Apaches Fall To Lewis Cass

Wabash was out to avenge a Feb. 11the loss to Cass and the way it started Friday at the Manchester sectional looked like a possiblility, but a poor second quarter cost the Apaches in a 71-54 loss.

Travis Shears would score the first three Apache points and after a Breyton Nealis bucket Wabash led 5-2. Shears would stay hot, hitting two more buckets and wabash was up 9-6. At 9-8 Tyler Brewer and Nealis would hit to make it 13-8 with 1:42 to go. Cass cut it to 13-12 before Brewer hit again with .23 left to make it 15-12. Cass would hit with .09 left and then steal the ball and score at the buzzer to give the Kings a 16-15 lead after one.

The blown lead late in the first quarter seemed to effect the Apaches in the second. With nearly five minutes gone by Wabash did not have a bucket in the quarter and were down 22-17 with 3:17 to go. Tyler Brewer finally broke the ice to draw the Apaches to 22-19. With 2:37 to go, Brewer hit again to make it 25-21 when what would be the deciding run doomed the Apaches. Cass would reel off 9 straight points to end the quarter and led 36-21 at the half.

The third quarter would start with free throws, one by Cass and two by Brewer before Shears hit with 6:07 to go, making it 37-25. Brewer hit two more free throws to make it 37-27 and the Apaches had some life. Cass would build the lead back to 13 points and hold it there until 1:19 to go, then hit a bucket and a free throw to lead 50-34 with a quarter to go.

The fourth quarter was down hill for the Apaches as Cass built the lead to 20 points and led 57-36 with 5:55 to go. Cass built the lead to 60-38. Tyler King would bang home two three pointers to make it 63-44 with 3:00 to play. Wabash would continue to play hard and not give in, but Cass held on for the 71-54 win.

Lewis Cass vs Wabash
03-02-12 7:50 p.m. at N. Manchester, Ind./Manchester H.S.
At N. Manchester, Ind./Manchester H.S.
LEWIS CASS 71, WABASH 54
LEWIS CASS (11-11)
Keegan Key 7-18 9-15 23; Jordan Miller 5-12 0-0 10; Ryan Aldridge 5-5 0-0
10; Blake Hadley 3-4 3-6 9; Austin Keisling 2-8 2-3 8; Drew Shepherd 3-5 0-2
6; Josh Harshman 0-1 3-6 3; Justen Downhour 1-3 0-0 2; Brad Gray 0-1 0-0 0;
Austin Foreman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-57 17-32 71.
WABASH (10-12)
Tyler Brewer 6-10 5-6 17; Travis Shears 4-8 3-6 11; Bretyon Nealis 2-11 3-6
7; Tyler King 2-4 0-0 6; Shea Beauchamp 2-6 1-4 5; Grant Sailors 2-2 0-0 4;
Landon Cole 1-3 0-0 2; Jordan Blair 1-1 0-0 2; Roger Davis 0-1 0-0 0; Jacob
Ellis 0-0 0-0 0; Andrew Adamson 0-5 0-0 0; Nate Price 0-3 0-0 0; Kodi
Clemons 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-55 12-22 54.
Lewis Cass....................   16   20   14   21  -   71
Wabash........................   15    6   13   20  -   54
3-point goals--Lewis Cass 2-13 (Austin Keisling 2-5; Jordan Miller 0-1; Drew
Shepherd 0-1; Josh Harshman 0-1; Justen Downhour 0-1; Brad Gray 0-1; Keegan
Key 0-3), Wabash 2-12 (Tyler King 2-3; Bretyon Nealis 0-2; Shea Beauchamp
0-1; Roger Davis 0-1; Andrew Adamson 0-2; Nate Price 0-2; Tyler Brewer 0-1).
Fouled out--Lewis Cass-None, Wabash-Nate Price. Rebounds--Lewis Cass 41
(Keegan Key 10), Wabash 32 (Bretyon Nealis 6; Shea Beauchamp 6; Travis
Shears 6). Assists--Lewis Cass 11 (Blake Hadley 4), Wabash 9 (Bretyon Nealis
5). Total fouls--Lewis Cass 16, Wabash 22. Technical fouls--Lewis Cass-None,
Wabash-None.