February 23, 2010 at Westside High School (C1-3 Subdistricts)#2 Wahoo 55
#3 D.C. West 60The Wahoo Warriors season came to a close as they were defeated by the D.C. West Falcons 60-55 on Tuesday night in Sub-District action at Omaha Westside.
Wahoo got off to a good start, as they jumped out to a 12-2 lead behind two treys from Greg Milliken. Milliken’s third trey of the quarter gave the Warriors a 20-9 lead after one quarter of play.
D.C. West cut into Wahoo’s lead in the second quarter. A Morgan Bailey basket cut the lead to 24-20 with 3 minutes left in the half, but a free throw from Milliken, a Jake Barry jumper, another Milliken trey, and another Jake Barry jump shot gave Wahoo a 34-22 lead at halftime.
A Max Cook trey to open the third quarter put Wahoo up 15 at 37-22. The Warriors missed out on opportunities the next three possessions to extend the lead. A basket from Josh Egbarts, and a trey from John Kaiser cut the lead to 37-27. The Warriors still led 41-30 after a Milliken lay up, but the Falcons scored the last 8 points of the quarter to cut the lead to 41-38 after three quarters.
The fourth quarter was all D.C. West. Blake Lind hit three consecutive treys to give the Falcons their first lead at 47-45. Sean Lindgren’s layup off of a Max Cook assist tied the score at 47. A Blake Thielen basket, followed by a steal from J.D. Widhelm and dunk gave D.C. the lead at 51-47 with 2:30 left. The Falcons were able to break the Warriors’ full court pressure for lay ups and free throws to seal the win.
“This is a bitter loss for us. We had been playing very good basketball in February, and really felt like we were playing at a level that gave us a chance to get to Lincoln. We played a very good first half, but the second half, D.C. turned up the pressure defensively, and they really got hot. Three of their treys were from 24 or 25 feet away. Give them credit for making more plays than we did. Once they got the momentum, we just could not get it back,” said Head Coach Kevin Scheef.
Milliken led the Warriors with 24 points on 4-7 shooting from behind the arc. Max Cook had 9 points, Jake Barry and Josh Discher both added 8 points. Jake Barry led Wahoo with 8 boards, and Cole Barry had 5 assists.
Wahoo finishes the year with a 13-8 record. D.C. West improved to 13-8 and will face Bishop Neumann in the Sub-District Finals. |
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