January 14, 2010 at Syracuse
Wahoo 55
Syracuse 63
The Wahoo Warriors were defeated on Thursday night by the Syracuse Rockets 63-55.
Syracuse led 12-9 after one quarter. Cole Barry had 5 of the Warriors’ 9 first quarter points.
In the second quarter, the Rockets led 20-15, when the Warriors went on a run. A Josh Discher basket, followed by treys from Christian Hohl and Max Cook, and two free throws from Cole Barry completed a 10-0 run that put Wahoo up 25-20. An Adam Vogt trey with 20 seconds left in the half for Syracuse tied the game up at 28 at halftime.
The third quarter remained tight. A Max Cook bucket with 30 seconds left in the third cut the Syracuse lead to 43-41 after three quarters.
A Greg Milliken basket to start the fourth quarter tied the game at 43. A basket from Austin Graham and a trey from Vogt gave the Rockets a 48-43 lead. Syracuse extended the lead to 56-47 following a Nate Stilmock trey. A steal and basket by Jake Barry and a three-point play from Josh Discher cut the Rocket lead to 56-52 with 3 minutes left. The Rockets would go 7-9 from the free throw line in the final 3 minutes to pull away for the 63-55 win.
"Our effort and intensity were much better than last Saturday at Crete. I liked the way that we competed tonight. Two areas that have plagued us all season hurt us again tonight, and that is turnovers and free throw shooting. You are not going to beat good teams turning the ball over 23 times in a game and shooting 50 percent from the line,” said Head Coach Kevin Sheef. “You have to also give Syracuse a lot of credit. They have two very good players in Nick Reed and Adam Vogt who stepped up and made big plays when they needed them."
Reed led Syracuse with 24 points while Vogt added 18 on 4-7 shooting from behind the arc. Milliken and Discher led Wahoo with 11 points, while Max Cook and Cole Barry added 9 points. Jake Barry contributed 8 points.
Discher led Wahoo with 10 boards, as the Warriors outrebounded the Rockets 28-21. Max Cook had 5 assists for Wahoo.
Wahoo drops to 5-4 with the loss, while Syracuse improves to 8-2. Wahoo will next face D.C. West on Saturday. |
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