ECC 55, CLEARFIELD 46

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Jan. 10, 2008

Kiel Nissel had 15 points, 8 rebounds for ECC

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ST. MARYS – For the second straight game, Clearfield struggled in the first half, and this time the Bisons couldn’t overcome those struggles losing 55-46 at Elk County Catholic in D9 League play Thursday night.

ECC, the eighth ranked team in the RRR Roadhouse D9Sports.com rankings, led 17-8 at the end of the first quarter and 31-15 at halftime. Rebounding had a lot to do with the Crusaders lead, as ECC (12-2 overall, 3-2 D9 League) outrebound Clearfield, ranked seventh, 18-7 in the first half.

Clearfield (10-4, 4-2) came back a bit in the second half outscoring ECC 31-24.

Nate Higgins led all scorers with 20 points for ECC while adding seven rebounds. Kiel Nissel chipped in with 15 points and eight boards for the Crusaders, while Logan Haberberger added 10 rebounds to go with six points. Nick Wortman had 12 tallies.

Todd Hryn had eight points and eight rebounds for Clearfield, while Parker Harrington and Jarrin Campman each had 10 points.

NOTES – Clearfield shot 32.1 percent (17 of 53), while ECC shot 51.3 percent (20 of 39) … ECC continued to struggle from the free-throw line making just 10 of 21 charity shots. Clearfield was 7 of 10.

DISTRICT 9 BASKETBALL BOX SCORE

 

Date of the game:  1-10-08

Score of the game:  ECC 55  Clearfield 46  (JV:  ECC 41  Clearfield 37)

SCORE BY QUARTER

 

TEAM

1

2

3

4

OT1

OT2

F

VIS:  Clearfield

8

7

16

15

 

 

46

HOME:  Elk County Catholic

17

14

12

12

 

 

55

 

TEAM 1:   Clearfield Bisons

 

PLAYER

FG

FT

FTA

Points

3’s

Harrington

3

2

3

10

2

Ryan

0

0

0

0

 

Greenland

0

0

0

0

 

Fox

0

0

0

0

 

Campman

4

0

0

10

2

Shiner

2

2

2

7

1

Hryn

3

2

2

8

 

Kerr

2

1

1

5

 

Hipps

3

0

2

6

 

TOTALS

17

7

10

46

5

 

TEAM 2:   Elk County Catholic Crusaders

 

PLAYER

FG

FT

FTA

Points

3’s

Garner

0

0

0

0

 

Agosti

1

0

1

2

 

Wortman, N.

4

3

4

12

1

Bauer

0

0

0

0

 

Wortman, R.

0

0

1

0

 

Higgins

6

7

13

20

1

Haberberger

3

0

2

6

 

Nissel

6

0

0

15

3

TOTALS

20

10

21

55

5