For the first time in eight years, Lee's Summit High School coach Marvin Ellis walked into a season opener with a problem most coaches would envy: he had to cut his rotation. The Tigers (1–0) opened their season Friday with a comfortable 78–62 win over Raymore-Peculiar, and the box score showed exactly why Ellis has been telling anyone who'd listen since August that this is the deepest team he's coached.

Nine Tigers scored. Senior point guard Marcus Brent led with 24 points and 9 assists. But it was the bench — 32 combined points from reserves — that drew the loudest reaction from a packed home crowd.

“We can play eleven guys hard for thirty-two minutes. That's a different math than I've had to work with.” — Coach Marvin Ellis

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