The Lowry High School boys basketball team used an impressive run out of halftime, to breakaway from Truckee and beat the Wolverines 49-35 on Monday, Dec. 19, in Winnemucca.
The game was a make-up date after the original game was postponed. The Buckaroos have won five games in a row and are 5-3 overall and 4-0 in the Northern 3A.
Lowry jumped out to a 4-0 lead behind baskets from Jordan Bills and Lance Brinegar, but just made one more field goal the rest of the first quarter and trailed Truckee 7-6.
The Buckaroos took the lead for good at the start of the second quarter off of buckets by Anthony Guzman and Brinegar and later opened a 18-9 advantage after a 7-0 run.
Isaac Danner started the spurt with an old-fashioned 3-point play and the Lowry press defense created two easy baskets by Brinegar and Bills.
The Buckaroos saw that nine-point lead fade away, as the Wolverines made a late run to trail 20-18 at halftime. The difference in the contest was a 13-1 run in the third quarter by Lowry.
The Buckaroos scored the first eight points of the quarter and then extended the lead to 33-19 after 3 -point shot by Brinegar and another bucket by the senior who finished with a game-high 17 points.
The advantage never dropped below double digits in the fourth quarter and Lowry led by as many as 19 points at 47-28 after a basket by Guzman.
Dempsey Jenkins joined Brinegar in double figures with 11 points, Danner added eight, Guzman six, Bills four and Kayson Garner two.
Lowry is in Reno for a three-day tournament and played McQueen on Tuesday and Fernley on Wednesday.
Results were not available at press time.
Lowry begins Northern 3A East play on Thursday, Jan. 5, against Churchill County at 7:30 p.m. in Winnemucca.
