MORAN — Marmaton Valley High had few answers for St. Paul’s hot shooting Friday.
The Indians eclipsed the 20-point barrier in both the first and third quarters to cruise to a 74-43 win over Marmaton Valley, dropping the Wildcats to 5-9 on the season.
Trey Peters was the key protagonist for St. Paul, pouring in 26 points to lead four Indian players in double figures.
After falling behind 20-9 after one, the Wildcats stayed within reach through the second quarter.
But St. Paul turned on the jets after intermission, outscoring the Wildcats 22-9 to break open a 57-33 lead.
Jaedon Granere paced Marmaton Valley with 16 points. Tyler Lord was next with 10, while Dylan Drake and Brayden Lawson scored six apiece.
Zakary Kirkpatrick scored 16, Vincent Smith 12 and Kiser Wiatrak 10 for the Indians.
Marmaton Valley had a much more successful junior varsity venture, rolling to a 28-10 win over two quarters. Granere scored nine points, Lord eight, Dominic Smith six and Garrett Morrison five for the Wildcat JV.
Marmaton Valley travels to Lebo Tuesday.
St. Paul (20-15-22-17—74)
FG/3pt FT F TP
Irish 0/2 0 2 6, Peters 8/2 4 3 26, Wiatrak 3/1 1 2 10, Green 0 0 1 0, Vitt 0 0 2 0, Smith 3/1 3 0 12, Paulie 2 0 5 4, Kirkpatrick 7 2 4 16. Totals 23/6 10 21 74
MV (9-15-9-10—43)
Drake 3 0 3 6, Granere 6 4 2 16, D. Smith 0 2 3 2, Morrison 0/1 0 1 3, Lord 2/1 3 1 10, C. Smith 0 0 2 0, Lawson 2 2 4 6. Totals 13/2 11 16 43
