The West Central Trojan boys slowly extended their lead throughout the game en route to a 62-38 road win over the Chamberlain Cubs on Friday, February 18th.
West Central built a double digit lead in the first quarter, but the Cubs cut the lead to 18-10 by the end of the quarter. The Trojans held the Cubs to just 10 points in the second quarter as well and pushed their lead to 34-20 by halftime. Chamberlain made a little run in the third quarter scoring the first five points of the half. West Central responded with an 11-0 run and led 45-25 with 2:50 to play in the quarter. Their lead was 22 points, 49-27, heading into the fourth quarter.
The Trojans shot 41% (24-58) overall from the field, 33% (10-30) on three pointers, and 4-7 from the free-throw line. Chamberlain shot just 25% (12-48) from the field, 1-11 from three-point area, and 62% (13-21) from the free-throw line.
Grafton Stroup had 16 points, six rebounds, and two steals. Mubarak Ibrahim had eight points, three rebounds, and three steals. Jacob Krempges also had eight points. Braden Herr finished with seven points and nine rebounds. Braden Dierickx and Dillon Jackson each has seven points as well.