ST. MARYS 80, BROOKVILLE 63

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Jan. 23, 2009

ST. MARYS – Brett Quiggle poured in 32 points Friday night, his second straight game over the 30-point plateau, to lift St. Marys to an 80-63 win over Brookville in a D9 League contest at the “Dutch Oven” in St. Marys.

Quiggle hit all seven of his 2-point field goal attempts, made four 3-pointers and was 6 of 7 from the free-throw line.  Once again Levi Welder also put up big numbers with 25 points hitting four from behind the arc and grabbing 13 rebounds.  Matt Guido also had a double-double with 15 points and 10 assists.

Brookville, 3-11 overall and 0-8 in D9 League, gave St. Marys all it could handle in the first half.  The young Blue Raiders led 21-18 after one quarter of play and went into the locker room at halftime with the score tied at 36.  Junior Chad Brocious continued his strong play of late, scoring 13 first-half points on his way to a team-high 21.  Dan Ion also hit double figures in the first half for Brookville, tallying 10 points before finishing with 12.

In the second half, though, the experience of senior leadership showed for St. Marys.  Quiggle and Welder scored 17 and 15 second-half points respectively, as the Dutch continued their recent scoring surge outscoring the Blue Raiders 44-27 in the half. 

St. Marys, 10-5 overall and 5-3 in D9 League, sealed the victory at the free throw line in the fourth quarter hitting 13 of 14.

Brookville returns to action next Wednesday when they host the Punxsutawney Chucks. St. Marys hits the road in D9 next week, traveling to Bradford on Wednesday to take on the Owls and then to Dubois Friday night to play the Beavers.

Game notes:  Welder is closing in on becoming the 8^th Dutchmen to reach 1000 points for his career.  He currently has 966 … Quiggle, who has now gone over 30 points three times in his career, is the first Dutchmen since Louis Pisani in January 2007  to score over 30 points in a game twice in the same month. Pisani went over twice that month after going over 30 five times in December 2006. Pisani also topped 30 points three times in January 2006 and did it 12 times in his career. Lopaka Hoohuli also topped 30 twice in January 2003 on his way to scoring 30 or more points four times in his career … The Dutch topped 80 points in consecutive games for the first time this season.

ST. MARYS 80, BROOKVILLE 63

Scoring by quarters:

                                    1          2          3          4          T

Brookville                   21        15        12        15        63

St. Marys                     18        18        20        24        80

Brookville – 63

Baughman 1-0-0-3, Ion 5-0-0-12, McCormack 1-1-2-3, Heinrich 3-0-0-6, Zimmerman 2-0-0-0-4, Lyle 3-0-0-7, Brocious 7-6-6-21, Heschke 4-1-2-9, Dennison 0-0-0-0. Totals 26 8-10 63.

St. Marys – 80

Guido 5-5-6-15, B. Quiggle 11-6-7-32, Welder 8-5-8-25, Mulcahy 0-1-2-1, Petrocchi 1-1-2-3, J. Quiggle 0-0-0-0, Simchick 1-0-0-2, Cogan 0-0-0-0, Shuttleworth 0-2-2-2, Hoy 0-0-0-0, Zimmett 0-0-0-0. Totals 18-8-20-27-80.

Three Pointers – Brookville 5 (Ion 2, Lyle, Baughman, Brocious)

                           St. Marys 9 (B. Quiggle 4, Welder 5)