The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes used a big third quarter Saturday to break a halftime tie, en route to a 65-53 win at home over Taylorville.

The Tornados jumped out to a 15-10 lead after the first eight minutes, but the Shoes came back to tie the game 31-31 at intermission. T-Town then went on a 22-11 scoring run in the third period to open a double digit lead.

Evan Wermert and Jordan Hardiek combined to knock down eight 3-pointers and score 41 points to help the Shoes improve to 15-7 on the season. Wermert made three from behind the arc and went 8-of-9 from the foul line to finish with 25 points, while Jordan Hardiek connected on five from long range and ended with 16 points.

Brock Deters pulled down 10 rebounds, helping the Shoes to a 32-23 rebounding advantage.

Taylorville’s Jace Bergschneider scored 21 points.

“This may have been our best offensive game, as far as executing what we do best,” THS coach Chet Reeder said. “And Luke (Ungrund) and Mitch (Hardiek) did an incredible job on Bergschneider. Even though he had 21 points, every shot was heavily contested and he had to work for everything he got.”

T-Town will play Tuesday at Newton.