3/9/13 At Devaney – State Championship
Wahoo 45
Boone Central 42
The Wahoo Warriors won their 10th State Championship in boys basketball and first since 1998 when they defeated the Boone Central Cardinals 45-42 on Saturday afternoon at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Boone Central hit back to back three pointers to open up a 6-0 lead early in the first quarter. A Ben Scheef free throw and a Brook Stuart trey cut the lead to 6-4. The Cardinals led 14-9 after one quarter.
A Brook Stuart trey and a Quinn McGill jumper tied the game up early in the second quarter at 14. A Jake Scheef lay up gave Wahoo their first lead of the game at 20-19 late in the second quarter. The two teams went to halftime tied at 20.
The Cardinals hit a trey to open the third quarter and take a 23-20 lead. Wahoo would go on a 10-0 run to take a 30-23 lead. A Jonathan Abbott lay up, another Brook Stuart trey, a Quinn McGill three point play and a Ben Scheef basket capped the 10-0 run. The Cardinals would respond with a run of their own. An 8-0 run gave the lead back to the Cardinals at 31-30. A Ben Scheef basket regained the lead for the Warriors at 32-31. That was quickly followed by a Boone Central trey with 5 seconds left in the quarter. A half court shot by Ben Scheef found the mark at the buzzer to give the Warriors a 35-34 lead after three quarters.
The first three minutes of the fourth quarter were scoreless for both teams. A Boone Central jumper with 4:39 left gave the Cardinals the 36-35 lead. Brook Stuart’s fourth trey of the game put Wahoo up 38-36. Two free throws from Boone tied the score at 38 with 3:50 left. A Ben Scheef assist to Jonathan Abbott put Wahoo up 40-38 with 3:10 left. A Boone Central trey put them back up 41-40 with 2:25 left. A Jonathan Abbott assist to Brook Stuart for his fifth trey of the game put the Warriors up for good at 43-41 with 1:59 left. Following some missed shots on the next couple of possessions, the Cardinals were fouled on a shot in the paint. They made one of two free throws to cut the lead to 43-42 with 24 seconds left. Brook Stuart was fouled with 18 seconds left and hit two big free throws to make it 45-42. Following a misses on both ends, the Cardinals had one last chance to go the length of the floor with 7 seconds left. As the Cardinals headed up court, Quinn McGill knocked the ball away and by the time the Cardinals retrieved it, all they could do was throw up a meaningless shot from 60 feet away that fell way short of the mark, and the Warriors had their first Championship in 15 years.
Brook Stuart led the Warriors with 17 points on 5-10 shooting from three point range to go with the two crucial free throws with 18 seconds left. Jonathan Abbott had 10 points and 7 boards. Ben Scheef had 8 points and 7 boards. Quinn McGill added 6 points and 6 boards. Jake Scheef added 7 rebounds.
The win capped off an undefeated season with a 29-0 record. Boone Central ended with a 23-7 record.
