Boys Hoops Roundup

East Noble Nips Wawasee

SYRACUSE – Cam Schlabach, Jairus Boyer and Trevon Coleman had eight points each in Wawasee’s 41-40 home loss to East Noble in a non-conference boys basketball game Saturday.
The Warriors trailed 23-9 at halftime, and outscored East Noble 18-6 in the third quarter to cut the deficit to one. Wawasee had two chances to take the lead late, but couldn’t convert.
Wawasee (5-15) has lost seven games in a row and 14 of its last 15. The Warriors will take to the Hardwood Tepee for their last home game of the regular season, hosting 2A No. 16 Eastside (17-3) Tuesday night.

EAST NOBLE 41, WAWASEE 40
EN    5    17    6    13    –    41
W    6    3    18    13    –    40
East Noble – Ali Ali 5 2-2 13, Michael Klein 0 0-0 0, Brandon Nichols 2 2-3 8. Scooby Robinson 0 0-1 0, Kyrun Foster 1 0-0 2, Hayden Jones 0 0-0 0, Drew Devers 3 0-0 8, Michael Bender 1 8-8 10. Totals 12 12-14 41.
Wawasee – Cayden Wegener 0 3-4 3, Cam Schlabach 3 0-0 8, Tyler Smith 1 1-3 3, Jairus Boyer 3 1-3 8, Jacob Hand 1 2-4 4, Bennett Hoffert 1 0-0 3, Ryan Edington 1 0-0 3, Trevon Coleman 1 6-7 8, Tim Conley 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 13-21 40.
Three-pointers – East Noble 5 (Nichols 2, Devers 2, Ali), Wawasee 5 (Schlabach 2, Boyer, Hoffert, Edington); Fouls – East Noble 23, Wawasee 18; Fouled out –  Ali, Jones; Records – East Noble 11-9, Wawasee 5-15.
JV – Wawasee 47, East Noble 36

Wildcats Fall To Eagles
CHURUBUSCO – Nate Walpole had 28 points and Spencer Sroufe added 22 in Whitko’s 69-62 loss at Whitley County rival Churubusco Saturday night.
Whitko (13-8) wraps up its regular season with a visit to Monroeville to take on Heritage (10-8) Tuesday.