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West Muskingum defeated Athens 89-62

It was close the first quarter, but then WM pulled away for a 45-30 halftime lead



West Muskingum 25 21 24 19 — 89

Athens 16 14 17 15 `— 62

WEST MUSKINGUM 89 (14-2)

Austin Brock 7 1-2 17, Wade Smith 8 0-2 17, Josh Osborn 12 4-5 28, Troy Scott 2 2-3 6, Justin Hittle 3 0-0 6, Jared Lynch 2 0-0 4, Clay Cummins 0 2-2 2, Caleb Butler 1 1-2 3, Nathan Shumate 3 0-0 6; TOTALS 38 10-16 89; 3-point goals: 3 (Aistin Brock 2, Wade Smith 1)

ATHENS 62 (1-14)

Vinnie Rider 0 0-2, Colin Pfaff 1 2-2 4, Zach Strickmaker 0 0-0 0, Jimmy Herpy 0 0-0 0, Steven Eberts 6 2-3 14, Nigel Cambridge 0 0-0 0, Anthony Sylvester 1 0-0 2, Frank Valentour 5 2-4 12, Matt Witten 6 3-3 21, Cory Butcher 2 1-1 5, Cameron Tope 2 0-0 4, TOTALS 23 10-15 62; 3-point goals: 6 (Matt Witten 6)

JV score: West Muskingum 49, Athens 22



West Muskingum - Ryan Merriweather 10

Athens - Ben McAdoo 10

Osbourne won the MVL Player of the Year award last year as a sophomore & will likely repeat this season.

Witten with 21 was a bright spot with Athens. I liked the intensity Athens came out with in the first quarter. I'd like to point out that no guard in SE Ohio has played as well as Witten over the last five or six games. He is a stud

gocubsgo wrote:Witten with 21 was a bright spot with Athens. I liked the intensity Athens came out with in the first quarter. I'd like to point out that no guard in SE Ohio has played as well as Witten over the last five or six games. He is a stud

Huh?

gocubsgo wrote:Witten with 21 was a bright spot with Athens. I liked the intensity Athens came out with in the first quarter. I'd like to point out that no guard in SE Ohio has played as well as Witten over the last five or six games. He is a stud

I don't know. You give me 5 or 6 guys who can breathe, plus a guard who is playing better than anyone in SEO, and I'll beat teams that bottom feed in the TVC.

Please don't let one foolish post by some kid open up the flood gates to the bashing of Athens. An act that doesn't need much provocation these days I might add.

The kids at Athens are working their butts off.

Spartan wrote:Please don't let one foolish post by some kid open up the flood gates to the bashing of Athens. An act that doesn't need much provocation these days I might add.

The kids at Athens are working their butts off.

spartan,

Thanks for your post. I almost responded and said something I shouldn't. . Athens has had a tough year and I am sure they are working their butt off. We will see them next Friday down in Chilly. I hear their kids really do go at it.

GO CAVS!!!

I don't mean to bash Athens. I actually think they have a bright future ahead of them, and yes, they definitely do play hard. I hope they finish strong.

I have to agree with G.W.

HUH?

To clarify, I mean no disrespect to any of the Athens kids or the Athens program. I think they are the hardest working kids I have seen this year and their Coach must do an outstanding job to keep them motivated and playing so hard.

My "huh" was for the Matt Witten comment. Gocubsgo has posted ten times to the basketball forum. Nine of those posts praise Matt Witten. I'm sure Matt works as hard as the other Athens kids but gocubsgo needs to back off a little.

Witten's scoring and Eberts' rebounding are about the only bright spots on that team. defense as a whole is horrendous. but this coach seems to really know his stuff. i think he'll pull this program out of the gutter in a quick fashion.