Austin Fancher dunks the ball on a runaway turnover. More pictures at westbendnews.net
Heritage opened a 9 point lead after 1 quarter and made it stand up as the Patriots knocked off Woodlan 51-47 in boys Allen County Athletic Conference action last week.
The Patriots opened a 13-4 advantage after 8 minutes of action and widened the margin to 27-16 at halftime.
Woodlan would rally in the third, outscoring the host Patriots 13-9 to trim the deficit to 36-29 at the end of 3 periods.
The Warriors again outscored Heritage in the fourth quarter by an 18-15 margin, but it wasn’t enough as Heritage held on for the 51-47 victory.
Patriot’s Walter Knapke puts up a shot to score for Heritage. More pictures at westbendnews.net
Sophomore Walter Knapke led the way for the Patriots with 17 points, including hitting 5 of 7 3-point attempts on the night. Junior Abe Beard and senior Rylie Schane chipped in a dozen points each for Heritage.
Junior Lamar Hudson (6), senior Malcolm Smith (2) and sophomore Cameron Mitchel (2) also scored for Heritage.
Woodlan was led by junior Aaron Hahn, who finished with 13 points, and senior Austin Fancher chipped in 10 points.
Other scorers for the visiting Warriors were sophomore Josh Gerig (9), senior Deontae Biggs (7), junior Trevon McCarter (5) and junior Micah Robbins (3).
Schane grabbed 6 rebounds for Heritage, which outrebounded the Warriors 19-17. Knapke picked up 5 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals while Beard hauled down 4 boards and dished out 5 assists. Schane also had 3 assists for the Patriots.
Hahn also topped Woodlan with 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals with Fancher recording 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. McCarter also had 3 boards for Woodlan.
Heritage connected on 20 of 34 shots (59 percent) compared to Woodlan’s 19 of 44 (43 percent). The Warriors had fewer turnovers, 9-15.
On Thursday, Woodlan posted a 63-59 victory over South Adams to improve to 10-7 overall and 4-1 in the conference.
McCarter paced the Warriors with 17 points while Hahn added 16 points and Fancher chipped in 14.
Woodlan hit 9 3-pointers on the night, led by McCarter with 3 while Hahn and Fancher connected on 2 each.
Hahn grabbed a team high 16 boards for the Warriors as well with Gerig hauling down 11 boards. Hahn and Gerig also dished out 3 assists apiece and Fancher picked up 2 steals.
Woodlan will resume action on February 14 as the Warriors visit Eastside.
