Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester's varsity boys basketball team manhandled Three Rivers Conference foe Oak Hill 80-45 Friday night.
The 35-point win improves the Squires to 6-3 overall and 2-1 in the TRC, while Oak Hill falls to 8-3 and 2-1.
The Squires led by eight after the first quarter and by 15 at the break en route to the convincing win.
Barry Hicks paced Manchester with a game-high 30 points, including a 4-of-6 effort from three-point land and a 6-of-7 performance at the charity stripe. Jon Cable scored 13 for Manchester, while Joel Garber added nine.
Travis Owsley, the state's second-leading scorer, led Oak Hill with 24, finishing just 7 of 22 from the field and 6 of 12 from the charity stripe.
Manchester is in action again tonight at home against Wawasee.
MANCHESTER 80, OAK HILL 45
Oak Hill 15 12 10 8 - 45
Manchester 23 19 14 24 - 80
Oak Hill - Owsley 7 6-12 24, Laby 0 0-0 0, McCorkle 3 0-0 6, Middleworth 0 3-4 3, Boswell 2 1-1 5, Hall 1 0-0 3, Wilson 0 0-0 0, Winger 1 0-0 2, Planck 0 0-2 0, Pearson 0 0-4 0. Totals 15 10-24 45.
Manchester - Hicks 10 6-7 30, Garber 2 5-5 9, Clark 0 0-0 0, Patrick 1 3-5 6, Carandante 3 1-2 5, Egner 0 2-2 2, Mork 3 0-1 7, Brunn 1 0-0 2, Harper 2 2-2 6, Cable 5 3-5 13. Totals 27 22-29 80.
Three-point goals - Oak Hill 5 (Owsley 4, Hall 1), Manchester 7 (Hicks 4, Patrick 1, Carandante 1, Mork 1).
JV - Manchester 46, Oak Hill 37
