Photo by Mike Brothers
Redskin Senior forward Ty Molzen pushes toward the basketball for two of his seven points against Monticello.

•December 23, 2015•

By Mike Brothers

Sullivan Redskins basketball took a 55-30 loss from a larger Monticello Sage team December 18.

Sullivan kept up the battle of the backboards throughout the game, getting 21 for the night, led by 5’10” senior guard Kaleb Shumard with six. The Sages had 24 rebounds led by Winterbottom with seven.

The Sages started out the first quarter with an 11 to five advantage over the Redskins team. In the second Sullivan scored another three points to Monticello’s 15, heading into the half 26-8 Sages.

In the third quarter Redskins scoring improved to 12, with Monticello getting 14. By the fourth quarter the Sages maintained momentum, outscoring the Redskins 15-10.

Six foot senior guard Eric Keller led Sullivan scoring with one field goal and two three points shots for eight.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.