HOLLAND — Wauseon handed Patrick Henry its first Northwest Ohio Athletic League loss Friday night, 50-40, and followed that up by winning by a 59-50 margin at Springfield Saturday.
The Indians have now won four in a row. They sit at 11-7 on the year and 3-1 in the NWOAL.
“It was a good weekend for us. That’s a pretty solid basketball team,” said Wauseon coach Chad Burt, referring to Springfield.
Against the Blue Devils Saturday, it was Wauseon who made a majority of the effort plays and that was a key to them getting the victory.
The Indians were able to close the game strong, but not before Springfield got within one (43-42) with 6:20 left on long range triples hit by Jordan Combs and Will Mays.
But Wauseon could hit from beyond the arc as well, and Jack Leatherman’s 3-pointer gave them a four point lead.
The Indians finished 6 of 11 for the game for 55% shooting from three-point range.
“Obviously we’ll definitely take that,” noted coach Burt. “We shot it, I thought, a little bit better against PH. And I thought we obviously shot it well tonight. But I think it was the timing of the shots too. We hit some big shots when they seemed to be getting a little bit of momentum. But we’ve got guys that can shoot it. They’ve just got to get their feet set, be on-balance, and not force it. And let other guys set them up.”
Wauseon continued to outhustle Springfield down the stretch of the fourth and further extended their lead. Landon Hines scored inside, then later Trey Parsons converted on an out-of-bounds play, a second-chance hoop for Elijah McLeod, and Tyson Rodriguez’ basket in close gave the Indians a 54-42 advantage with 2:21 remaining.
The Devils were held to just two made shots over the last six plus minutes.
Coach Burt knew the challenge Springfield and their athletes would pose, and for his team to be successful they would have to outwork them.
“They got a lot of guys that can make plays. And they got some beasts at the rim,”…
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