SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - The Jessup Men's basketball team rode a wave of momentum into Saturday afternoon's matchup with The Master's, and they capitalized with a wire-to-wire victory.
 
After Tim Strijaous netted the winning three-pointer on Friday night, the Warriors jumped out to a 7-0 lead Saturday afternoon after Strijaous canned a mid-range jumper and triple. Jessup built on their early run as Malik Corey found Jaylen Johnson for a three, followed by Malik scoring himself on a runner in the paint. The Warriors led 14-5 with 13:02 remaining in the first half.
 
Coach Lance Von Vogt commented on his team's fast start, "We jumped out with great energy, and we've talked about mental toughness and not having any type of letdown. I really liked the way we came out with the defensive intensity, and this is an area that can be a real separator for us."
 
Myles Corey proceeded to get in on the action by connecting on a three and back-to-back layups to propel Jessup ahead 21-15.
 
Before the half, Johnson hit his second triple, and Tarren Storey-Way converted a layup to give the Warriors a 40-27 lead.
 
The second half was no different as Strijaous provided the energy with a fastbreak dunk less than 30 seconds in and followed it with a step-back mid-range jumper. Then, Matt Garrison grabbed a rebound and converted a putback layup to give the Warriors a 17 point advantage, 46-29.
 
Later on, Myles Corey drove in and scored plus the foul. Storey-Way followed this play with consecutive fastbreak layups to put Jessup up 21.
 
The Warriors would go on to win by 18, 76-58 as they held the Mustangs to just 35.2 percent field-goal shooting.
 
Von Vogt complimented the Mustang's effort saying, "This great Master's team was missing a couple of players today, but the guys who replaced them were so talented that there wasn't much of a discernible dropoff. We knew that we were going to get everything we could handle from them, and we were up to the challenge."
 
Myles Corey led the Warriors with 22 points, Storey-Way followed with 13, and Malik Corey finished with 11.
 
Jessup will prepare for a matchup with San Diego Christian next Thursday at home. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.  
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