In a game that was never close, Southmont raced past its county rival North Montgomery 71-38 on Friday.
The win is the sixth-straight for the Mounties over the Chargers.
Southmont used points from seven different guys to build a 19-6 lead after a quarter.
“I think this is a group that has some confidence and that’s sincere,” Mountie coach Michael Byrum said. “We have some guys who have spent a lot of time working on their game away from us and they’ve earned that confidence.”
The Mounties (3-0, 1-0 SAC) had three scorers in double-figures, led by freshman Caden Miller with a career-high 17 points.
“They’re a good team and have a lot of guys who hit shots,” North Montgomery coach Chad Arnold said. “They run about eight-deep and have three guys who can come off the bench and make shots.”
In total, nine Mounties found the scoring column as they connected on nearly 50% (26-53) of their shots.
A North Montgomery 3-pointer by Kelby Harwood tied the game 5-5 with 4:10 in the first quarter, but then the route was on as the Mounties used an efficient offense and defensive intensity to go on a 23-1 run over the next nine minutes.
“I thought we were really active and locked in on the game plan,” Byrum said. “I thought we were focused on some of those small little details (defensively) that we had worked on throughout the week.”
The Chargers went that entire nine-minute stretch in the first half without a field goal, and only made 13 field goals for the game.
“We have to get better at running our offense,” Arnold said. “It was a bunch of 1 on 1 and I thought we were at the park playing tonight. It was across the board and it was everybody.”
Harwood led the Chargers (1-1, 0-1 SAC) with 16 points, while Cameron Enlow added seven.
Southmont led 34-14 at the half and had out-rebounded North Montgomery 22-11 over the first 16 minutes.
The Mounties continued to pull away in the third quarter, behind seven-straight points from Evan Watson — helping Southmont eclipse a 35-point lead to move the game to a running clock. The senior added 15, while Vince Reimondo chipped in 10.
“It was a great team effort overall,” Byrum said.
