November 5, 2024

Westlake Towers Over North Olmsted in 75-53 Victory

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Westlake has half a dozen players six feet and taller in their rotation, and they’re all talented and complete ballplayers who helped the Demons defeat the Eagles at North Olmsted tonight, 75-53.  The game was close late into the second quarter as the Eagles actually led 25-23 before 21 straight Demons points over two quarters put the game out of reach in a hurry.

The Demons were led by their twin towers of Evan Hargett with 18 and Derek Occhipinti with 16 while Jackson Moore had 12 from deep and Andrew Wallenhorst with 7 off the bench.  Also scoring for the Demons was Ryan Turk with 6 while Jason Geagea had 5 and Sam Brucchieri with 4.  Finishing the scoring for the Demons was Graham Coleman with 3 while Hayden Purdy and Owen Reitenbach each had 2.

It was Senior Night for the Eagles and their senior tonight, Nick Tepper, finished with 8 as did junior Dylan Susan.  The hot hand tonight for the Eagles was Austin Limpert with 11, including 9 of those points from deep in the first half. Tyler Zatta picked up 8 as did Matthew Bloomfield while Juelz Santiago put in 6.  Both Donovan Martin and Jake Perkins each had 2.

The first quarter began slow as it was only 7-7 with 2 minutes left to play in it. That was when Austin Limpert hit his first big three of the night, to hand the Eagles a 10-7 lead.  From there however, the Demons scored 4 straight from Wallenhorst and Bucchieri. It was over yet though, as Susan took a fast break from coast to coast to hand the Eagles a 12-11 lead after one.  That quarter alone saw 4 lead changes.

The second quarter was one of runs, as the Demons opened it up with a commanding 8-0 run to get the 19-12 lead before it was stopped with a Susan 3 ball.  It was then that the Eagles came storming back a few minutes later when Limpert wrapped two more three balls around a Saintiago layup that handed the Eagles a 25-23 lead before the 6-0 Demon run to end it.  This gave the Demons a 29-25 lead at the break, that they never looked back on.

The 15-0 run to start the quarter, earning the Demons a 44-25 lead, pretty much put the game away for good.  By the time the third quarter was over, it was 55-34 Demons as they outscored the Eagles 26-9 in that 8-minute stretch.  Occhipinti outscored the Eagles on his own with 12 in the paint during that run.

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Vince McKee

Vince is the Owner of KEE On Sports Media Group. A company built on the very best in sports coverage and broadcasts of High School Sports, Boxing, NPSL Soccer, and everything the sports fans of Northeast Ohio want to know about. He is the play by play man for Ohio Boxing, as well as Cleveland SC of the NPSL. Vince is also a 12x published author who has interviewed everyone from Jim Thome & Austin Carr to Bill Belichick and Frankie Edgar.

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