by Malcolm Butler
Quitman showed why its won 15 of its first 17 games.
The Wolverines put on a clinic Friday night, coasting past Cedar Creek 71-40 before a standing room only crowd at The Brickhouse.
Brayden Martin put on a shooting display, draining five three-pointers and scoring a game-high 22 points to lead Quitman to its 15th win this season.
Cedar Creek (6-3) took an early 6-3 on a three-pointers by Jake Terry and Cannon Robbins but then Quitman outscored the Cougars 12-4 the rest of the quarter to take a 15-10 advantage.
The Wolverines put the clamps on in the second quarter, outscoring Cedar Creek 19-4 to take a 20-point lead at 34-14 at halftime.
While Quitman was executing its offense and getting open looks, the Cougars played a more helter skelter style that led to too many turnovers and contested shots that came up empty.
Martin opened the third quarter with another three-pointer and the Cougars never got closer than 19 points the rest of the night.
Robbins and Terry lead Cedar Creek with 15 points each.
In addition to Martin’s big night for the Wolverines, Brayden Smith added 14 points and Noah Leach 12 for Quitman.
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Quitman Scoring: FG(3)-FT=TP
Noah Leach 2-8=12; Amaurion Thomp 1-0=2; Gavyn Caskey 1-0=2; Taden Thomas 7(1)-1=16; Abel Leach 1-0=2; Brayden Smith 6-2=14; Brayden Martin 8(5)-1=22. Totals: 26(6)-12=71
Cedar Creek Scoring: FG(3)-FT=TP
Cameron Temple 1(1)-0=3; Cannon Robbins 4(1)-6=15; Zack Waldron 1-0=2; Luke Waldron 1-1=3; Landon Hall 0-2=2; Jake Terry 5(2)-3=15. Totals: 12(4)-12=40
Scoring By Quarters
Quitman (15-2) 15-19-21-16=71
Cedar Creek (6-3) 10-4-16-10=40
