Millbrook/Wakefield Game Recap/Standouts

<!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Conference rivals squared off on Tuesday night as Wakefield hosted Millbrook with NAC6 bragging rights on the line in the standings. Both teams came into the game 2-0 in the conference standings as they looked to stay unbeaten. Take a look at the game recap and standouts.</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center"} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>There's no better time to sign up for PrepHoopsNC! Get 30% OFF payment on your first billing cycle with offer code: <strong>JAYANDERSON30</strong>, sign up <a href="https://prephoops.com/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>TODAY</strong></a>!</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Millbrook didn't let the home crowd get to them as they kicked things off with two 3-pointers from Kyree Heredia and [player_tooltip player_id='1272558' first='Colt' last='Langdon'] to go up 6-0 right away. [player_tooltip player_id='1976856' first='Blake' last='Bartney'] would knock down another layup to make it 8-0 before Wakefield would respond and get their first points on the board. With just 4:20 left in the first quarter, the Wildcats led 11-2. Wakefield would make it 13-7 before Millbrook would go another run to end the quarter. The Wildcats were sharing the ball, swarming on defense and firing on all cylinders and after 1 quarter, they led 24-9.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wakefield would chip away at the lead in the second quarter in the early going, but Millbrook would keep pace and continue to keep their distance on the scoreboard. [player_tooltip player_id='1062157' first='Jacob' last='Lawton'] would knock down two 3-pointers to pace the offense for Millbrook while the Wolverines offense struggled to find an answer. As things slowed down, Millbrook would put up nine points in the second quarter while Wakefield put up 11 points. At the half, Millbrook led 33-20. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the second quarter, Wakefield came out with a different energy but missing some easy bunnies around the rim to start the third quarter would take the wind out of their sails. For Millbrook, on the other hand, [player_tooltip player_id='1272558' first='Colt' last='Langdon'] would have another big scoring quarter as he put up eight points in the third while they held Wakefield to just nine points as a team. After three quarters, Millbrook held a 48-29 lead and took the home crowd out of the game in the process.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the fourth quarter, it was all Millbrook as [player_tooltip player_id='1030027' first='Alex' last='Olander'] scored 10 of his 14 points and [player_tooltip player_id='2330691' first='Alonzo' last='Hester Jr']. went on a personal scoring run of his own as the Wildcats produced 27 points as a team. Wakefield could only hold on as their offense stalled and they didn't look like their usual selves. In the end, Millbrook would take home the victory, 75-46. It was an all-around team effort for them as all five teams finished scoring in double-figures. Olander, Langdon and Lawton knocked down a combined seven 3-pointers. It was a marquee victory for Millbrook as they look to prove once again they're the top dog in the NAC6.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1272558"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Langdon led all scorers in the game with 18 points, showing off his ability to operate inside and out with his length. Wakefield didn't have much of an answer for him as he knocked three 3-pointers and held things down in the painted area and it showed in the result. 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