DEKALB — A barrage of 3-pointers fueled a run of 22 consecutive points as the Rochelle Hub varsity basketball team found itself in an enormous early hole against DeKalb on Saturday.

The Barbs canned eight triples in the first quarter, with guard Unique Shaw drilling his first four of the contest including a buzzer-beater from nearly the half-court line. The 3-point onslaught ignited a 35-point opening quarter for the Barbs, who dominated Saturday’s game from start to finish and handed Rochelle a lopsided 94-49 loss. DeKalb drained 15 triples and six Barbs finished in double figures. The Hubs (10-20, 3-7 Interstate 8) trailed 35-8 after one quarter.

“It’s hard to take anything away from a game like this,” head coach Tim Thompson said. “We played two really tough teams and DeKalb is probably the best team we’ll play all season. When we’ve been getting beat the way we’ve been getting beat and DeKalb comes out and makes four 3-pointers in a row, it’s really discouraging for the kids. We’re trying to change things up on defense, but it was like a snowball rolling downhill. We weren’t able to stop anything.”

DeKalb guards Sean Reynolds and Brayson Barnhardt each knocked down three first-half triples for the Barbs, who added another 30 points in the second quarter to take a 65-22 lead at halftime. Shaw led all players with five 3-pointers made and finished with a game-high 17 points for the Barbs, who converted 11 triples over the first two quarters. Reynolds and Barnhardt each ended the game with 13 points, while Davon Grant added 12 and Justin O’Neal scored 10.

While the game was out of reach in the second half, Rochelle received an offensive boost from senior guard Eli Luxton, who scored 10 of his team-best 14 points while going 6-for-6 from the free-throw line in the third quarter. Junior guard Elijah Harley finished with nine points, while three players including Cayden Moore, Van Gerber and Jack Tilton each totaled five points. Freshman forward Brody Bruns recorded six points for the Hubs, who host Byron on Thursday.

“We're about to play a top team in the state in Class 2A and we can’t get running clocked by them,” Thompson said. “We have to compete against them… We just have to own this loss, move on from it and get our players healthy. We need to make sure we have good practices.”

DeKalb led 84-37 after three quarters, downing four more triples during the third quarter to further seal its nonconference win over the Hubs. Alex Streb finished with 10 points to round out the six double-digit scorers for the Barbs, who received seven points from both Myles Newman and Billy Miller. Ten total players entered the scoring column for the Barbs in Saturday’s game.