WILMINGTON – Jarron Cumberland’s 39-point, eight-rebound effort led Wilmington past Middletown 85-57 in the Play by Play Classic Saturday at Fred Summers Court.
Jeff Mansfield came off the Wilmington bench to score 12 points and grab six rebounds.
Jimmy Ratliff led Middletown (8-10) with 19 points. Cliff Snow joined him in double-figures with 12.
Cumberland and Ratliff won their team’s respective most valuable player honors.
The Middies never really posed any threat to the Hurricane (17-1), ranked sixth in the state in the latest Associated Press Division I poll.
Middletown was down 10-0 three minutes into the game and 35-15 with three minutes left in the first half after another 10-0 Wilmington spurt. A 13-3 flurry spanning two minutes late in the final period gave Wilmington its largest lead, 83-53.
Wilmington scored 20 points off 22 Middletown turnovers. The Hurricane only committed five turnovers. It dominated the paint 60-20.
Before the game, Wilmington announced Cumberland eclipsed the 2,000-point mark in Friday’s game versus Hillsboro.
There were two other Play by Play Classic games at Fred Summers Court Saturday. Stivers defeated Kings 57-45. Huber Heights Wayne, Ohio’s top-ranked Division I team, outlasted Massillon Jackson 65-58.
SUMMARY
Jan 30 2016
@Fred Summers Court
Wilmington 85 Middletown 57
(57) MIDDLETOWN (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Ratliff 7-2-3-19 Bailey 2-0-4-8 Snow 2-1-7-12 Johnson 1-0-2-4 Williams 0-0-1-1 Rutledge 3-1-1-8 Edwards 2-0-1-5 Peters 0-0-0-0. TOTALS 17-4-19-57
(85) WILMINGTON (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Stewart 4-1-0-9 Miller 2-0-0-4 Beaugard 4-0-1-9 Cumberland 14-0-11-39 Wolary 4-0-0-8 Morris 0-0-2-2 Smith 1-0-0-2 Mansfield 5-0-2-12. TOTALS 34-1-16-85
FIELD GOALS: M 17-46 (Ratliff 7-16); W 34-73 (Cumberland 14-26 Wolary 4-5 Mansfield 5-8)
3 PT FIELD GOALS: M 4-14 (Ratliff 2-7); W 1-10 (Stewart 1-5)
FREE THROWS: M 19-24 (Snow 7-8 Bailey 4-5); W 16-19 (Cumberland 11-12, Mansfield 2-3)
REBOUNDS: M-31 (Ratliff 5 Edwards 5 Snow 5); W-39 (Cumberland 8 Stewart 6 Miller 6 Mansfield 6 Wolary 5 Beaugard 5)
ASSISTS: M-4 (Johnson 2); W-11 (Stewart 5 Beaugard 3 Cumberland 2 Mansfield 1)
STEALS: M-4 (Ratliff 2); W-10 (Beaugard 4 Cumberland 3 Stewart 2 Wolary 1)
BLOCKED SHOTS: M-4 (Bailey 2); W-3 (Miller 1 Cumberland 1 Wolary 1)
TURNOVERS: M-22 W-5
