Redbirds easily handle the Bearcats

by Steve Dunford

WEST FRANKFORT – Austin Glodich Dominated both ends of the floor in the 12 minutes he played with thirteen points and seven rebounds as West Frankfort defeated Christopher 59-35 in the opening round of pool play at the West Frankfort Midwinter Classic.

Glodich rolled an ankle with two minutes and some change on the clock in the first half.  He will be ready to play in Wednesday night’s game against Carterville.

Christopher was short handed to begin with without the services of Bradley Young and Gabe Schimpf, who will return for tonight’s game against Eldorado.  Coach Eric Stallman played a 2-3 zone all night against the Redbrids which the Bearcats play man to man 99% of the time.

It might have been storming outside, but the perfect storm happened on the floor for Christopher in the first half.  Jared Curry sit most of the second quarter with two fouls.  Different ones for the Redbirds guarded Kaeleb Pedigo, and he was held scoreless.  Both teams went to the locker rooms with the score 33-18.

There were a couple back breaking threes by Noah Allen in the third quarter that sealed the deal for the Redbirds.  Coach Kevin Toney subbed freely most of the second half.

Along with Glodich’s 13 on the night Allen had 11 on the night to pace WF.  Gabriel Motsinger, a freshman making his first varsity start, led the Bearcats with 10 on the night.

The Redbirds improve to (7-8) on the season and (1-0) in their pool.  They play Carterville tomorrow night at 8:30.  The Bearcats fall to (11-5) on the season and (0-1) in pool play.  They have the unenvyous task of taking on the Eldorado Eagles, the No #6 team in the state in class 2A in the latest AP rankings.

BOX SCORE:

WEST FRANKFORT   (59)  Glodich 5 0 3-6 13; Allen 1 3 0-0 11; Hammers 3 0 0-1 6; D. Russell 1 1 0-0 5; Sturgill 2 0 0-0 4; Thrash 2 0 0-0 4; Clinton 2 0 0-0 4; Levanti 0 1 0-0 3; Wolfe 0 1 0-0 3; Riddle 0 1 0-0 3; Johnson 0 1 0-0 3; Russell 0 0 0-0 0; Powell 0 0 0-0 0; House 0 0 0-0 0; Clark 0 0 0-0 0; Croslin 0 0 0-0 0

CHRISTOPHER (35)  Motsinger 3 1 1-2 10; Pedigo 1 2 0-0 8; Curry 4 0 0-1 8; Snell 0 1 2-2 4; Sanders 0 1 1-2 3; Pratt 0 1 0-0 2; Saeger 0 0 0-0 0; Dorris 0 0 0-0 0; Hawkins 0 0 0-0 0; Dunford 0 0 0-0 0; Flowers 0 0 0-0 0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 

WEST FRANKFORT   15    18    14    12  –  59  

CHRISTOPHER              7    11      8      9  –  35