12/29/17 At Bishop Neumann – First Round Holiday Tour.
Wahoo 59
Seward 56
The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Seward Bluejays 59-56 in a rematch from earlier in the season, in the first round of the Bishop Neumann Holiday Tournament.
The game was close through the first quarter, with Seward leading 12-10 after one quarter. The second quarter was all Seward, and the Bluejays went to half up 32-21.
In the third quarter, the Warriors’ press bothered Seward, and allowed Wahoo go get back in the game. Six straight points from Cameron Quick cut the lead to 32-27. A Billy Hancock trey cut the lead to 34-30. A Brendan Lacey bucket, and a three point play from Quick, gave the Warriors their first lead of the game at 35-34. Seward regained the lead at 36-35, but a trey from Dylan Egr, made it 38-36. Another Cameron Quick bucket and two Dylan Egr free throws pushed the Warrior lead to 42-36. A Brendan Lacey trey at the third quarter buzzer put Wahoo up 45-38.
The Warrior lead got as large as 8 at 51-43 after a Cameron Quick bucket. Seward then started chipping away at the lead. Seward closed to 51-49. Four Cameron Quick free throws made it 55-49. Two Seward buckets made it 55-53 with 30 seconds left. A Blake Lacey free throw made it 56-53 with 25 seconds left. Following a Seward miss, Dylan Egr made a free throw to make it 57-53 with 15 seconds left. A deep trey from Seward with 6 seconds left, made it 57-56. Brendan Lacey was then fouled and made both free throws with 5 seconds left to make it 59-56. A 25 foot trey from Seward was off the mark at the buzzer and the Warriors survived with the 59-56 win.
Cameron Quick led the Warriors with 21 points on 11-11 shooting from the free throw line, to go with 9 boards. Brendan Lacey added 13 points. Dylan Egr contributed 10 points.
Wahoo improved to 7-0 and will face Bishop Neumann today in the finals of the Holiday Tournament. Seward fell to 6-2, with both of their losses coming to Wahoo.
