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vs. Raymond Central

Wahoo    63
Raymond Central    64
A potentially game-tying trey at the buzzer from the Warriors’ Taylor Murren was ruled a two-point shot, and Wahoo lost a heartbreaking 64-63 contest in the first round of the Capitol Conference Tournament. The game was a rematch of a contest seven days earlier that the Mustangs also won 59-55.
Raymond Central led 14-11 after one quarter of play, and 28-21 at halftime. The third quarter saw the Mustangs stretch the lead to 11 at 38-27, and the quarter ended with Central up 7 at 45-38.
In the fourth quarter, Central took its biggest lead of the game, at 50-38, on a Brock Prater free throw. The Mustang lead was still 11, 52-41, when Murren and Austin Watton hit back-to-back treys to cut the lead to 52-47, with 4:17 left. The Mustangs were still up 58-50 with 1:28 left. A trey from David Stuchlik made it 58-53. Following an Alex Holley free throw with 37 seconds left, Central led 59-53. A Watton lay-up cut the lead to 59-55 with 23 seconds left. A Kerry Schachenmeyer free throw pushed the lead back to 5 at 60-55 with 21 seconds left. A trey from Grant Anderson made it 60-58 with 12 seconds left. Two free throws from Jason Thalken gave the Mustangs a 4-point lead, 62-58 with 11 seconds left. A Murren trey with 6 seconds left, made it 62-61. Alex Holley then hit both free throws with 5 seconds left to make it 64-61. Murren then pushed the ball down the floor, hitting a shot at the buzzer that the officials ruled was a 2.
"It was a very disappointing loss, to think that we had sent the game into overtime, but that is the breaks of the game. A game never comes down to just one call. I am very proud of our kids' efforts. I thought we competed extremely hard, which is something that we did not do our last time out," said Coach Kevin Scheef.
Rebounding again was a major issue for the Warriors. Central out-rebounded Wahoo 42-26. The Mustangs also shot 35 free throws, to just 10 for the Warriors.
Murren led for the Warriors in double figures with 18 points. Stuchlik scored 13 and Austin Watton and Grant Anderson added 12 a piece.
Central improves to 10-4 and will face Bennington in the Semi-Finals of the Conference Tournament. Wahoo drops to 7-6, and will have 10 days off before traveling to Arlington.
Norfolk Catholic (Away)--January 18, 2008