Hornets run past Wyalusing, 60-32
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | January 5, 2019 | Photo courtesy Dr. Robert Bair
The Wellsboro Varsity Boys Basketball team scored their first NTL Large School Division win by topping Wyalusing 60-32 on Friday, January 4.
Senior Brandyn Tuttle dominated the first quarter scoring 14 of the Hornets' 19 points. Wellsboro held the Rams to 9 points in the first 8 minutes, but Wyalusing would start hitting some shots to close the gap on Wellsboro. Wellsboro managed to outscore the Wyalusing 17-14 in the quarter and held a 13-point, 36-23 lead at halftime.
The second half, however, was a completely different story. Wellsboro went on an 18-7 run as the second half started and limited the Rams to just 9 points the entire second half to pick up their seventh win in a row.
Tuttle led all scorers with 22 points, and also pulled down 12 rebounds with 2 assists and 2 steals. Senior Hunter Brown scored a career-high 14 points and was 1 rebound shy of a double-double with 9. Senior Andrew Brelo scored 10 points, sophomore Joseph Grab finished with 9, senior Tanner Button added 3, and senior Holden Kennedy added 2 points.
Grab added 5 assists to his point total, Button added 4 assists and 4 steals, Kennedy had 3 assists and 3 steals, and Brelo had 7 steals, 3 assists, and 3 rebounds.
Wellsboro started out the night with a 51-37 win in the JV game to improve to 4-3. Freshman Liam Manning led Wellsboro with 16 points.
The win improves the Hornets' record to 7-2 (5-0 NTL Large School Division). The team will be back in action on Wednesday, January 9 on the road in Sayre.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
