1/3/17 At Wahoo
Wahoo 54
Lincoln Lutheran 50
The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Lincoln Lutheran Warriors 54-50 on Tuesday night in Wahoo.
Lincoln Lutheran jumped out to a 9-3 lead to start the game. A trey from Dylan Egr and a free throw from Jake Ruzicka, and two free throws from Brendan Lacey tied the game up at 9. The quarter ended with Wahoo up 13-11.
The second quarter saw Wahoo open up the lead. Three more treys from Dylan Egr pushed Wahoo to a 29-20 halftime lead.
Lutheran battled back in the third quarter and trailed just 40-37 after three quarters.
A Lutheran basket to open the quarter cut the lead to 43-42. A Brendan Lacey trey and free throw made it 47-42. A Lutheran trey made it 47-45. Two Lacey free throws pushed the lead back to 4 at 49-45. A Billy Hancock free throw, another Lacey free throw, and a Dylan Egr free throw pushed the lead back to 52-45, and Wahoo was able to hold on for the 54-50 win.
Lutheran outrebounded Wahoo 32-22. The Warriors were just 17-31 from the line including 8-16 in the fourth quarter. Wahoo did shoot it well from behind the arc, as they were 9-17, and forced 26 Lutheran turnovers.
Dylan Egr led Wahoo with 18 points on 4-7 shooting from behind the arc, and 5 steals. Brendan Lacey had 15 points on 3-5 shooting from the three point line.