2/3/17 At Wahoo
Wahoo 66
Arlington 53
The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Arlington Eagles 66-53 on Friday night in Capitol Conference action.
Arlington jumped out to an 8-0 lead and extended it to 16-2. A three from Jake Ruzicka, a basket from Dylan Egr, and another Ruzicka basket cut the lead to 16-9. The quarter ended up with Arlington up 23-13. The Eagles still led 34-22 with 2:30 left in the half, when the Warriors went on an 8-0 run to cut the lead to 34-30. A Brendan Lacey trey, and a three point play from Will Shanahan, and two Ruzicka free throws cut the lead to 4. The Eagles went to the halftime break with a 36-30 lead.
The Warriors took their first lead of the game at 41-39 on a Brendan Lacey trey. Two Billy Hancock free throws, and a Jake Ruzicka trey make it 46-39. The quarter ended with Wahoo up 48-46.
Arlington scored to open the fourth, to tie the game at 48. After Arlington took the lead at 50-49, another Lacey trey put Wahoo up 52-50. Arlington answered with a trey to make it 53-52. It would be the last points of the game for Arlington. A Will Shanahan three point play made it 55-53. Two Dylan Egr free throws pushed the lead to 57-53. A Jake Ruzicka trey made it 60-53. A Billy Hancock trey with with 2 minutes left was the final nail, that pushed the lead to 63-53 and the Warriors escaped with the 66-53 lead.
Jake Ruzicka led Wahoo with 22 points on 8-8 shooting from the free throw line, to go with 6 boards and 6 assists. Brendan Lacey had 15 points on 4-7 shooting from behind the arc. Will Shanahan added 14 points, and Dylan Egr provided 10 points.
The Warriors were out rebounded 29-21, but committed just 8 turnovers compared to 15 for the Eagles.
Wahoo improves to 15-3, while Arlington drops to 10-9.
