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Playing in their second game in as many days Hydaburg appeared to still have fresh legs and wrists as they buried 17 shots from beyond the arc, 10 by Darren Edenshaw, six by Eric Hamilton and one by Joseph Young.

,” TJ Young said. “And we are trying to share the ball a little bit better because we have a couple of good weapons, a couple good three-point shooters, so we’re trying to work on ball movement as often as we could. You see us fast breaking back and forth, we like to get transition buckets. Our half-court is not as smooth as our transition game.”

Klukwan’s Jacob Hotch (3) shoots over Hydaburg’s Devin Edenshaw (5) during C Bracket action Monday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s George Houston Gymnasium. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Klukwan’s Jacob Hotch (3) shoots over Hydaburg’s Devin Edenshaw (5) during C Bracket action Monday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s George Houston Gymnasium. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

With Darren and Devin Edenshaw and Hamilton hitting Hydaburg ha s country wise email marketing list a strategy.

“You let them take their turns shooting,” TJ Young said. “We’re not beating up on each other if we miss the three-point shot because we know a lot of us can get hot at any time. If someone is hot we just keep feeding them until they miss then it is someone else’s turn.”

TJ Young found his game-high 24 points, all inside the arc, and while offense is often mentioned with Hydaburg their defense is often overlooked.

“We try to get stops when we need to,” Young said. “That includes flash-doubles…even if you are doing little hand fakes or whatnot, just to try and scramble the offense a little bit as best we could. We are a little bit long in the tooth so we have to have little tricks of the trade and you put them all together and we usually get a W. But it is super competitive this year so I’m looking forward to our next game.”

Hydaburg was up 39-16 after the first quarter and 60-34 at the half. Running time was implemented after Darren Edenshaw hit from past the arc for a 74-43 lead in the third quarter.

Klukwan’s Cody Hotch tried to keep his side in contention with a couple shots from deep, Jacob Hotch found some space on a drive and Levi Hotch and Alex Hermann added a couple scores but Hydaburg would continue on to an 83-50 lead with the fourth quarter looming.