Warsaw Wins Low-Scoring Affair
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Dale [email protected]
The answer is the Warsaw Tigers, who went 6-0 in both the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons.[[In-content Ad]]The Tigers have a chance to accomplish the feat again, as Class 4A No. 5 Warsaw beat NorthWood 44-32 Friday night for its 17th-straight NLC win.
"NorthWood is difficult to play against because of their patient style of offense, and they're physical," said Ogle, whose team has also won 17 consecutive games in the Tiger Den. "We can play better, but NorthWood is a very solid team."
With the win, Warsaw improved to 13-1 overall and 5-0 in the NLC. The Tigers could go undefeated in conference play for a second consecutive season by beating Elkhart Memorial Friday and Plymouth on Feb. 10.
NorthWood fell to 11-3 overall and 4-1 in conference play, leaving the Tigers alone atop the NLC standings.
Concord and Elkhart Memorial are both 3-2, followed by Wawasee (2-3), Plymouth (2-3), Northridge (1-4) and Goshen (0-5).
"Before the season, I had the top four teams being us, Wawasee, Concord and Elkhart Memorial," said Ogle. "NorthWood has played better than I would have thought, and that's a tribute to their players and Coach (Aaron) Wolfe."
Warsaw scored the first four points, and the contest didn't have any ties or lead changes.
The Tigers led 10-5 after one quarter of play, 23-15 at halftime and 33-25 at the end of the third quarter.
"Warsaw is a tremendous offensive basketball team, and they're a juggernaut in rebounding," said NorthWood coach Aaron Wolfe, a former varsity assistant and junior varsity coach at Warsaw. "We thought we had a chance to make two runs, and they did a good job of getting seperation in the second quarter."
Leading 14-10 early in the second stanza, the Tigers scored back-to-back buckets, the latter of which was a three-pointer from senior standout Nic Moore, to take a nine-point lead.
Warsaw led by at least six points the remainder of the game.
"It was a low-possession game," said Ogle. "NorthWood was patient. I thought our defense was pretty solid."
The Panthers finished the game 11 of 25 (44 percent) from the field overall, 4 of 9 from three-point range, and 6 of 10 at the free throw line.
The Tigers were 17 of 30 (57 percent) from the field, 4 of 10 from the arc, and 6 of 12 at the charity stripe.
"I thought we shot the ball pretty well," said Ogle. "We only got 30 shots, but we made 17 of them. Nic (Moore) was pretty good, and we went deep into our bench tonight. We played nine guys."
Moore scored a game-high 20 points, including 11 of Warsaw's 13 second-quarter points.
The 5-foot-9 Mr. Basketball candidate has scored 1,748 points in a Warsaw uniform and needs just two points to move ahead of 1985 Mr. Basketball Jeff Grose and into second place on the Tigers' all-time scoring list.
Kevin Ault, Indiana's Mr. Basketball in 1996, holds the career record at Warsaw with 2,028 points.
"As Nic joins that company, he is worthy of the same season-ending accolades," Ogle said of his standout senior guard moving up the list and putting his name up near the top of Warsaw's scoring list with the likes of Ault and Grose.
Lucas Grose scored six points for Warsaw, while Jordyn Coon and Travis Thomas scored five points each, Jared Bloom and Rhett Kesler scored three points each and Clay Anderson chipped in with two points.
NorthWood got 11 points from Michael Paul and 10 points from Jakyah Qaiyim.
Derek Yoder and Aaron Rhoade rounded out the Panthers' scoring with seven and four points, respectively.
The Tigers are in action again tonight when they host Culver Military Academy, while NorthWood plays at West Noble Tuesday.
WARSAW 44, NORTHWOOD 32
NW 5 10 10 7 - 32
W 10 13 10 11 - 44
NorthWood - Michael Paul 3-8 2-2 11, Cameron Williams 0-4 0-1 0, Derek Yoder 2-2 2-2 7, Zac Coleman 0-0 0-0 0, Aaron Rhoade 2-3 0-2 4, Zach Zurcher 0-0 0-0 0, Kyle Heckaman 0-1 0-0 0, Tyler Rollins 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan Lincoln 0-0 0-0 0, Jakyah Qaiyim 4-7 2-3 10. Totals 11-25 6-10 32.
Warsaw - Jared Bloom 1-2 0-0 3, Nic Moore 9-16 0-1 20, Jordyn Coon 2-4 1-2 5, Rhett Kesler 1-1 0-1 3, Lucas Grose 1-2 4-4 6, Jay Holladay 0-0 0-0 0, Jalen Roscoe 0-2 0-2 0, Travis Thomas 2-2 1-2 5, Clay Anderso 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 17-30 6-12 44.
Three-pointers - NorthWood 4 (Paul 3, Yoder), Warsaw 4 (Moore 2, Bloom, Kesler); Rebounds - NorthWood 14 (Paul 5), Warsaw 19 (Roscoe 4, Grose 4); Turnovers - NorthWood 14, Warsaw 12; Fouls - NorthWood 15, Warsaw 14; Records: NorthWood 11-3, 4-1 NLC, Warsaw 13-1, 5-0 NLC.
JV - Warsaw 43, NorthWood 42 (OT)
Warsaw - Brock Anson 13, Taylor Cone 9, Jason Ferguson 5, Kevin West 5, John Swanson 4, Tim Ahlersmeyer 4, Cameron Barrett 3
NorthWood - Jonathan Wilkinson 14, Zach Zurcher 11, Tommy Klem 8, Tanner Farmwald 5, Ryan Gerber 3, Nick Graber 1
Records: Warsaw 11-1, NorthWood 12-2
The answer is the Warsaw Tigers, who went 6-0 in both the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons.[[In-content Ad]]The Tigers have a chance to accomplish the feat again, as Class 4A No. 5 Warsaw beat NorthWood 44-32 Friday night for its 17th-straight NLC win.
"NorthWood is difficult to play against because of their patient style of offense, and they're physical," said Ogle, whose team has also won 17 consecutive games in the Tiger Den. "We can play better, but NorthWood is a very solid team."
With the win, Warsaw improved to 13-1 overall and 5-0 in the NLC. The Tigers could go undefeated in conference play for a second consecutive season by beating Elkhart Memorial Friday and Plymouth on Feb. 10.
NorthWood fell to 11-3 overall and 4-1 in conference play, leaving the Tigers alone atop the NLC standings.
Concord and Elkhart Memorial are both 3-2, followed by Wawasee (2-3), Plymouth (2-3), Northridge (1-4) and Goshen (0-5).
"Before the season, I had the top four teams being us, Wawasee, Concord and Elkhart Memorial," said Ogle. "NorthWood has played better than I would have thought, and that's a tribute to their players and Coach (Aaron) Wolfe."
Warsaw scored the first four points, and the contest didn't have any ties or lead changes.
The Tigers led 10-5 after one quarter of play, 23-15 at halftime and 33-25 at the end of the third quarter.
"Warsaw is a tremendous offensive basketball team, and they're a juggernaut in rebounding," said NorthWood coach Aaron Wolfe, a former varsity assistant and junior varsity coach at Warsaw. "We thought we had a chance to make two runs, and they did a good job of getting seperation in the second quarter."
Leading 14-10 early in the second stanza, the Tigers scored back-to-back buckets, the latter of which was a three-pointer from senior standout Nic Moore, to take a nine-point lead.
Warsaw led by at least six points the remainder of the game.
"It was a low-possession game," said Ogle. "NorthWood was patient. I thought our defense was pretty solid."
The Panthers finished the game 11 of 25 (44 percent) from the field overall, 4 of 9 from three-point range, and 6 of 10 at the free throw line.
The Tigers were 17 of 30 (57 percent) from the field, 4 of 10 from the arc, and 6 of 12 at the charity stripe.
"I thought we shot the ball pretty well," said Ogle. "We only got 30 shots, but we made 17 of them. Nic (Moore) was pretty good, and we went deep into our bench tonight. We played nine guys."
Moore scored a game-high 20 points, including 11 of Warsaw's 13 second-quarter points.
The 5-foot-9 Mr. Basketball candidate has scored 1,748 points in a Warsaw uniform and needs just two points to move ahead of 1985 Mr. Basketball Jeff Grose and into second place on the Tigers' all-time scoring list.
Kevin Ault, Indiana's Mr. Basketball in 1996, holds the career record at Warsaw with 2,028 points.
"As Nic joins that company, he is worthy of the same season-ending accolades," Ogle said of his standout senior guard moving up the list and putting his name up near the top of Warsaw's scoring list with the likes of Ault and Grose.
Lucas Grose scored six points for Warsaw, while Jordyn Coon and Travis Thomas scored five points each, Jared Bloom and Rhett Kesler scored three points each and Clay Anderson chipped in with two points.
NorthWood got 11 points from Michael Paul and 10 points from Jakyah Qaiyim.
Derek Yoder and Aaron Rhoade rounded out the Panthers' scoring with seven and four points, respectively.
The Tigers are in action again tonight when they host Culver Military Academy, while NorthWood plays at West Noble Tuesday.
WARSAW 44, NORTHWOOD 32
NW 5 10 10 7 - 32
W 10 13 10 11 - 44
NorthWood - Michael Paul 3-8 2-2 11, Cameron Williams 0-4 0-1 0, Derek Yoder 2-2 2-2 7, Zac Coleman 0-0 0-0 0, Aaron Rhoade 2-3 0-2 4, Zach Zurcher 0-0 0-0 0, Kyle Heckaman 0-1 0-0 0, Tyler Rollins 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan Lincoln 0-0 0-0 0, Jakyah Qaiyim 4-7 2-3 10. Totals 11-25 6-10 32.
Warsaw - Jared Bloom 1-2 0-0 3, Nic Moore 9-16 0-1 20, Jordyn Coon 2-4 1-2 5, Rhett Kesler 1-1 0-1 3, Lucas Grose 1-2 4-4 6, Jay Holladay 0-0 0-0 0, Jalen Roscoe 0-2 0-2 0, Travis Thomas 2-2 1-2 5, Clay Anderso 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 17-30 6-12 44.
Three-pointers - NorthWood 4 (Paul 3, Yoder), Warsaw 4 (Moore 2, Bloom, Kesler); Rebounds - NorthWood 14 (Paul 5), Warsaw 19 (Roscoe 4, Grose 4); Turnovers - NorthWood 14, Warsaw 12; Fouls - NorthWood 15, Warsaw 14; Records: NorthWood 11-3, 4-1 NLC, Warsaw 13-1, 5-0 NLC.
JV - Warsaw 43, NorthWood 42 (OT)
Warsaw - Brock Anson 13, Taylor Cone 9, Jason Ferguson 5, Kevin West 5, John Swanson 4, Tim Ahlersmeyer 4, Cameron Barrett 3
NorthWood - Jonathan Wilkinson 14, Zach Zurcher 11, Tommy Klem 8, Tanner Farmwald 5, Ryan Gerber 3, Nick Graber 1
Records: Warsaw 11-1, NorthWood 12-2
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