1/27/11 At Syracuse
Semi-Finals - Capitol Conf. Tour.
Wahoo 52
Bennington 42

The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Bennington Badgers 52-42 in the Conference Tournament Semi-Finals at Syracuse on Thursday night.

The first half was a defensive struggle. Wahoo led 9-6 after one quarter behind 5 Max Cook points.

In the second quarter, with Bennington in a box and one on Greg Milliken, Casey Brown got some open looks from the perimeter and made the most of them. Seven Casey Brown points pushed the Warrior lead to 22-11 at halftime.

In the third quarter, Brown continued his hot shooting adding two more perimeter jumpers, and Greg Milliken scored 9 of his game high 18 points to increase the Warrior lead to 40-24 after three quarters.

After a Max Cook free throw to open the fourth quarter, the Warriors had their biggest lead of the game at 41-24. Wahoo would fail to score on their next five possessions though, as Bennington scored the next 7 points to cut the lead to 41-31. A Milliken free throw, and bucket from Sean Lindgren gave the Warriors a 44-31 lead, and the lead would not be under 10 points the rest of the way.

“I thought our defense was really good tonight. To hold a good Bennington team to 11 first half points, is an accomplishment. This was the second team to play some junk defense on us, and Casey Brown stepped up again and made some big shots from the perimeter to negate that strategy. We needed to be sharper in the fourth quarter, but fortunately, we had built up a big enough lead to withstand their run.” Said Coach Kevin Scheef.

Greg Milliken had 18 points on 6-10 shooting from the field, and 6-7 from the line, to go with a team high 9 rebounds. Casey Brown added 14 points on 6-8 shooting from the floor, and 6 boards. Max Cook added 8 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists. Josh Discher added 5 boards, and 4 assists. Wahoo shot 44% from the floor, and held Bennington to 25% shooting from the field.

Wahoo improves to 11-4 and will face Ashland-Greenwood in the finals of the Conference tournament on Saturday in Syracuse.