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Franklin
Monroe's Devon Fourman looks to block a shot by Mississinawa
Valley's Carson Stump.
The Jets used a fourth quarter surge to power
past the Hawks, 47-37. CNO photos by Dylan Knoop
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Jets use fourth
quarter surge to fly past Hawks
By George Starks
PITSBURG- For three straight quarters, Mississinawa Valley had its way
with Franklin Monroe.
So much that the Jets were staring at a loss in the opening round of
their own tournament and a consolation game with Arcanum.
Trailing the Blackhawks, 34-30 with eight minutes left to play,
Franklin Monroe literally out-ran the Hawks in the fourth quarter to
post a 47-37 victory.
“We’ve not played four quarters of basketball in a game this year,”
said MV coach Rodney Saintignon. “We’ve been in games against tough
teams but we want to play three maybe three and a half quarters then
shutdown. Until they learn they can’t do that, this is going to happen
to us all the time. Period!”
Trailing by as much as seven points in the third quarter, the Jets
kicked in the afterburners and slowly started to chip away.
With 3:36 left in the game, Franklin Monroe went on a 9-1 run to take a
39-35 lead.
A lead the Jets would not lose the rest of the way.
Franklin Monroe would eventually go on a 14-1 run before the Hawks
would score again.
A big part of that run would come from the hands of Martin Maksvytis
who would get the rout started with a big bucket to spark the Jets.
“We had to have a big moment in this game tonight and Martin gave that
to us,” said FM coach Troy Myers. “He is only a sophomore and is
playing just his seventh game as a varsity player and to see him shoot
an ill-advised three in transition and then have the confidence to go
to the corner and bury the next shot. This is who we are as a team. To
be that resilient and do that as a team defines us. We weren’t getting
the stops we needed.”
Junior Travis Fietshans and senior Devon Fourman led the Jets with 11
points each but Fietshans had 13 rebounds.
“Take nothing away from Travis, he had a whale of a game and put us on
his shoulders for three and a half quarter,” said Myers. “For that
stretch, honestly, they (MV) out played us. They have a scrappy group
and they gave us all we wanted tonight.”
The Hawks were led by Dane Blumenstock with a game high 17 points.
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Dane
Blumenstock goes in for two of his game high 17 points
for MV Friday in the second game of the Jet Tournament.
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