2/17/18 At Wahoo
Wahoo 67
Elmwood-Murdock 54
The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Elmwood-Murdock Knights 67-54 on Saturday afternoon in Wahoo, in the regular season finale for both teams.
Wahoo jumped out to leads of 8-2 and 16-4 in the early going, and led 21-9 after one quarter. The Warriors hit six treys in the first quarter, with two a piece from Billy Hancock and Blake Lacey.
Elmwood-Murdock scored the first 8 points of the second quarter to cut the lead to 21-17. Wahoo responded with the next 6 points to extend the lead back to 10 at 27-17. The half ended with Wahoo up 30-24.
In the third quarter, the Knights cut the lead to 33-32. A trey from Billy Hancock and a Winston Cook bucket pushed the lead back to 38-32. The third quarter ended with Wahoo up 44-41.
The Warriors scored the first 7 points of the fourth quarter on a trey from Brendan Lacey and two buckets from Will Shanahan to make it 51-44. The Knights answered with a trey to cut the lead to 51-44. Two more buckets from Will Shanahan and a trey from Billy Hancock gave the Warriors a 58-44 lead. The Warriors were able to knock down enough free throws down the stretch to put the game away for the 67-54 win.
Billy Hancock led the Warriors with 21 points on six treys. Brendan Lacey had 14 points and 6 boards. Will Shanahan had 12 points,, 10 boards, and 5 blocks. Winston Cook added 11 points and 6 boards. Dylan Egr had 6 boards, and 6 assists. Cameron Quick had 6 boards, and 4 steals. Blake Lacey added 8 points and 4 assists.
Wahoo had 21 offensive rebounds and had a 36-27 advantage on the glass. Wahoo also had just 8 turnovers on the day.
Wahoo improved to 21-2 and will play the winner of Boys Town and D.C. West in Sub-District action at Waverly on Tuesday. Elmwood-Murdock dropped to 19-3.
