Ponies Pound Panthers

The Monticello boys basketball team played against Juda on January 16th.
The first half of the game was back and forth, with both teams trading leads, but the Ponies were leading by 1 at the half, 22-21. The second half was more of the same and with a little more than ten minutes left in the second, Monticello was up by 1. The Ponies then took the opportunity to outscore the Panthers 28-14 during the last minutes of play and won the game, 62-47.
“It was a close game until midway through the second half, when we were able to string a few stops together,” said Coach Mark Olson. “We were able to use our size advantage to find consistent scoring and did a decent job of containing their high-scoring point guard.”
Reece Rufer poured in 26 points to lead the Ponies in scoring and also pulled down 21 rebounds. Jon Errthum scored 15 points and had 13 rebounds, while Travis McCoy and Simon Blohowiak both scored 8 points each.
The Ponies hosted Madison Country Day School on January 23rd and will play at Albany on January 25th before playing Black Hawk at home on January 30th.