D.C. West (Away)--January 12, 2008
Wahoo    72
D.C. West    55
The Wahoo Warriors defeated the D.C. West Falcons 72-55 on Saturday night.
Wahoo jumped out to a big lead in the first quarter, and led 18-7 after back-to-back Taylor Murren field goals. A trey from the Falcons’ Morgan Bailey closed the lead to 18-10 after one quarter.
D.C. West scored the first five points of the second quarter to cut the lead to 18-15. Back-to-back baskets from the Warriors' Jake Barry pushed the lead back to 22-15. Wahoo led 35-26 when Bailey hit another trey to cut the lead to 35-29 at halftime.
D.C. West scored the first six points of the second half, the last three on another trey from Bailey to tie the game at 35. Wahoo then went on a run of its own. A trey from Murren, a bucket from Layne Moore, and a Jake Barry offensive rebound and putback put Wahoo up 42-35. A Murren jumper gave the Warriors a ten-point lead at 48-38 entering the final period.
A Murren basket and free throw pushed the lead to 56-42 in the fourth quarter. D.C. West would get no closer than 9 the rest of the way. Wahoo would hit 12 free throws in the fourth quarter to put the game away.
"We could have made things easier on ourselves, especially in the first half, if we had finished a number of shots right around the basket. We could never put them away until late in the game," said Coach Kevin Scheef.
"After losing an 11-point lead, I thought our kids showed a lot of composure in the third quarter when they tied it up. We didn't panic and went on a run of our own, which was good to see," Scheef added.
Murren had a big night for the Warriors with 21 points and 11 assists. Barry and Grant Anderson had big nights as well. Barry had 16 points and 10 boards, and Anderson had 16 points and 9 boards.
"Taylor really made some nice passes tonight, and Jake played a great game. He really plays hard and makes some great hustle plays. Also, Grant had a real good second half for us," said Scheef.
The Warriors forced 22 D.C. West turnovers while committing just 11 themselves. Wahoo improved its record to 7-3, while D.C. West falls to 2-9.