POCATELLO – Through its play, Minico drew a picture of what Pocatello coach Brock Gunter envisions his team playing like some time in the future.

Unfortunately for the illustration, the Spartans used The Palace as the canvas. Minico deployed pressuring defense and a fast-paced offense to drub Pocatello 77-52 on Tuesday.

“That’s the type of team we’re trying to get to,” Gunter said. “We’ve just got to limit some of our mistakes, get in a little bit better shape and play a little better team defense.”

Minico was never behind in the game nor was it ever tied with Pocatello, besides when the score was 0-0.

The top moment of the night for the Indians was when the deficit was cut to 8-7 on a 3-pointer made by Riley Pearson, who was 3 of 4 from beyond the arc for the night. Minico scored 30 of the next 43 points to go ahead 38-20 at halftime.

Minico coasted in the second half to the final buzzer, with a lead only as small as 12 points in the final 16 minutes of the matchup.

Every game statistic favored the Spartans, including at the free-throw line, where they were 21 of 24 while Poky was 17 of 25. The Indians also had three more turnovers with 19. Plus, Minico shot 52 percent from the floor, 19.3 points higher than the Indians.

Pocatello (0-5) is struggling to find one facet or player it can utilize, though there are times when it appears there are players and areas that could sprout into strengths of the team.

Besides Pearson’s successful 3-point shooting, other highlights were junior Kate Jackman’s 15 point-night and sophomore Destiny Harris, who added 11.

Harris, who nears 6 feet tall and displays athleticism, showed the acuity at one point to shot fake before driving past her defender for a layup on the right side of the hoop, something Gunter said she was not capable of in her freshman season. Recalling the emphatic charge at the hoop brought a smile to his face.

“I wish everybody had as much passion as Destiny,” said Gunter, whose team plays Tuesday at Highland. “She gets excited over every good thing she does. She gets everybody going. In practice, she’s very vocal. And she’s very fun to be around and she’s just a great leader.”

Harris said she is trying to be more demonstrative on the court, which she went into detail about.

“Making sure my opponent is behind me, making sure that I’m the one in control. I’m the boss,” Harris said. “”When I go down low I’m supposed to go straight to the hoop.”

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