Short-Handed Warriors Fall At Plymouth
January 20, 2018 at 5:49 a.m.
By Mark [email protected]
The game wasn’t completely void of bright spots for the Warriors, but it would be hard to tell from the 68-29 Pilgrim victory in Wawasee’s first game away from home in five weeks.
Two starters, Jacob Hand and Aaron Evans, have been home with the flu all week. On top of that, Plymouth bolted to a 10-0 lead and was up 12-3 when Cayden Wegener, who was sick earlier in the week, left the game late in the first quarter with a cut on his head. He returned to start the second half.
With 2:33 left in the half and Plymouth up 24-8, Wawasee senior and scoring leader Trevon Coleman picked up his third foul, and then his fourth 21 seconds later.
The Warriors managed four treys and a three-point play in the third period, but were still outscored 23-15 in the period. The night to forget was capped with Wawasee scoring just one bucket, a stickback by Zak Linnemeier, in the final eight-minute period.
After such a night, Wawasee coach Jon Everingham chose to remember a line of an old, old tune and accentuated the positive.
“We have a lot of positives going on. I know it’s hard to see them when the final score is what it is,” he said. “We’ve had a tought couple of weeks, there’s no question about that. We hope to get everybody back in a timely manner.
“We certainly took a couple of steps backward, but it wasn’t due to something we can control. I told our guys ‘every season you deal with injuries and you deal with sickness, and in high school athletics you deal with a little bit of drama.’ We have to understand you have to be able to deal with a little bit of adversity.
“I thought we played hard, but we were really short-handed tonight.”
The coach added that every team has to deal with something unpleasant at some point in its season.
“Everyone had a stretch of a week to a week-and-a-half where they have to go through some adversity, and deal with injuries or illness,” he said. “We’re just going through that stretch.
“Tonight we got some younger players some varsity action, and if anything they realized playing at the varsity level is really difficult. Hopefully is spurs them to want to get better.”
Austin Miller, in his first varsity start, hit a pair of third-quarter treys and led Wawasee with 11 points. Coleman finished with nine points, but only three after picking up his fourth foul.
Clay Hilliard scored 12 points in the third period on his way to a game-high 28 points for Plymouth.
“Austin Miller became a focal point tonight, and Even Eshbach had the first start of his career, and those are valuable minutes,” Everingham said. “Hopefully those guys will want to take that and run with it, because next year they’ll be key contributors to our basketball team.”
The loss extended Wawasee’s losing streak to six games, and the Warriors have dropped 45 of their last 46 conference games.
The Warriors need to get well soon, with three home games next week beginning Tuesday when they host Bethany Christian. Concord visits for an NLC?game Friday, and Lakeland comes to the Hardwood Teepee Jan. 27.
Notes: Plymouth’s Garrett Tharp left the game with a head wound less than 30 seconds after tip-off. He returned midway through the second period with a large bandage over his right eye and with a different jersey number.
PLYMOUTH 68, WAWASEE 29
W 5 7 15 2 – 29
P 15 15 23 15 – 68
Wawasee – 1-4 0-0 3, Austin Miller 4-7 1-1 11, Jairus Boyer 1-2 0-0 2, Ryan Edington 0-0 0-0 0, Marshal Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Trevon Coleman 3-7 1-1 9, Evan Eshbach 0-4 0-0 0, Zak Linnemeier 1-2 0-0 2, Ethan Hardy 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 10-29 4-4 29.
Plymouth – Benji Nixon 0-3 1-2 1, Clay Hilliard 8-13 7-7 28, Bryce Carmichael 1-1 0-0 2, Cole Filson 4-7 1-1 10, Evan Zeigler 1-3 0-0 2, Kadin McCrammer 3-6 0-0 8, Tim Tremaine 0-0 1-2 1, Jake Reichard 2-2 4-4 9, Brayson Leazenby 0-0 0-1 0, Payton Skirvin 0-1 1-2 1, Garrett Tharp 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 22-41 15-19 68.
Three-pointers – Wawasee 5 (A. Miller 2, Coleman 2, Wegener), Plymouth 9 (Hilliard 5, McCrammer 2, Filson, Reichard); Rebounds – Wawasee 13 (Coleman 4), Plymouth 20 (Hillard 4); Turnovers – Wawasee 18, Plymouth 8; Fouls – Wawasee 18, Plymouth 13; Fouled out – none; Records: Wawasee 3-10 (1-3 NLC), Plymouth 9-6 (2-2 NLC).
JV – Plymouth 38, Wawasee 31
Wawasee – Marshal Miller 11, Chris Strombeck 7, Ethan Carey 7, Ethan Hardy 4, Michael Hammer 2.
The game wasn’t completely void of bright spots for the Warriors, but it would be hard to tell from the 68-29 Pilgrim victory in Wawasee’s first game away from home in five weeks.
Two starters, Jacob Hand and Aaron Evans, have been home with the flu all week. On top of that, Plymouth bolted to a 10-0 lead and was up 12-3 when Cayden Wegener, who was sick earlier in the week, left the game late in the first quarter with a cut on his head. He returned to start the second half.
With 2:33 left in the half and Plymouth up 24-8, Wawasee senior and scoring leader Trevon Coleman picked up his third foul, and then his fourth 21 seconds later.
The Warriors managed four treys and a three-point play in the third period, but were still outscored 23-15 in the period. The night to forget was capped with Wawasee scoring just one bucket, a stickback by Zak Linnemeier, in the final eight-minute period.
After such a night, Wawasee coach Jon Everingham chose to remember a line of an old, old tune and accentuated the positive.
“We have a lot of positives going on. I know it’s hard to see them when the final score is what it is,” he said. “We’ve had a tought couple of weeks, there’s no question about that. We hope to get everybody back in a timely manner.
“We certainly took a couple of steps backward, but it wasn’t due to something we can control. I told our guys ‘every season you deal with injuries and you deal with sickness, and in high school athletics you deal with a little bit of drama.’ We have to understand you have to be able to deal with a little bit of adversity.
“I thought we played hard, but we were really short-handed tonight.”
The coach added that every team has to deal with something unpleasant at some point in its season.
“Everyone had a stretch of a week to a week-and-a-half where they have to go through some adversity, and deal with injuries or illness,” he said. “We’re just going through that stretch.
“Tonight we got some younger players some varsity action, and if anything they realized playing at the varsity level is really difficult. Hopefully is spurs them to want to get better.”
Austin Miller, in his first varsity start, hit a pair of third-quarter treys and led Wawasee with 11 points. Coleman finished with nine points, but only three after picking up his fourth foul.
Clay Hilliard scored 12 points in the third period on his way to a game-high 28 points for Plymouth.
“Austin Miller became a focal point tonight, and Even Eshbach had the first start of his career, and those are valuable minutes,” Everingham said. “Hopefully those guys will want to take that and run with it, because next year they’ll be key contributors to our basketball team.”
The loss extended Wawasee’s losing streak to six games, and the Warriors have dropped 45 of their last 46 conference games.
The Warriors need to get well soon, with three home games next week beginning Tuesday when they host Bethany Christian. Concord visits for an NLC?game Friday, and Lakeland comes to the Hardwood Teepee Jan. 27.
Notes: Plymouth’s Garrett Tharp left the game with a head wound less than 30 seconds after tip-off. He returned midway through the second period with a large bandage over his right eye and with a different jersey number.
PLYMOUTH 68, WAWASEE 29
W 5 7 15 2 – 29
P 15 15 23 15 – 68
Wawasee – 1-4 0-0 3, Austin Miller 4-7 1-1 11, Jairus Boyer 1-2 0-0 2, Ryan Edington 0-0 0-0 0, Marshal Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Trevon Coleman 3-7 1-1 9, Evan Eshbach 0-4 0-0 0, Zak Linnemeier 1-2 0-0 2, Ethan Hardy 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 10-29 4-4 29.
Plymouth – Benji Nixon 0-3 1-2 1, Clay Hilliard 8-13 7-7 28, Bryce Carmichael 1-1 0-0 2, Cole Filson 4-7 1-1 10, Evan Zeigler 1-3 0-0 2, Kadin McCrammer 3-6 0-0 8, Tim Tremaine 0-0 1-2 1, Jake Reichard 2-2 4-4 9, Brayson Leazenby 0-0 0-1 0, Payton Skirvin 0-1 1-2 1, Garrett Tharp 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 22-41 15-19 68.
Three-pointers – Wawasee 5 (A. Miller 2, Coleman 2, Wegener), Plymouth 9 (Hilliard 5, McCrammer 2, Filson, Reichard); Rebounds – Wawasee 13 (Coleman 4), Plymouth 20 (Hillard 4); Turnovers – Wawasee 18, Plymouth 8; Fouls – Wawasee 18, Plymouth 13; Fouled out – none; Records: Wawasee 3-10 (1-3 NLC), Plymouth 9-6 (2-2 NLC).
JV – Plymouth 38, Wawasee 31
Wawasee – Marshal Miller 11, Chris Strombeck 7, Ethan Carey 7, Ethan Hardy 4, Michael Hammer 2.
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