12/30/17 At Bishop Neumann – Finals of Holiday Tour.
Wahoo 66
Neumann 62
The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Bishop Neumann Cavaliers 66-62 in the finals of the Bishop Neumann Holiday Tournament on Saturday night.
The Warriors jumped out to a 20-10 lead and led 20-13 after one quarter. Neumann chipped away at the lead, and a basket at the buzzer gave Neumann a 30-28 lead at the break.
The third quarter was all Cavaliers. Neumann outscored Wahoo 24-15 in the third to take a 54-43 lead into the final period.
Billy Hancock hit a trey to open the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 54-46. A Will Shanahan bucket made it 54-48. A Cameron Quick bucket cut the lead to 54-50. A Brendan Lacey lay up made it 54-52, and another trey from Hancock capped a 12-0 run to put Wahoo up 55-54. A Neumann trey made it 57-55. Two Cameron Quick free throws tied the game up at 57. A Neumann bucket gave the Cavs a 59-57 lead. Hancock’s sixth trey of the game put Wahoo up 60-59. Neumann answered with a trey to go up 62-60. Brendan Lacey countered with a three point play to put Wahoo up 63-62. Following a Neumann miss, Wahoo ran the clock down until Brendan Lacey was fouled with 17 seconds left. Lacey hit both free throws to go up 65-62. A Neumann trey was blocked by Will Shanahan with 6 seconds left. Shanahan got the rebound and was fouled with 2.3 seconds left. Shanahan hit the second of the two free throws to ice the game for the Warriors and give them the 66-62 win.
Hancock led the Warriors with 20 points on 6-9 shooting from three point range. Brendan Lacey added 15 points, 4 steals, and 4 assists. Cameron Quick and Dylan Egr added 6 boards apiece.
Wahoo improved to 8-0 and will next travel to Syracuse on Friday night. Bishop Neumann slips to 5-4.
