Knights Hold Off Norse In Defensive Battle
The Northfield and Southwood boys basketball teams hooked up in a classic metro defensive showdown Friday with the Knights holding off the Norse 37-32.
In a low scoring affair, the Knights would lead 6-4nafter the first stop. Maddox Marshall would core the last bucket of the first quarter before draining two long ball to start the second. Dalton Barney would follow with a three point play as the Knights built their lead to 14-4. Carter Rogers would stop the Southwood run with a three. After a Will Winer bucket Tyson Baer ended the scoring in the quarter with a three as the Knights led 16-10 at the half.
The Knights looked as they might run away with the game in the third, building a 25-13 lead with Marshall and Winer doing most of the scoring, but the Norse would claw their way back with Rogers scoring twice to make it 25-17 after three.
Again the Knights would start the quarter with a run with Bryce Wilcox, Winer and Marshall extending the Southwood lead to 31-17 before the Norse made it interesting. Jaden Baer would drain a three that started an 8-0 run to close the deficit to 31-25. Wilcox would stop the run before Rogers hit a three and two free throws with 1:40 to play to make it 33-30. Barney and Marshall would then make it 36-30 before a Rogers bucket. One free throw from Winer was enough as the Knights held on for the 37-32 win.
Southwood scoring : Marshall 15, Winer 9, Wilcox 7, Barney 6
Northfield scoring : Carter Rodgers 16 Jaden Baer 5 Tyson Baer 5 Ty Leming 5 Jake Perney 1
Southwood won the junior varsity contest 47-33.
Southwood scoring : Brewer 12, Drake 8, Metzger 3, Hawkins 9, Enyeart 13, Sparks 2
Northfield scoring : Schram 5, Bucher 3, Aderman 9, DuBois 6, Oswalt 10
Southwood won the freshman game 61-10
Josiah Chellis led the charge with a season high 18 points, including 6-6 from the line and 5 steals. James Unger had a hot shooting night as well with a trey, 3-3 from the stripe, three steaks and 16 markers. Ashton Dague rounded out the double digit parade with 10 points. Griffin Liddick and Cameron Drown tallied 6 points apiece. Tucker Whybrew and Ross Andrews had 3 and 2 points respectively.
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