2/25/13 At Midland University
Finals – Sub-Districts
Wahoo 69
Boys Town 62
The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Boys Town Cowboys 69-62 in the District Final at Midland University on Monday night.
The Warriors jumped out to an 11-4 lead behind two baskets from Quinn McGill and two baskets from Jake Scheef. Back to back treys from Boys Town tied the game up at 13. A Quinn McGill free throw put Wahoo up 14-13 after one quarter.
Wahoo jumped out to a 24-18 lead in the second quarter. Jonathan Abbott scored three consecutive baskets, and a Tyler Kavan lay up gave the Warriors the six point lead. Boys Town would go on a 8-0 run to take a 26-24 lead. A Brook Stuart trey stopped the run and gave Wahoo a 27-26. Boys Town ended the half with a bucket to take a 28-27 lead into halftime.
Ben Scheef scored the first seven points of the third quarter to put Wahoo up 34-31. Two Quinn McGill free throws kept Wahoo up at 36-34. Boys Town would again go on an 8-0 run to take a 42-36 lead. A Jonathan Abbott free throw made it 42-37. A Boys Town bucket made it 44-37. With 1.8 seconds left in the third, Brook Stuart drained a three to cut the lead to 44-40 after three quarters.
Boys Town went on another run to open the fourth quarter. A steal and lay up by the Cowboys made the score 54-44 with 5:40 left in the game. Wahoo would respond quickly though. Two Ben Scheef free throws with 5:17 left cut the lead to 54-46. A Ben Scheef basket, moments later made it 54-48. A Tyler Kavan steal and two Jonathan Abbott free throws seconds later made it 54-50 with 4:50 left. A missed Boys Town shot, followed by a foul and a technical foul, gave Brook Stuart four free throws to shoot. The Senior made 3 of the 4, to cut the lead to 54-53 with 4:18 left. The Warriors had cut the lead from ten points to one, in 59 seconds. After the free throws, Wahoo got possession and Quinn McGill found Stuart open in the corner, and Stuart buried the trey to put the Warriors up 56-54. Two Brook Stuart free throws on the next possession extended the Warrior lead to 58-54, and with 2:25 left, Quinn McGill found Jonathan Abbott under the basket for a lay up, that capped a 16-0 run and put Wahoo up 60-54.
A Boys Town trey cut the lead to 60-57 with 2:13 left. Two Ben Scheef free throws with 2:03, extended the lead to five at 62-57. A Jonathan Abbott steal and free throw made it 63-57 with 1:46 left. Two Boys Town free throws made it 63-59 with 54 seconds left. Two more Ben Scheef free throws with 44 seconds left made it 65-59. Scheef would hit four more free throws in the final 23 seconds to secure the Warrior 69-62 win.
Ben Scheef led the Warriors with 24 points on 12-14 free throws and 12 boards. Book Stuart had 14 points on three treys and 5-6 free throw shooting. Jonathan Abbott had 12 points and 7 boards. Quinn McGill had 9 points, 6 boards, 5 steals, and 6 assists. Tyler Kavan had 6 points. Jake Scheef added 4 points, and Jake Wilson provided some great defense!
The Warriors out rebounded the Cowboys 34-25, and made 24-32 free throws.
The Warriors move on to the State Tournament with a 26-0 record and will face Lincoln Christian in the first round. Boys Town season’s ends with a 16-9 record.
