Tiger Comeback Effort Falls Short In Loss To Central
Tiger Comeback Effort Falls Short In Loss To Central
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Tiger Comeback Effort Falls Short In Loss To CentralLuke Adamiec had 17 points and Brock Poe added 15 for Warsaw in its 58-57 loss to visiting Elkhart Central in a non-conference boys basketball game Saturday in the Tiger Den.
After being tied after the first quarter, the visiting Blue Blazers used a 15-1 run to take a 46-29 lead in the third quarter. The Tigers scored the last five points of the third quarter and used a 13-0 run of its own to claw back into the ballgame.
While the home team cut the Central lead to a single point, the Tigers couldn’t get out of the hole they were in.
Other scorers for the Tigers were: Jackson Dawson 6, Jalen Coon 5, Wyatt Amiss 5, Blake Marsh 4, Bishop Walters 3 and Keegan Larsh 2.
The Blue Blazers’ Donovan johnson led all scorers with 21 points, with teammates Cam’Ron Daniels and Isaiah Chandler adding 15 and 14 points, respectively.
In the junior varsity game, Judah Simfukwe went 7-of-9 from the floor and hit all four of his free throws to finish with 21 points in Warsaw’s 62-38 win. Jason Gould had 17 points in the winning effort.
Warsaw (10-5) travels to Elkhart’s North Side Gym Thursday night to take on Memorial for the final time in Northern Lakes Conference play. Memorial and Central will merge into one high school beginning next year.
