1/5/16 At Lincoln Lutheran

Wahoo 18 - 14 - 10 - 14 -- 56
Lincoln Lutheran 12 - 16 - 15 - 24 -- 67 67

The Wahoo Warriors were defeated by the #10 ranked Lincoln Lutheran Warriors 67-56 on Tuesday night.

Wahoo led 18-12 after one quarter behind 7 first quarter points from Brendan Lacey, and 6 from Jake Ruzicka. Wahoo still led by 8 late in the second quarter, but some missed free throws and turnover allowed Lincoln Lutheran to cut the lead to 32-28 at halftime.

In the third quarter, a trey from Jake Ruzicka gave Wahoo an 8 point lead again at 38-30. Lutheran would close the quarter on a 13-4 run to take a 43-42 lead into the fourth quarter.

The lead would go back and forth early in the fourth quarter. A Billy Hancock trey gave Wahoo it’s final lead at 52-50 with 4 minutes to play. Lutheran then went on a 11-0 run to take a 61-52 lead, and held on for the 67-56 win.

Lutheran shot 55% from the floor and outrebounded Wahoo 28-19. Wahoo struggled at the line, going just 9-18.

Jake Ruzicka led the Warriors with 20 points and 6 boards before fouling out in the final 2 minutes. Dylan Egr had 19 points and 5 steals.

Wahoo falls to 3-5 and will travel to Syracuse on Friday night. Lincoln Lutheran improves to 8-3.

COACHES CORNER

“There are some positives to take from this game. We had an 8 point lead on the #10 team in the state at two different points in the game. There was about a 90 second stretch at the end of the first half, that kind of swung the momentum back to them. We just could not get stops against them in the second half. Our defense and our rebounding have to get better for us to get this turned around.” -- Coach Scheef