NEW RICHMOND — With a 23-point second quarter, New Richmond broke open a cl0se game and defeated Wilmington 63-47 Friday in SBAAC American Division boys basketball.
The Hurricane ends its regular season with a 5-17 record, 2-8 in the American Division.
Mike Brown Jr. led the Hurricane in scoring before fouling out, being tagged with all five fouls coming in the fourth quarter. He had 17 points, six in the fourth.
Bryson Platt scored eight in the fourth and finished with 12 points.
In the post-season, Wilmington will meet either No. 2 seed Woodward or No. 18 seed Batavia 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at Princeton High School.
The Lions, runnersup to American champion Western Brown, finish their pre-tournament schedule at 14-8, 8-2.
The No. 9 seed Lions will meet No. 12 seed Badin 6 p.m. Feb. 17 at Princeton High School in a Division II sectional contest.
After senior night festivities, New Richmond led by two after one quarter, 13-11.
But the Lions outscored the Huricane 23-9 in the second quarter and took a commanding 36-20 lead into halftime. It was 48-30 New Richmond after three quarters.
New Richmond won the first meeting with Wilmington 71-63 at Fred Summers Court on Jan. 6.
SUMMARY
Feb 10, 2023
@New Richmond High School
New Richmodn 63, Wilmington 47
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(47) WILMINGTON (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Brown 7-0-3-17 Morales 0-0-0-0 Camp 1-0-2-4 Platt 5-1-1-12 Lazic 1-0-0-2 Custis 1-0-0-2 Rickman 2-0-2-6 Fickert 2-0-0-4 TOTALS 19-1-8/16-47
(63) NEW RICHMOND (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Iker 4-2-1-11 Wilson 1-0-4-6 Tidball 5-0-1-11 Ast 3-1-0-7 Skaggs 1-0-1-3 Utter 5-0-0-10 Stephen 0-0-2-2 Hess 0-0-0-0 Wolf 0-0-0-0 Abbott 4-2-1-11 Stoffel 0-0-2-2 TOTALS 23-5-12/20-63
