CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS OF THE GAME<\/a><\/p>\nWhile Ty Cotter\u2019s early third-quarter layup stretched the Bakersfield lead to 20 at 39-19, Marshfield\u2019s offense also found some rhythm in the second half.<\/p>\n
Silas Schad, Evan Coutchie and Hunter Fryman led a balanced comeback attempt in the third quarter, combining for 20 of the Blue Jays\u2019 21 points in the period.<\/p>\n
Coutchie led Marshfield with 18 points.<\/p>\n
While the sophomore guard\u2019s 3-pointer with 20 seconds left capped an 11-4 Marshfield run, cut the Bakersfield lead to 12 and gave the Blue Jays momentum heading into the fourth quarter, the Lions still had a trump card left to play.<\/p>\n
Seth Montague.<\/p>\n
With his team starting to sputter on offense, the junior forward rose to the challenge.<\/p>\n
In the fourth quarter, alone, Montague converted a trio of put-backs and a conventional 3-point play to repeatedly stem Marshfield\u2019s rally attempts.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, I\u2019ve just got to be a grown man in the paint I guess,\u201d Montague said. \u201cNot every ball is going to go your way when you\u2019re rebounding, but you\u2019ve just got to keep trying and going after it, because everybody\u2019s going to want it.\u201d<\/p>\n
McGinnis was pleased with Montague\u2019s effort, particularly after only playing four minutes in the previous round against Seymour.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Montague) did not have a great game for us at all (in the semifinal),\u201d McGinnis said. \u201cI think he showed a lot of maturity as far as responding today and stepping up when it really mattered. We talk about it every single day \u2013 have a next-play mentality \u2013 and this young man right here had a next-play mentality. He was fantastic for us today.\u201d<\/p>\n
With a resume now featuring victories over state-ranked Seymour and Class 5 Marshfield, the future looks promising for the 13-4 Lions.<\/p>\n
\u201c(The win) means everything,\u201d Ty Cotter said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been underrated our whole time in our district and everything \u2013 I thought we needed to be seeded higher than a four seed. We feel like we need to be ranked now, but we don\u2019t know yet \u2013 we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
Up next for Bakersfield is a Jan. 20 matchup at Dora. Marshfield (8-8) travels to Springfield Catholic that same evening.<\/p>\n
SEYMOUR TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP: Bakersfield \u2013 72, Marshfield \u2013 54<\/p>\n
Bakersfield\u00a0 19\u00a0 18\u00a0 15\u00a0 20\u00a0 |\u00a0 72
Marshfield\u00a0 11\u00a0 08\u00a0 21\u00a0 14\u00a0 |\u00a0 54<\/p>\n
Bakersfield scoring:\u00a0 Eli Cotter \u2013 18, Ty Cotter \u2013 16, Hayden Sanders \u2013 15, Seth Montague \u2013 12, Alex Helm \u2013 10, Tyler Hodgson \u2013 2, Isaac Luna \u2013 1<\/p>\n
Marshfield scoring: Evan Coutchie \u2013 18, Hunter Fryman \u2013 16, Silas Schad \u2013 9, Cannon Thornhill \u2013 8, Trenton Rosenthal \u2013 2, Boyd Messick \u2013 1<\/p>\n
Third place final: Springfield Catholic \u2013 73, Seymour \u2013 65
Fifth place final:\u00a0 Fair Grove \u2013 69, Lighthouse Christian \u2013 45
Seventh place final: Aurora \u2013 92, Dora \u2013 47<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Dana Harding (For OzarksSportsZone.com) SEYMOUR, MO \u2013 Two days after upsetting top-seeded and state-ranked Seymour, Bakersfield pulled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-138445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}