11/30/17 At Wahoo
Wahoo 68
Bennington 62
The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Bennington Badgers 68-62 in the season opener on Thursday night in Wahoo.
Bennington led 19-15 after one quarter. The lead stretched to 28-20 for the Badgers. Wahoo’s Blake Lacey had a 4 point play that really got the Warriors back in to it, to cut the lead to 28-24. Two Brendan Lacey free throws cut the lead to 28-26 at the half.
A Billy Hancock trey early in the third quarter gave Wahoo it’s first lead since the opening moments of the game at 31-30. A Will Shanahan basket made it 33-30. The teams then traded baskets the rest of the third quarter. A Blake Lacey bucket made it 46-43 after three quarters.
Wahoo was up 50-49 early in the fourth. A Brendan Lacey free throw made it 51-49. Another Brendan Lacey basket made it 53-49. A Cameron Quick basket gave the Warriors their largest lead at 55-49. Bennington cut the lead to 55-52. Another Cameron Quick basket made it 57-52. The Badgers again cut the lead to 57-56. Two Billy Hancock free throws made it 59-56 with 1:06 left. After a Badger miss, two free throws from Will Shanahan made it 61-56. A Brendan Lacey lay up made it 63-56. The Badgers cut the lead to 63-60 with 31 seconds left. Four Blake Lacey free throws in the final 20 seconds allowed the Warriors to escape with the 68-62 victory.
Brendan Lacey led the Warriors with 19 points. Will Shanahan had 12 points and 4 blocks. Blake Lacey had 12 points on 7-7 shooting from the line. Cameron Quick added 9 points and 5 boards. Billy Hancock added 8 points. Winston Cook added 7 boards, and Dylan Egr had 5 assists.
Wahoo shot 52.5% (21-40) from the field, while Bennington was just at 33.9%. (19-56)
Wahoo will travel to Seward on Saturday afternoon to take on the Bluejays.
