12/13/13 At Wahoo

Wahoo 52
Wayne 43

The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Wayne Blue Devils 52-43 on Friday night in a match up of preseason ranked teams in Class C-1.

Ben Scheef scored the first 9 points of the game for the Warriors. A Jake Scheef trey to end the first quarter put Wahoo up 12-7 after one quarter. In the second quarter, Wayne took a 21-20 lead late in the quarter. A Collin Nadrchal putback at the buzzer put Wahoo back up 22-21 at halftime.

The Blue Devils made a run early in the third quarter to take a 28-24 lead. A Josh Langemeier runner cut the lead to 28-26. A Blue Devil basket put Wayne back up 4 at 30-26. A Ben Scheef trey followed by a Gavin Iversen basket gave the Warriors the lead at 31-30. Wahoo led 32-31 after three.

The Warriors were up 33-31 early in the fourth, when Josh Langemeier hit back to back treys for Wahoo to stretch the lead to 39-33. Five consecutive points for Wayne cut the lead back to 39-38 with 3:30 left. A Jake Scheef three point play made it 42-38. Two Gavin Iversen free throws pushed the lead to 44-38. Following a Wayne trey, two jake Scheef free throws made it 46-41 with a minute left. A Gavin Iversen lay up, and two free throws a piece from Ben Scheef and Jake Scheef made the final 52-43.

Ben Scheef led Wahoo with 20 points and 9 boards. Josh Langemeier had 12 points. Jake Scheef added 12 points and 9 rebounds. Jake Ruzicka had 8 rebounds. Gavin Iversen had 7 points and 6 boards.

The Warriors outrebounded the Blue Devils 39-21.

Wahoo improves to 4-0, while Wayne drops to 2-2.