11/30/2023 vs. Bennington ... NONCONFERENCE / Home / REGULAR SEASON /

Season Game #: 1 / Current Record: 1 - 0

WAHOO: 18 ... 23 ... 14 ... 27 .... 82
Bennington: 14 ... 13 ... 19 ... 26 .... 72

The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Bennington Badgers in the season opener on Thursday night in Wahoo 82-72.

The Warriors jumped out to an 8-0 lead thanks to a three from Dylan Simons and a three from Marcus Glock, followed by two free throws from Kyler Elliot. The Badgers would come back and take their only lead of the game at 14-13, before the Warriors’ Marcus Glock would hit another trey and two free throws to lead 18-14 after one.

Five Marcus Glock points to end the second quarter put Wahoo up 41-27 at the halftime break.

The Warriors would extend the lead to 16 at 45-29 early in the third. The third quarter would end with Wahoo up 55-46.

The Badgers would cut the lead to 5 late at 74-69, but timely foul shooting allowed the Warriors to hang on, for the 82-72 win. Marcus Glock was 6-7 from the line in the fourth quarter, and Eli Shada was 4-4 from the line in the fourth.

Marcus Glock scored a career high 37 points on 5-10 shooting from behind the arc, 5-9 from two point range and 12-13 from the free throw line, to go with 5 boards and 3 assists. Dylan Simons added 15 points on 5-6 shooting from the field and 4-6 from the line, to go with 8 boards and 4 steals. Eli Shada added 14 points on 4-5 shooting from the field and 6-7 from the line. Kyler Elliot had a game high 7 assists.

The Warriors were 25-31 (80.6%) from the line.

Noteworthy:
Leading Scorer: Marcus Glock 37 pts.; Rebounds -- Dylan Simons 8 ; Assists -- Kyler Elliott 7 ; Steals-- Dylan Simons 4

Wahoo
freethrows: 25 / 31 81 % ; fieldgoals: 25 / 47 53 % ; three point: 7 / 17 41 %

Bennington
freethrows: 12 / 14 86 % ; fieldgoals: 25 / 55 45 %; three point: 10 / 29 34 %