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2/11/14 At Wahoo

Wahoo 63
Columbus Scotus 66

The Wahoo Warriors were defeated by the Columbus Scotus Shamrocks 66-63 on Tuesday night in Wahoo.

Columbus Scotus came out in the first quarter on fire. They hit their first three treys, to help them open up a 13-3 lead. The Shamrocks hit 4-5 three’s in the first quarter, and hit 7 of their first 8 3’s in the game. A Collin Nadrchal basket, cut the Scotus lead to 13-10, and the first quarter would end with the Shamrocks up 17-12.

Scotus extended the lead to 23-12 early in the second quarter, and still led 31-20 with two minutes left in the half, when the Warriors went on a run. A Collin Nadrchal bucket, two Ben Scheef free throws, a Gavin Iversen shot, and another Collin Nadrchal lay up at the buzzer cut the Scotus lead to 31-28 at halftime.

Early in the third quarter, a Jake Ruzicka trey tied the game for the first time at 35. A Jake Scheef trey tied the game up again moments later at 38. Back to back baskets from Ben Scheef, followed by a Jake Scheef basket gave Wahoo a 44-40 lead. The third quarter ended with Wahoo up 44-42.

The Warriors would then hit a dry spell. A couple of bad turnovers and a couple of missed shots allowed Scotus to go on an 11-0 run to put them up 53-44. The Warriors would respond though. A Gavin Iversen basket, 4 straight points from Ben Scheef, and a steal and lay up from Josh Langemeier cut the Scotus lead to 53-52 with 3:20 left. Scotus responded with a trey to push the lead back to 56-52. A Jake Scheef 4 point play cut the Scotus lead to 62-60 with 18 seconds left, but four Scotus free throws in the final seconds allowed Scotus to leave town with the 66-63 win.

Scotus finished 10-21 from behind the arc.

Ben Scheef led Wahoo with 23 points on 11-13 shooting from the line to go with 7 boards, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jake Scheef added 15 points. Gavin Iversen contributed 11 points, 4 boards, and 3 steals. Collin Nadrchal had 8 points and 5 boards. Jake Ruzicka had 5 boards.

Ben Scheef scored his 1,000th career point in the first half.

The Warriors fall to 17-4, while Columbus Scotus improves to 16-4. The Warriors will host Ashland-Greenwood on Saturday afternoon.
COACH'S CORNER

“I was really proud of our kids’ efforts tonight. We fought to the end. It was a really good high school game. Give Scotus credit for shooting the ball extremely well from behind the arc, and hitting the free throws that they needed to at the end of the game.” -- Coach Kevin Scheef.
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