2/14/11 At Logan View

Wahoo 66
Logan View 63

The Wahoo Warriors traveled to Logan View on Monday night to take on the Raiders and came home with an exciting 66-63 victory.

The game started very poorly for the Warriors, who were playing without point guard Max Cook, who was ill. Logan View jumped out to a 17-2 lead in the first 7 minutes of the game, as Wahoo turned the ball over 10 times in those first 7 minutes. A Greg Milliken jumper followed by a Casey Brown steal and feed to Cole Barry for a 3 point play cut the lead to 10 at 17-7 after one quarter.

In the second quarter, the Warriors chipped away at the lead. A Cole Barry trey to start the quarter, followed by a Casey Brown basket, cut the lead to 17-12, and the Warriors would head to halftime down 30-25.

The Warriors put together a terrific third quarter. Another Cole Barry trey, followed by a Josh Discher basket tied the game at 30. A Sean Lindgren basket, followed by back to back baskets from Jon Abbott gave the Warriors a 36-32 lead. Wahoo continued to build the lead, as a three point play from Josh Discher put the Warriors up 50-42. The quarter ended with Wahoo up 50-44.

A Greg Milliken free throw was followed by a Cole Barry steal, who fed Milliken for a lay up to give the Warriors their largest lead at 53-44. The Raiders would fight back, and a Robbie Wacker trey cut the Warrior lead to 55-53. A Josh Discher three point play pushed the lead back to 5 at 58-53 with 2:30 left. A Seth Schafersman trey cut the lead to 58-56. A Discher free throw on the next possession made it 59-56. Four straight free throws from the Raiders gave them the lead back at 60-59 with 1:30 left. A strong drive to the bucket from Greg Milliken ended with a 3 point play to give the Warriors a 62-60 lead with 45 seconds left. Following a pair of missed free throws from the Raiders, Jon Abbott was fouled and converted both free throws with 27 seconds left to make it 64-60 with 27 seconds left. The Raiders Ryan Wacker hit a 30 foot shot with 4 seconds left to make it 64-63. Greg Milliken was fouled on the inbounds and hit both free throws with 3.7 seconds left. A 25 ft. shot at the buzzer was off the mark for the Raiders, and the Warriors escaped with the win.

Coach Scheef: “This was a character builder for our team. To not have Max tonight, and to get down 17-2 against a good team, and to battle back like we did showed a lot about the character and resiliency of our kids. I am really proud of the job they did battling back after getting in that kind of a hole. That is a very tough thing to do. Greg's 3 point play with 45 seconds left was a tremendous play by a Senior. Jon Abbott had two great hustle plays in the final minutes and hit two huge free throws with 27 seconds left. Josh Discher had a great night offensively and really picked up some of the scoring slack from Max. Cole Barry hit a couple of big 3 point shots tonight at times that we really needed them, and Casey Brown made some big steals in the first half, when we were really struggling.”

Greg Milliken led the Warriors with 24 points, on 10-13 shooting from the line, and 9 rebounds. Josh Discher had 16 points on 6-9 shooting from the field. Cole Barry added 9 points, and Jon Abbott contributed 8 points. Casey Brown had 4 steals.

The Warriors improve to 16-5 and travel to North Bend tonight. Logan View drops to 16-4.