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The Wolfpack defeated Warden 58-53, thanks to 26 points by guard Spencer Hansen (2), here getting an assist from Monte Pettichord as a Warden defender hits the planks during a fast break.
DAYTON–It was a bumpy weekend for the Wolfpack, who suffered losses to TriCities Prep and Columbia-Burbank after notching a win over Warden last week. Dayton-Waitsburg is 6-5 overall, 3-3 in league.
They played a non counter last Tuesday here against Pomeroy, then host Liberty Christian next Tuesday, Jan. 24.
The Jaguars of TriCities Prep clawed back from a 12-8 first-quarter deficit to a 25-24 ballgame at half time. It was tied 38-38 after three quarters and TCP won the fourth quarter and the game to hand its second loss in eight outings.
After Blake French tied the game 40-40 early in the fourth, TCP tiptoed away, scoring eight unanswered points to put the win on ice.
Spencer Hansen boasted the game-high 21 points while Blake McClure paced the Jags with 19.
Columbia-Burbank proved too prolific at the rim, taking a 16-13 lead and building on it every quarter for the 72-58 league win.
Quincy Scott held the game-high 27 points for the Coyotes, and Hansen was the Wolfpack's top scorer with 23.
The Coyotes built a small lead in the opening minutes, but DW came back, tying it on a Hansen free throw at 1:33 in the first. But C-B tallied nine points in a row and maintain a small but comfortable lead, Blake French's bucket late in the second quarter drawing DW within four, 30-26, but the Coyotes pulled away and led the rest of the way.
Warden came out on the short end, 58-53 on Jan. 10 at home, but not before making a fourth-quarter challenge that shave Dayton-Waitsburg's usually comfortable lead to just five points, thanks to a last-second trey by Kayden Cox.
Hansen popped in 26 points for a game-high performance, making nine of 15 shots from the floor and shooting 58% from the free throw line. Anthony Gutierrez had 17 to lead Warden scorers.
TriCities Prep 58, Dayton-Waitsburg 50 (1/14)
DW 12 13 13 12-50
TCP 8 16 14 20-58
DW (50) S. Hansen 21, G. Holm 2, R. Kilts 11, B. Bryan 5, M. Pettichord 7, B. French 4. Free throws: 6.10-60%. FG(2)-16/28-57%. FG(3)-4/15-27%.
TCP (58) McClure 19, Wilde 12, Jordan 14, Calderon 5, Shumway 2, W. Wilde 4. Free throws: 12/21-57%. FG(2)-14/27-52%. FG(3)-6/15-40%.
Col.-Burb. 72, Dayton-Waitsburg 58 (1/13)
DW 13 13 14 18-58
CB 16 20 15 21-72
DW (58) S. Hansen 23, G. Holm 11, R. Kilts 16, B. Bryan 2, M. Pettichord 4, B. French 2. Free throws: 20/24-83%. FG(2)-13/25-52%. FG(3)-4/17-24%.
Columbia (72) T. Frimdt 19, C. Ross 7, C. Pariera 6, Q. Scott 27, M. Lenke 10, E. Kinsey 3. Free throws: 17/26-65%. FG(2)-14/29-48%. FG(3)-9/17-53%.
Dayton-Waitsburg 58, Warden 53 (1/10)
DW 14 23 9 12-58
WAR 8 17 9 19-53
DW (58) S. Hansen 26, G. Holm 10, R. Kilts 8, B. Bryan 7, M. Pettichord 3, W. Booth 1. Free throws: 12/23-52%. FG(2)-17/30-57%. FG(3)-4/16-25%.
Warden (53) O. Cox 11, E. Ruiz 3, E. Cox 2, K. Cox 7, T. Visker 3, J. Roylance 10. Free throws: 3/6-50%. FG(2)-13/23-57%. FG(3)-8/18-44%.
