12/19/17 At Lincoln Lutheran
Wahoo 66
Lincoln Lutheran 48
The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Lincoln Lutheran Warriors 66-48 on Tuesday night in Lincoln.
The game was tight early. Lincoln Lutheran jumped out to leads of 5-0 and 9-5. The game was tied at 12 after one quarter of play.
Wahoo was up 26-25 with three minutes to play in the half, when they went on a 8-0 run to give them a little separation at the half. Blake Lacey hit the second of his back to back treys followed by a Brendan Lacey bucket. Brendan Lacey then hit a three from the corner at the half to send Wahoo to the locker room with a 34-25 lead.
In the third quarter, Lutheran cut the lead to 36-30. A trey from Bill Hancock, a Will Shanahan free throw, a Winston Cook putback, a Blake Lacey lay up, and a trey from Brendan Lacey to end the quarter, put Wahoo up 47-30 after three.
Lutheran never threatened after that , and Wahoo went on to the 66-48 win.
Winston Cook led Wahoo with 22 points on 10-12 shooting from the field. Brendan Lacey added 20 points on 4-7 shooting from behind the arc. Billy Hancock had 9 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists. Blake Lacey added 8 points. Dylan Egr added 6 assists and 5 steals.
Wahoo was 11-20 (55%) from behind the arc.
Wahoo improved to 6-0 heading into the Holiday break. They will next face Seward on December 29th in the Bishop Neumann Holiday Tourney. Lincoln Lutheran fell to 3-4.
