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Published December 07, 2008 12:14 am - CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Aurora High School boys basketball team lived up to its No. 1 seeding at the expense of Joplin in the championship game of the Carthage Tournament on Saturday night. Aurora outguns Eagles Carmichael scores 33 as Houn Dawgs win Carthage Tournament By Anvil Welch
awelch@joplinglobe.com CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Aurora High School boys basketball team lived up to its No. 1 seeding at the expense of Joplin in the championship game of the Carthage Tournament on Saturday night. Ryan Carmichael, a 6-foot-4 senior, scored 16 of his 33 points in the second period as Aurora defeated the third-seeded Eagles 70-52. Seneca nudged McDonald County 44-41 for third place in the 62nd annual event. Carthage beat Neosho 59-43 for fifth place and Monett trimmed Nevada 63-41 for seventh. Said Aurora coach Darin Meinders: “We know we have a lot of things to improve, but this is a good way to start the season. I thought we did a great job with our defensive pressure considering we were playing on back-to-back nights.” Said Joplin coach Tim Spiers: “They were aggressive on defense. They also did a good job attacking us. “Aurora did a good job of getting to the foul line,” Spiers said. “They were 25-of-28 from the line to our 5-of-12. “Two big keys were their offensive rebounding and our 18 turnovers,” Spiers said. “I was proud of our effort. I thought we became a little tired,” Spiers said. Carmichael hit from all angles in the second quarter in sparking Aurora to a 37-24 halftime lead. He added a 12-point fourth quarter keyed by 8-of-8 accuracy from the charity stripe. “Whatever it takes to win,” Meinders said. “This is an unselfish group.” Kaleb Roy, 6-1 senior whose specialty is a 3 from the corner, connected for three 3s in netting 11 and 6-2 classmate Devin Hillman tallied nine. Defending champion Joplin received 17 points from 6-4 junior Matt McCreary and 10 from 6-6 junior Phillip Davis. 
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