The East Webster Wolverines wasted little time jumping out to a good start in Division 2-2A play as they blasted Calhoun City 69-44 on Friday.
The Lady Wolverines weren’t as fortunate as they lost 59-48 to Calhoun City in their division opener as well.
Both teams now stand at 11-6 on the season and will have two division contests this week as they host Bruce on Tuesday and travel to Eupora on Friday.
East Webster boys 69,
Calhoun City 44
The Wolverines jumped out to a big lead and never looked back as they took a 25-point win over the Wildcats on Friday to open division 2-2A play.
East Webster jumped out to a 21-8 lead in the first period and then outscored Calhoun 13-7 in the second to lead 34-15 at the half. Calhoun outscored East 15-13 in the third to cut the lead to 47-30 going into the fourth. East finished off Calhoun in the fourth, outscoring the Wildcats 22-14 to take the win.
“I thought we played really well,” Ginn said. “They are a high-pressure team and they tried to trap up and we did a good job with that. We were able to score off that pressure. We played them straight man to man the whole game and didn’t give up any easy shots. We made them shoot it over us and did a good job of rebounding the basketball. They didn’t have a good shoot night and we did, that was the difference.”
Carrin Townsend had a big night as he led the Wolverines with 25 points. Reid Gatlin and Keevon Patterson each had 10 points apiece while Kenton Jones had nine points. Cainin Reed had eight points and Sedrick Taylor added five points.
Calhoun City girls 59,
East Webster 48
The Lady Wildcats used a big fourth period to pull away and beat the Lady Wolverines by 11 on Friday night.
Calhoun led 11-7 at the end of the first and 24-18 at the half. The Lady Wolverines fought back in the third, outscoring the Lady Wildcats 18-12 to tied the game at 36-36. Calhoun then outscored East Webster 23-12 in the fourth to take the win.
“We were actually up in the fourth and then Kadisha Bryant picked up her fourth foul,” Ginn said. “We had been able to pressure them and when she picked up her fourth, we had several with four and couldn’t pressure them. The foul trouble changed how we were able to guard them. They are a pressure them but we were able to put pressure on them and got them rattled. Once Kadasha had to sit down, they were able to regain their composure. They were able to hit their free throws down the stretch to secure the win.”
Whitney Winer led East Webster with 18 points while Bryant an Isha Patterson each had eight points apiece. Mary Grace Gregg had seven points while Mariah Bell had five points.
