WAYNESVILLE — Wilmington’s Matthew Butcher outdueled Waynesville’s Kohl Todd and the Hurricane rallied in overtime to defeat the Spartans 75-72 Saturday night.
Wilmington is now 7-8 on the year. Waynesville is 8-9.
Neither Butcher nor Todd were expected to score 30-plus points coming in to the game. Todd did have 34 earlier in the year against Preble Shawnee but is averaging just under 18 points per game.
Butcher had a previous high of 32 against Blanchester and is averaging less than 15 points per game.
On Saturday night, though, the two were matched in a shootout with Butcher hitting for 37 and Todd scoring 34.
Butcher had at three-pointer in the waning seconds of regulation to send the game to overtime.
To have the game in an extra period was no sure thing. Wilmington trailed 39-26 at halftime.
But Wilmington ratcheted up the defensive effort in the third period and held Waynesville to nine points. The Hurricane was within three at 48-44 going to the final quarter.
Butcher’s season-high point total was just part of the “Killer Bs” effort for Wilmington. Kendal France aside, all of Wilmington’s scoring came from players with B in their name — Brady Vilvens, Kellen Baltazar, Collin Barker, Luke Blessing and Matthew Butcher.
SUMMARY
Jan 30, 2021
@Waynesville High School
Wilmington 75 Waynesville 72 OT
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WA^21^18^9^14^10^^72
(75) WILMINGTON (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Baltazar 2-0-2-6 Barker 3-0-2-8 Blessing 4-3-0-11 Butcher 13-9-2-37 France 2-0-0-4 Vilvens 4-1-0-9 Glass 0-0-0-0 Brown 0-0-0-0 Griffith 0-0-0-0 TOTALS 28-13-6-75
(72) WAYNESVILLE (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Amburgy 3-0-3-9 Bloom 1-0-0-2 Mitchell 1-1-0-3 Todd 9-5-11-34 Zebell 6-1-3-16 Lamb 0-0-0-0 Layne 1-1-3-6 Sizer 1-0-0-2 Warren 0-0-0-0 TOTALS 22-8-20-72
FIELD GOALS: WIL 28/52 (Butcher 13/19); WA 22/57 (Todd 9/17)
3 PT FIELD GOALS: WIL 13/25 (Butcher 9/15 Blessing 3/6);8/22 (Todd 5/10)
FREE THROWS: WIL 6/6; WA 20/28 (Todd 11/14)
REBOUNDS: WIL-33 (Butcher 9, France 7, Vilvens 6, Blessing 5, Barker 3, Baltazar 3); WA-36 (Zebell 12)
ASSISTS: WIL-12 (Vilvens 3 Blessing 3, Barker 2, Butcher 2); WA-16 (Bloom 6)
STEALS: WIL-8 (Butcher 3, Blessing 2); WA-7 (Mitchell 3)
BLOCKED SHOTS: WIL-3; WA-0
