12/28/12 At Wahoo – First Round Holiday Tour.
Wahoo 46
Lincoln Christian 41
The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Lincoln Christian Crusaders 46-41 in the first round of the Holiday Tournament on Friday night at Wahoo.
A Brook Stuart trey at the end of the first quarter put Wahoo up 14-9. The Warriors would struggle offensively in the second quarter, and went to the halftime break down 26-22.
A Ben Scheef basket and a Jonathan Abbott bucket tied the game up at 26 early in the third. The third quarter ended with a one point lead for Wahoo at 33-32.
A Quinn McGill steal and Jonathan Abbott lay up put Wahoo up 35-32. Following a Crusader trey that tied the game, Quinn McGill came up with another steal, and Jake Scheef converted a three point play to put Wahoo up 38-35. Two free throws from Ben Scheef gave the Warriors their largest lead at 40-35. Back to back baskets from Christian cut the lead to 40-39 with a minute to play. A Jonathan Abbott basket put Wahoo back up 42-39 with a minute left. After a Crusader basket, Jake Scheef was fouled with 35 seconds left, and converted both free throws to put Wahoo up 44-41. The Crusaders missed a trey on the other end. Brook Stuart got the rebound, was fouled and coverted both free throws with 13 seconds left to seal the 46-41 win for the Warriors.
Ben Scheef led Wahoo with 16 points and 8 boards. Jonathan Abbott had 13 points on 6-9 shooting from the floor to go with 5 boards. Jake Scheef added 10 points. Brook Stuart had 6 boards, while Quinn McGill had 5 boards. The Warriors outrebounded the Crusaders 31-21.
Wahoo improves to 7-0 and will face 5-0 Elkhorn South in the finals of the Holiday Tournament. Lincoln Christian drops to 5-3 and will face Bishop Neumann in the consolation game.
