12/29/10 Consolation of Holiday Tournament At Wahoo

Wahoo 75
Bishop Neumann 72 OT

The Wahoo Warriors won an overtime thriller over cross town rival Bishop Neumann 75-72 in overtime of the consolation game of the Holiday Tournament. Cole Barry?s trey at the end of regulation and Max Cook?s free throws in overtime allowed the Warriors to escape with the win.

The first quarter belonged to Neumann, as they jumped out to a 16-6 lead. Wahoo struggled with Neumann?s pressure early, and back to back treys by Travis Ahrens gave Neumann the 10 point lead. A Max Cook steal and lay up cut the lead to 16-10. After a Neumann basket to make it 18-10, the Warriors? Casey Brown hit a trey, then stole a Neumann pass and fed Max Cook for a lay up to cut the lead to 18-15 after one quarter.

A Casey Brown putback cut the Neumann lead to 18-17. Two Sean Lindgren free throws, another Lindgren bucket, a steal and lay up from Josh Discher followed by a free throw from Discher put Wahoo up 24-18 and capped a 14-0 run. The half ended with the score tied at 30.

Cole Barry?s trey to start the third quarter put Wahoo up 33-30. The Warriors led 37-35, when a Josh Discher bucket and back to back buckets from Greg Milliken gave the Warriors the biggest lead of the game at 43-35. 7 straight points Neumann points cut the lead back to 43-42. Two Max Cook free throws tied the game up at 49 after three quarters.

Neumann opened up a 58-53 lead midway through the fourth quarter. A Josh Discher basket cut the lead to 58-55 with 3 minutes to go. A Max Cook steal and two Greg Milliken free throws made it 58-57. Three free throws from Cole Chvatal extended the Cavalier lead to 61-57. A Josh Discher basket made it 61-59 with a minute left. Another Chvatal free throw made it 62-59. Greg Milliken was fouled and knocked down both free throws with 42 seconds left to cut the lead to 62-61. Following a Cavalier miss, the Warriors? Cole Barry got open in the corner and knocked down a trey with 20 seconds left to give the Warriors a 64-62 lead. The Cavaliers missed a trey from the corner, but Bret Pospisil?s rebound and putback with 10 seconds left tied the game at 64. The Warriors turned the ball over with 2 seconds left, and a halfcourt shot from Neumann was off the mark and the game went to overtime.

In overtime, the Warriors scored first on a driving lay up by Josh Discher to put them up 66-64. Two free throws from Bret Pospisil tied the game up at 66. Max Cook hit 5 of 6 free throws on the next 3 Warrior possessions to give the Warriors a 71-66 lead. A Travis Ahrens jumper cut the lead to 71-68, but free throws from Max Cook and Greg Milliken iced the victory for the Warriors.

Coach Scheef: "This was a big win for us. Neumann had us on the ropes early, and again midway through the fourth quarter, but I can?t say enough about the composure that our kids showed. They did not get shook, just kept playing hard and made the plays that we needed to get the job done. Max Cook and Greg Milliken have carried us offensively all year, and did so again today, but I thought that the efforts that we got from the rest of our kids was what allowed us to get the job done today. Cole Barry?s trey at the end of regulation was huge. Casey Brown played great off the bench for us today, and really got us started towards the end of the first quarter. Sean Lindgren played really well and made a couple of big hustle plays. Christian Hohl played very well for us, and Josh Discher came up huge today. His driving lay up to start overtime was a big, big play."

Greg Milliken?s 20 points and 6 boards led the Warriors, while Max Cook contributed 18 points and 5 assists. Josh Discher added 13 points and 6 boards. Cole Barry and Sean Lindgren contributed 8 a piece. The Cavaliers were 8-16 from the 3 points line, but the Warriors made up the difference at the free throw line going 24-37.

Wahoo improves to 6-2 and will next face Syracuse at home a week from Friday.