POLO – Milledgeville entered its boys basketball game against Polo undermanned and undersized, but that didn't stop the Missiles from throwing a bit of a scare into their neighbors just down the road.

The Marcos used a surge to start the third quarter to build a comfortable working margin and post a 75-55 victory Monday night in a Northwest Upstate Illini East contest.

Polo (11-5, 4-2) led 22-6 after AJ Dollmeyer dropped in a pair of free throws with 21 seconds remaining in the first quarter, and a rout appeared imminent. Milledgeville, however, closed the quarter on a 4-0 run, and continued creeping closer in the second.