Sunday, February 20, 2000
Cincinnati boys basketball roundup
Harrison rallies to OT win
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Paul Volkerding sank a 3-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime and then hit three of four from the foul line in OT to lift Harrison to a 67-64 win over cross-border rival East Central Saturday night at Harrison.
East Central led by seven at halftime, but Harrison came back and cut the lead to three with 1:23 to play in regulation when Matt Perkins converted a four-point play.
EAST CENTRAL (64) — Gesell 5 5 16, Thiesing 9 2 20, Kirchgastner 5 6 16, Dever 3 3 9, Hoog 0 3 3. Totals: 22 19 64.
HARRISON (67) — P. Volkerding 1 3 6, Cornelius 3 3 10, Perkins 7 1 18, M. Myers 1 0 3, A. Myers 3 3 9, Luckey 1 0 2, M. Volkerding 7 0 19. Totals: 23 10 67.
East Central ....... 19 12 6 16 11—64
Harrison ....... 14 10 9 20 14—67
3-pointers: EC—Gessell. H—P. Volkerding, M. Volkerding 5, Cornelius, Perkins 3, M. Myers. Records: EC 13-4, H 9-11.
• Oak Hills 69, Lakota West 56 — Tim Oliverio scored 23 points, and Ryan Dietrich added 21 as Oak Hills upset the city's No.6-ranked team.
OAK HILLS (69) — Miller 1 0 3, Lee 1 5 7, Price 3 2 8, Proctor 1 1 3, Dietrich 7 3 21, Webb 1 0 2, Oliverio 10 3 23, Sellet 1 0 2. Totals: 25 14 69.
LAKOTA WEST (56) — Dunn 4 2 12, Chaney 1 4 7, Rehring 4 1 9, Romero 4 5 13, Hutzelman 1 2 4, Candella 0 3 3, Krauser 1 0 2, McIntosh 1 0 2, Raulin 1 0 2, Bloomfield 1 0 2. Totals: 18 17 56.
Oak Hills ....... 11 16 16 26—69
Lakota West ....... 8 14 16 18—56
Three-point field goals: O—Dietrich 4, Miller. L—Dunn 2, Chaney. Records: O 9-11, L 16-4.
• Colerain 57, Milford 46 — Junior guard Mike Ferris scored a game-high 17 points for the Cardinals, who never trailed.
MILFORD (46) — Meranda 2 0 6, Connor 1 0 3, Robertson 5 5 15, Bradley 2 0 4, Kaufman 2 0 4, Huesman 1 2 4, Strief 4 0 8, Kinder 1 0 2. Totals: 18 7 46.
COLERAIN (57) — B. Daft 1 3 6, Ferris 6 5 17, Aker 1 0 2, Finney 4 1 9, Wright 1 1 3, J. Daft 0 2 2, Lies 0 2 2, Bertram 1 0 2, McMullen 3 2 8, Monaghan 0 6 6. Totals: 17 22 57.
Milford ....... 7 10 5 24—46
Colerain ....... 11 11 9 26—57
Three-point field goals: M—Meranda 2, Connor. C—B. Daft. Records: M 12-8 (8-8 GMC), C 10-10 (7-9).
• Clermont Northeastern 68, Blanchester 30 — Jon Nash scored 19 points to lead CNE.
CNE (68) — Lafferty 3 0 7, Barringer 2 0 4, Clay 1 1 3, Shephard 3 0 6, Lloyd 5 0 11, J. Nash 7 4 19, Allen 3 0 6, Fishback 1 0 2, Holthaus 1 0 2, Ritter 2 0 4, A. Nash 1 2 4. Totals: 29 7 68.
BLANCHESTER (30) — Satchwell 0 1 1, Moore 0 3 3, Conover 2 0 5, Kasten 3 0 7, Prewitt 5 4 14. Totals: 10 8 30.
CNE ....... 18 17 20 13—68
Blan ....... 6 12 7 5—30
3-pointers: C—Lafferty, Lloyd, J. Nash. B—
Conover, Kasten. Records: C 16-4, B 0-20.
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