2/6/16                                                  At GICC

Wahoo  10 - 14 - 10 - 14 -- 48      

GICC   9 - 10 - 6 - 9 --  34         

The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Grand Island Central Catholic Crusaders 48-34 on Saturday night in Grand Island.

The Warriors led 10-9 after one quarter behind treys from Dylan Egr and Brendan Lacey.  Wahoo stretched the lead to 24-16 after a Brendan Lacey bucket.  The half ended with Wahoo up 24-19.  Jake Ruzicka was 6-6 from the line in the second quarter.

The Warriors stretched the lead to 30-22 in the third quarter after a Ben Shanahan bucket.  Two Cameron Quick free throws gave the Warriors a 9 point lead at the end of the third quarter at 34-25.

Early in the fourth quarter, a Brendan Lacey trey gave Wahoo a 10 point lead at 37-27.  Two minutes later in the fourth quarter, a Billy Hancock trey was the dagger that put Wahoo up 44-30 with 3 minutes left.

Jake Ruzicka led the Warriors with 16 points and 5 boards. Brendan Lacey had 12 points, 6 boards, and 3 steals.  Billy Hancock added 8 points.

Wahoo committed just 10 turnovers and out rebounded GICC 25-21.  The Warriors were 5-9 from 3 point range, and 17-19 from the free throw line.

In winning their 8^th straight game, Wahoo improved to 11-8.  GICC falls to 10-10.  The Warriors host #1 rated Columbus Scotus on Tuesday night.

COACHES CORNER

“This was a really nice road win for us.  GICC plays such a deliberate style, that every possession is really important.  We just had to grind it out for 32 minutes and we did that.  I thought our defense was really good tonight.  We were flying around, getting to shooters and making everything tough for them.  Cameron Quick was really tough out top on our 1-3-1.  Jake Ruzicka played really well for us, and Brendan Lacey and Billy Hancock hit some clutch shots for us.” -- Coach Kevin Scheef.