1/18/2024 vs. Waverly ... NONCONFERENCE / Away / REGULAR SEASON /
Season Game #: 11 / Current Record: 9 - 2
WAHOO: 13 ... 14 ... 16 ... 22 .... 65
Waverly: 18 ... 7 ... 16 ... 18 .... 59
The Wahoo Warriors defeated the Waverly Vikings 65-59 on Thursday night in Waverly.
It was a really rough start for the Warriors. Waverly scored the first 7 points of the game, and led 18-7 late in the quarter. Back to back treys from Marcus Glock cut the lead to 18-13 after one quarter.
Wahoo trailed 22-15, but back to back treys from Jase Kaminski and Eli Shada, followed by a Dylan Simons lay up and a Kyler Elliott trey put Wahoo up 26-22. The half ended with Wahoo up 27-25.
Back to back treys from Dylan Simons to start the third quarter, put Wahoo up 35-28. A Kyler Elliot trey pushed the lead to eight at 38-30. The Vikings would cut the lead to 43-41 heading to the fourth quarter.
The game was tied at 46, when Kyler Elliott’s trey put Wahoo up 49-46. A Cody Hesser lay up, made it 51-46. The score was 51-48, but an Eli Shada lay up, followed by another Shada bucket and two Marcus Glock free throws made it 57-48, and the Warriors would go on to the 65-59 win.
Kyler Elliott had a career high 19 points on 4-8 shooting from behind the arc and 5-6 shooting from the line. Marcus Glock added 17 points on 7-8 shooting from the line. Dylan Simons had 13 points on 3-6 shooting from behind the arc to go with 7 boards, 5 steals, and 3 assists. Cody Hesser had a game high 6 assists. Eli Shada added 7 points.
The Warriors got outrebounded 27-19, but committed just 5 turnovers compared to 14 for Waverly.
The Warriors improved to 9-2 and will host Blair on Saturday afternoon. Waverly dropped to 4-8.
Noteworthy:
Leading Scorer: Kyler Elliott 19 pts.; Rebounds -- Dylan Simons 7 ; Assists -- Cody Hesser 6 ; Steals-- Dylan Simons 5
Wahoo
freethrows: 13 / 16 81 % ; fieldgoals: 20 / 46 43 % ; three point: 12 / 28 43 %
Waverly
freethrows: 7 / 8 88 % ; fieldgoals: 4 / 11 36 %; three point: 2 / 4 50 %
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