points, along with Jones James III and Brandon Rachal, who scored 12 each. The Wildcats take on Odessa in the second round Wednesday.
Williston was led by Amar Miller who led all scorers with 27 points.
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | |||||||||||||
| 03 – Reaudale Williams | 33 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 20 – Dylan Van Eyck | 36 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 23 – Ravel Moody | 35 | 4-14 | 2-8 | 6-10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 24 – Kyle Lukasiewicz | 37 | 7-18 | 4-10 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| 32 – Valentin Van Putten | 26 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| RESERVES | |||||||||||||
| 40 – Kyrele Benford | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 02 – Jeremiah Morris | 11 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 – Samkelo Cele | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 30 – Ramello Williams | 7 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| TM – TEAM | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 23-60 | 7-26 | 20-29 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 73 | |
| 38.3% | 26.9% | 69.0% | |||||||||||
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | |||||||||||||
| 00 – Sean Miller-Moore | 40 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 01 – Alonzo Verge | 32 | 8-22 | 3-9 | 6-8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 25 |
| 03 – Will Rucker | 17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 04 – Tahj Small | 35 | 7-16 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 32 – DeMarcus Sharpe | 22 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| RESERVES | |||||||||||||
| 10 – Markelo Sullivan | 26 | 5-13 | 4-12 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 11 – Mike Hood | 5 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 – Isaiah Ford | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 – Raekwon Drake | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| TM – TEAM | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 30-67 | 10-34 | 12-19 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 82 | |
| 44.8% | 29.4% | 63.2% | |||||||||||
| Date/Time: | March 19, 2019 – 10:00 AM |
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| Location: | Hutchinson Sports Arena, Hutchinson, KS |
| Technical fouls: | (19) Northeastern Oklahoma A&M-None ; (14) Moberly Area-None . |