1/24/12 At Wahoo, First Round of Conference Tourn.
Wahoo 69Syracuse 44
The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Syracuse Rockets at home in the first round of the Capitol Conference Tournament on Tuesday night. The Warriors led 16-8 after a Casey Brown trey to end the quarter. Wahoo took control in the second quarter and outscored the Rockets 19-2, to take a 35-10 halftime lead. Max Cook hit a 3 right before half to put the Warriors up by 25 heading to halftime. Cook had 18 first half points.
Wahoo stretched the lead to 60-27 after three quarters of play, before reserves finished out the game.
Coach Scheef: “I was really pleased with our efforts. Coming off of back to back losses, it was important for us to play well early, and take control of the game, and I thought we did that. I thought our two seniors, Max Cook and Casey Brown both played very well for us tonight. Our defense in the first half was very good. Whenever you can hold a team to 10 points in a half, you have to feel good about that.”
Max Cook led the way with 24 points on 8-11 shooting from the field, 6 boards, and 4 steals. Casey Brown had 10 points and 5 boards. Josh Langemeier contributed 8 points. Jon Abbott had 7 points and a team high 8 boards. The Warriors forced 23 Rocket turnovers, compared to just 12 of their own.
The Warriors will now face Raymond Central on Friday night at Wahoo in the Semi-Finals of the tournament. The Warriors improve to 13-2 on the sekason. |
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