What do you get if you mix the youngest roster in the 14-team MercyOne Shootout, with one of the oldest rosters and a trapping defense at half court on nearly every possession? You get a lopsided affair with veteran Moline rolling past North Scott 71-53 in the last game of the Mercyone Genesis Shootout. “It was a great atmosphere,” Moline senior Treyvon Taylor said. "We came out ready to play.
We beat (North Scott) last year, so we knew they were going to come out with some energy from last year’s loss. We came out here and played our style of basketball.” “We are continuing to get better,” Moline head coach Sean Taylor added.
“We are posting harder and harder, and our players are looking to get (Treyvon Taylor and Braden Freeman) more touches. We are doing a lot of nice things.” The Maroons took the lead on an Arthur Abbey three-pointer on Moline’s opening possession and never looked back.
Abbey was 1-for-3 from the perimeter and had nine points, five rebounds and three steals for the Maroons. Taylor and Freeman got their baskets with ease, using their size and bully-ball mentality to effortlessly find their way for dunks and layups. “(North Scott) is a small and young team,” Treyvon Taylor said.
"They are not as big as our seniors, and they have to get into the weight room. That is what we did. We got into the weight room.
We were able to get down low and feed the person in the post and dominate close to the basket and in the paint. “(Braden and I) a.
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