East Butler (@Neumann--Consolation Round Holiday Tournament)--December 29, 2007
Wahoo    60
East Butler    58
Senior David Stuchlik's lay up at the buzzer lifted the Wahoo Warriors past the East Butler Tigers 60-58 in the consolation game of the Holiday Tournament on Saturday night.
The first quarter saw the lead change hands a number of times. Taylor Murren's trey at the end of the quarter put the Warriors up 19-17 after one.
The Tigers led 26-22 with three minutes left in the half, when Wahoo went on a 10-1 to end the half. Two baskets a piece from Austin Watton and Stuchlik put Wahoo up 32-27 at halftime.
Wahoo saw its biggest lead of the game at 37-30 after a trey from Murren and a Watton basket. The Tigers then went on a 13-4 run to end the quarter and take a 43-41 lead heading into the final quarter.
A basket from Delayne Bohac gave East Butler its largest lead of the game at 47-41 with 5:30 left to play. A trey from Stuchlik and a Murren basket cut the lead to 47-46. The Tigers led 58-54 after a Ryley Cidlik turnaround jumper with 1:00 left. Stuchlik scored off of an offensive rebound with 40 seconds left to cut the lead to 58-56. Following two missed East Butler free throws, the Warriors’ Taylor Murren drove the lane, scored and was fouled with 11.8 seconds left to tie it up at 58. Murren missed the free throw. The Tigers got the rebound and headed up court, but Watton deflected a pass with 6 seconds left. Layne Moore picked up the loose ball, passed ahead to Watton, who made a great pass to Stuchlik under the basket. Stuchlik made the lay up as time expired in a very dramatic finish.
"I thought our kids showed great courage and found a way to get the job done, when things were not looking very good for us towards the end of the game. That was a great play that Austin made in the last 6 seconds. David also made a couple of big plays down the stretch, and Taylor hit a couple of big shots to get us back in the game," said Head Coach Kevin Scheef.
Murren led Wahoo with 19 points, including 4-8 shooting from behind the arc. David Stuchlik scored 14 points. Austin Watton added 13 points, and had 8 steals for the Warriors. Grant Anderson chipped in 8 points but collected a game-high 11 boards.
"We are very pleased to be 5-2 at this point in the season, but I think our kids know that we have to do a better job on the defensive end, and we have to take better care of the ball to beat the better teams on our schedule," added Scheef.
Wahoo is now 5-2 and will travel to Syracuse to face the Rockets next Friday night. East Butler drops to 3-4.