There are going to be lopsided games in basketball.
They’re called romps, routs, blowouts.
Maybe laughers, runaways or dominant.
Then there’s the St. Anthony-Ramsey game Monday night.
What word best describes an 86-point margin?
There might not be one for a game that one-sided.
Let’s just say this one was over quickly.
The St. Anthony Bulldogs scored 34 points in the first eight minutes and went on to post an easy 102-16 win over Ramsey at the Enlow Center.
It was an opening-round play-in game and part of the Class 1A Moweaqua (Central A&M) Regional.
It was also a mismatch from the opening tip.
There’s a reason Ramsey was the No. 16 seed and not a huge surprise the Rams finished their season with a 1-26 record.
Brock Fearday and Ryan Schmidt both scored 12 points in the first period, as the hosts raced to a 34-7 lead. By intermission, it was 58-12. Then it was 88-13 heading into the final quarter when the mercy clock kicked in.
All total, 15 St. Anthony players got in the game and 14 of them scored.
There were four Bulldogs in double figures. Schmidt finished with a game-high 23 points, while Brock Fearday had 18, Miles Waldhoff 12 and Sam Link 10.
St. Anthony, now 27-4 on the year and the regional’s top-ranked team, will return to action at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Central A&M High School in Moweaqua. The Bulldogs will face Nokomis, who defeated Windsor/Stew-Stras, 56-42, Monday night. The Redskins will enter with a 16-16 record.
Arcola and Okaw Valley also won opening-round games and will face each other at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.