FELICITY — Unable to sustain a late third quarter outburst, Blanchester dropped its SBAAC National Division opener to Felicity Friday night, 68-58.
The Wildcats are 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the National Division.
Felicity, after losses to Fayetteville and Whiteoak, is now 1-2, 1-0.
Evan Malott led Blanchester with 13 points.
Jansen Wymer and Kaden Cromer scored 10 points each as BHS featured a balanced offensive attack.
Bryce Sipples scored all six of his points in the first quarter as Blanchester tried to keep pace. Wymer followed with eight of his 10 in the second period and the Wildcats were within 37-34 at halftime.
Blanchester trailed 45-36 late in the third before finishing on a 9-2 run to close with 47-45.
However in the final period, Blanchester was unable to keep the momentum as the Cardinals steadily pulled away. Seven Felicity player scored in the last quarter with Jace Blackburn netting seven of his 14 in the fourth.
Ian Hiler led Felicity with 17 points.
SUMMARY
Dec 2, 2022
@Felicity-Franklin High School
Felicity 68, Blanchester 58
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(58) BLANCHESTER (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Sipple 3-0-0-6 West 3-0-2-8 Wymer 4-2-0-10 Cromer 4-0-2-10 Malott 3-3-4-13 Tangonan 1-0-0-2 Creager 0-0-0-0 Taylor 2-0-1-5 Wood 2-0-0-4 Estep 0-0-0-0 TOTALS 22-5-9/13-58
(68) FELICITY (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Marlow 1-0-3-5 Hiler 6-2-3-17 Ninichuck 2-0-0-4 Arthur 5-2-1-13 Blackburn 5-0-4-14 Sponcil 2-2-0-6 Blevins 4-1-0-9 Hutson 0-0-0-0 Oakley 0-0-0-0 Forbes 0-0-0-0 TOTALS 25-7-11/21-68
