LEES CREEK – East Clinton stayed stride for stride with Wilmington for 8 minutes, but it was the next 16 when things got ugly.
The Hurricane outscored the Astros 45-7 in the middle 2 periods, holding EC without a field goal for an 8-minute stretch, to roll to a 66-31 South Central Ohio League victory Friday in a jam-packed EC gym.
University of Cincinnati-signee Jarron Cumberland, who left the game for good early in the fourth quarter, led all scorers with 20 points. He also had 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and a blocked shot.
Teammates Chris Wolary and Dylan Beaugard joined Cumberland in double figures with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Wolary also had 7 rebounds.
Wyatt Floyd led the Astros (2-4, 0-3) with 13 points.
The Hurricane (5-0, 4-0) led the entire night, but had the Astros nipping at its heels in the first quarter. Wilmington darted to an early 7-2 lead. Cole Jenkins’ three made it 7-5 and his backdoor pass to Johnny Blair, who converted the easy layup, made it 11-9. Floyd’s 3 just before the end of the opening period made it 13-12.
Then the flood gates opened.
Wolary and Cumberland combined for 10 straight points to put Wilmington up 27-14. Nick Morris, Beaugard, Matt Creditt and Wolary teamed to score the last 10 points of half to set the Hurricane advantage at 39-15 at the break.
Eight straight Wilmington points put the Hurricane up 49-19 midway through the third quarter.
The Hurricane cushion reached 40 early in the final period. Its largest lead, 43 points, came moments later.
East Clinton is coached by long-time Hurricane assistant coach Tony Berlin, who also is a WHS graduate.
SUMMARY
Dec 11, 2015
@East Clinton High School
Wilmington 66 East Clinton 31
WL 13.26.19.08…..66
EC 12.03.04.12…..31
(66) WILMINGTON (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Creditt 3-1-0-7 Morris 4-0-1-9 Beaugard 6-0-0-12 Wolary 5-1-2-13 Jar Cumberland 8-0-4-20 Mansfield 1-0-2-4 Griffith 0-0-1-1 Wright 0-0-0-0 Smith 0-0-0-0. TOTALS 27-2-10-66
(31) EAST CLINTON (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Floyd 4-1-4-13 Jenkins 3-2-0-8 McCarren 0-0-1-1 DJ Luttrell 0-0-0-0 Barnes 0-0-0-0 Blair 1-0-1-3 Vadnais 1-0-0-2 Irvin 1-0-0-2 Campbell 0-0-1-1 Conner 0-0-1-1 Moskal 0-0-0-0 P. Luttrell 0-0-0-0 Mercer 0-0-0-0 Pence 0-0-0-0. TOTALS 10-3-8-31
FIELD GOALS: W 27-51 (Beaugard 6-9, Wolary 5-8, Morris 4-7, Creditt 3-5, Cumberland 8-18) EC 10-26 (Floyd 4-8, Jenkins 3-4)
3 PT FIELD GOALS: W 2-10 (Creditt 1-2, Wolary 1-3) EC 3-8 (Jenkins 2-3)
FREE THROWS: W 10-16 (Cumberland 4-6, Wolary 2-3, Mansfield 2-2) EC 8-14 (Floyd 4-6)
REBOUNDS: W-27 (Cumberland 7, Wolary 7, Mansfield 4, Wright 2, Beaugard 2) EC-21 (Floyd 5, Barnes 4, Irvin 2, Moskal 2, P. Luttrell 2)
ASSISTS: W-11 (Cumberland 5, Beaugard 3, Creditt 2) EC-5 (Jenkins 2)
STEALS: W-9 (Cumberland 3, Wolary 2, Creditt 2) EC-1
BLOCKED SHOTS: W-3, EC-1
TURNOVERS: W-8, EC-25
