Ellsworth boys lose season finale to B-W
Head Coach Rich Powers liked the intensity and grit displayed by his Ellsworth High School boys' basketball team against Baldwin-Woodville Friday evening. However these things could not offset the Panthers problems with turnovers along with the Blackhawks' size and their outside shooting ability. These factors tipped the game in B-W's favor in a 53-42 victory.
- Ellsworth's Alex Campbell
Head Coach Rich Powers liked the intensity and grit displayed by his Ellsworth High School boys' basketball team against Baldwin-Woodville Friday evening.
However these things could not offset the Panthers problems with turnovers along with the Blackhawks' size and their outside shooting ability. These factors tipped the game in B-W's favor in a 53-42 victory.
EHS trailed 27-20 to start the second half and were able come close to the Blackhawks trailing 27-25 in the third quarter and 36-33 and 39-35 early in the fourth. But B-W dominated the rest of the ballgame, going on a 9-0 run midway through the fourth quarter. Ellsworth never got closer than 10 points from there.
Ellsworth could not get outside shots against the ;Hawks man-to-man defense. And when Panther players did try to drive to the hoop B-W's 6-6 center Idris Aileru blocked their shots repeatedly. Aileru had six blocks in the second half alone.
Aileru fginished with 14 points. Logan Weyer led B-W, 11-11 overall and 5-9 in the Middle Border Conference with 19 points and Tanner Thompson had 11 points.
Ellsworth's top scorer was Alex Campbell with 12 points. Teammate Chrystian Kulow finished 10 points adn Nick Taranto had seven points. Kulow will finish on top of the league in scoring averaging 22 points per game.
The loss was the Panthers fifth in a row to end the regular season at 5-16 overall, 2-12 in the MBC. They've also lost eight of their last nine. The Panthers open WIAA regional tournament play at West Salem Tuesday.
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