Hornets Drop Non-League Game To Neumann, 70-62
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | January 3, 2023 | Photo courtesy Lance Larcom/ntwsportsreport.com
Senior Cameron Brought scored a career-high 22 points, but the Wellsboro Varsity Boys Basketball team fell 70-62 to St. John Neumann for their third straight non-league loss on Monday, January 2.
"It was a battle and we're improving," head coach Steve Adams said.
The Hornets won the opening quarter, outscoring the Golden Knights 16-13. Davion Hill scored 11 of Neumann's 13 points in the opening frame, but the Wellsboro defense held him scoreless in the 2nd quarter. Neumann edged Wellsboro 15-14 in the 2nd but the Hornets still took a 30-28 lead into the halftime intermission. St. John Neumann took the lead in the third with a 21-point quarter, and backed it up with another 21-point quarter in the final eight minutes to beat Wellsboro.
Hill scored a game-high 34 points to lead St. John Neumann.
Brought recorded his 2nd straight double-double, adding 13 rebounds to his team-high 22 points. Senior Peyton McClure finished with 14 points and 5 assists, junior Hayes Campbell had a double-double of 13 points and 13 boards, junior Caden Smith added 8 points, senior Conner Adams chipped in with 3 points, 8 assists and 2 steals, and junior Ian Hoose rounded out the scoring with 2 points. Smith also added 5 assists and 5 rebounds.
Neumann shot 13-for-19 (0.684) from the foul line while the Hornets were 7-of-13 (0.538).
St. John Neumann won the JV game 25-19, dropping the Hornets to 2-3 on the season. Freshman Aaron Kirk led Wellsboro with 11 points.
The loss drops Wellsboro to 4-3 (3-0 NTL Large School Division). The Hornets resume league play on Friday, January 6 as they face off against rival North Penn-Mansfield in the Margaret (Peg) Berguson Memorial Trophy game. The series is tied at four games apiece, with the Hornets winning the last two games.
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.
