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Twin Rivers holds off Malden's third-quarter rally to win meeting of McBrooms
MALDEN — The McBroom brothers were on opposite ends of the sideline again Tuesday night, their teams meeting for the third time.
“Our mother doesn’t like it,” said Twin Rivers coach Seth McBroom. “I don’t even know if she came tonight. Very hard on them.
“It’s not really fun for me,” he added. “It’s tough.”
The Royals gave their coach a 2-1 advantage over his younger brother with a 46-38 win over host Malden.
Avery Jackson scored eight of his 18 points in the first quarter and Jolby Jones scored seven of his 13 as Twin Rivers built a double-digit lead.
“Twin Rivers just came out and punched us in the face,” Malden coach Cole McBroom said.
The Royals (3-1) used an 11-2 run midway through the first quarter with 12 of their 17 points in the frame coming off turnovers.
“We had a gameplan and the kids executed it,” Seth McBroom said. “Really proud of the kids.”
Malden (0-4) rallied in the third quarter to trim a 14-point halftime deficit down to a bucket with 11 minutes left in the game.
The Green Wave forced six turnovers and kept Twin Rivers stuck on 37 points for 6 minutes, 5 seconds before the Royals finally scored. Twin Rivers scored the final six points of the quarter to take a 37-29 lead into the fourth.
Malden never got closer.
“They had us really out of sorts there in the third,” Seth McBroom said of Malden. “Really the second half they kind of switched up on me a little bit.”
Using a three-quarter court press, the Green Wave stymied Twin Rivers. Seth McBroom said his team, “didn’t attack it well” but, “the kids found a way.”
Sientez Lerma, who led Malden with 15 points, suffered a leg injury after the Green Wave made it a one-possession game. The junior later returned but didn’t score the rest of the night.
Coy Wade had 10 points for the Green Wave while Cooper Thomas added five points and all four of Drew Blankinship’s points came in the third quarter rally.
Malden’s 12-0 run to start the second half was capped by Lerma’s steal and layin at the 2:50 mark. That cut the Royals’ lead to 31-29. Lerma injured his leg going for a rebound on the ensuing Twin Rivers possession, and Malden missed a chance to pull even.
“If we could have gotten one more stop, or one more score, and maybe even gotten an and-one and took the lead, you never know what happens,” said Cole McBroom.
Jackson ended the drought for Twin Rivers when he scored off an inbound pass that was nearly picked off.
Jackson then scored off a pass from Blaine Pruitt, who followed with a steal leading to a basket by Brandon Tompkins, who was a point shy of a double-double.
“We definitely played a lot better than we had the last three games,” Seth McBroom said. “It was a total team effort.”
Malden had won the previous meeting between the coaching brothers, who both said they will probably wait until after the Christmas tournament before exchanging notes.
“He’s such a resource for me,” Cole McBroom said. “He’s the best coach I know.
“He’s just a big brother trying to help his little brother and I use him as a resource as often as I can and appreciate everything he does for me.”