The Red Devils dominated from the early stages of the game on Saturday against Labette Community College. The 17th ranked Red Devils won 75-59.
Cedric Rollerson hit a pair of early threes to put Allen up and they never looked back, holding the lead for the rest of the game.
Quickly, Allen raced to a 17-4 lead, backed by good shooting and lockdown defense. Allen continued to dominate the half, but turned the ball over a few too many times toward the end of the half.
Nevertheless, Allen led 41-27 at the break.
The two teams traded blows in the opening stages of the second half with Labette narrowing Allen’s lead to 12, only to have the Red Devils storm back. Finally, midway through the half, the Red Devil lead hit 20 points.
Not only did Allen get great defensive play, but the Red Devils saw action from all 16 players in the contest, with six players getting more than 20 minutes.
Allen shot 16-23 from the free throw line, another big factor in the Red Devils’ eighth win in a row.
Ed Wright led the way with 15 points. Brayden Thompson continued his big run with 12 points. Rollerson finished with 11 and eight boards. Tyren Shelley had nine points. Ahmed Mahgoub had seven.
Allen is 18-4 and remains undefeated in conference. Their big time matchup last week with Johnson County was postponed due to the winter storm. Allen’s next game is today at Hesston.
