Saturday, January 20, 2001
Fort Ancient Valley Conference games
Schappell scores 34; Loveland rolls
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Junior guard Kevin Schappell scored 34 points Friday night as Loveland remained unbeaten in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference with a 72-56 victory over Goshen at Loveland.
Schappell, the fourth-leading scorer in the area, was coming off a 41-point effort in a victory over Anderson Tuesday. He's averaging 23.3 points a game following Friday's outing.
Loveland, ranked ninth in The Enquirer's Division I coaches poll, improved to 12-1 and 8-0 in the league.
Goshen senior forward Roger Drake scored 21 points. Loveland's transition offense wore out Goshen in the second half and allowed the Tigers to run up the score.
GOSHEN (56) — Drake 5 8 21, Bell 1 0 2, Blevins 1 4 6, Smith 4 0 10, Helton 1 0 3, Gulley 4 0 8, Sheppard 3 0 6. Totals: 19 12 56.
LOVELAND (72) — Manville 2 0 4, McCoy 2 0 5, Kowatsch 3 2 9, Partin 1 0 3, Beck 2 0 4, Schappell 11 9 34, Van Buskirk 3 1 7, Cripe 3 0 6. Totals: 27 12 72.
Goshen ....... 12 19 14 11—56
Loveland ....... 15 16 20 21—72
3-pointers: G-Drake 3, Smith 2, Helton 1; L-Kowatsch, McCoy, Partin, Schappell 3. Records: G 6-6 (2-5 FAVC); L 12-1 (8-0 FAVC).
• Lebanon 46, Little Miami 40 — Ty Merchant scored 10 of his game-high 18 points and Jordan Langston scored nine of his 11 points in the fourth quarter to lead Lebanon to the come-from-behind victory.
The Warriors were trailing by five points going into the fourth quarter.
LEBANON (46) — Ault 2 2 6, Amburgy 3 1 7, Ja. Langston 1 2 4, Jo. Langston 5 1 11, Merchant 6 2 18. Totals: 17 8 46.
LITTLE MIAMI (40) — Johnson 1 0 3, Albertson 3 0 6, Oakley 4 0 9, McVey 2 0 5, Morgan 2 2 7, Kaser 3 0 6, Pritchard 1 2 4. Totals: 16 4 40.
Lebanon ....... 6 8 11 21—46
Little Miami ....... 4 9 17 10—40
3-pointers: L — Merchant 4. LM — Johnson, Oakley, McVey, Morgan. Records: L 8-2 (7-1 FAVC Cardinal), LM 3-9 (2-6 (FAVC Cardinal).
• Glen Este 64, Harrison 52 — The Trojans converted 17 of 21 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off the Wildcats.
Mike Rieck and Ty Blair each made five of six from the line in the fourth quarter to preserve the victory.
Paul Volkerding led Harrison with 15 points.
GLEN ESTE (64) — Rieck 3 5 12, Blair 2 6 11, Mattei 1 1 4, Clust 1 0 2, Bryant 4 4 12, Tieke 5 6 16, Diebel 2 3 7. Totals: 18 25-35 64.
HARRISON (52) — Volkerding 5 3 15, Kist 1 0 3, Brech 1 0 3, Willis 2 2 8, Myers 1 o 2, Ludwick 4 1 9, Ruther 2 2 7, Luckey 1 1 3, McDonald 1 0 2. Totals: 18 9 52.
Glen Este ....... 13 21 11 19—64
Harrison ....... 5 19 6 22-52
3-pointers: G—Rieck, Blair, Mattei. H—Volkerding 2, Kist, Brech, Willis 2, Ruther. Records: H 6-5, 4-4 FAVC; G 6-5, 4-4 FAVC.
• Mason 63, Turpin 36 — The Comets took control early with a 13-2 first quarter.
Three Comets shared game-high scoring honors with 12 points. Brian Brunetti hit two 3-pointers on his way to a team-high eight points for the Spartans.
MASON (63) — Harmon 1 3 5, Culp 1 0 2, Decker 3 1 8, Owens 5 1 12, Hill 1 0 2, Faulkner 5 2 12, Bauer 2 0 4, Crago 1 0 2, Peters 2 0 4, Combs 5 2 12. Totals: 26 9 63.
TURPIN (36) — Brunetti 3 0 8, Hughes 1 0 2, Walters 3 0 7, Matteucci 1 0 3, Seibert 1 0 3, Maull 2 2 7, Zimmerman 2 1 5, Rheude 0 1 1. Totals: 13 4 36.
Mason ....... 13 21 18 11—63
Turpin ....... 2 10 8 16—36
3-pointers: M — Decker, Owens. T — Brunetti 2, Walters, Matteucci, Seibert, Maull. Record: M 7-5 (5-3 FAVC Buckeye), 0-12 (0-8 FAVC Buck eye).
• Ross 48, Wilmington 46 — With the game tied at 46, B.J. Overton scored the game-winning basket off a pass from Warren Sizemore. Sizemore scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half.
Ross Senior guard Justin Wilson also had a good game with 19 points and 9 rebounds.
ROSS (48) — Estes 1 1 3, McBreen 1 0 2, Hutson 2 1 6, Overton 4 0 8, Hubbard 1 0 2, Sizemore 7 7 21, Rice 3 0 6. Totals: 19 9 48.
WILMINGTON (46) — Nance 2 2 6, Harte 1 0 3, Hinman 1 0 2, Grove 2 3 7, Armstrong 2 1 5, Wilson 7 5 19, Thirey 1 0 2, Halley 1 0 2. Totals: 17 11 46.
Ross ....... 14 7 13 14—48
Wilmington ....... 8 17 10 11—46
3-pointers: R-Hutson; W-Harte. Records: R 7-5, (5-3 FAVC); W 7-5, (4-4).
• Norwood 54, Kings 40 — Jon Prues scored six of his 14 points in the first quarter to give the Indians a 19-6 lead. Jason Brinkman came off the bench and scored nine of his 11 points in the second half.
Nick Cossman scored six of his 10 points in the second quarter to lead the Knights to their first victory.
KINGS (40) — Cossman 4 1 11, Gayhart 1 0 2, S. Davis 2 0 4, Stephenson 1 0 2, C. Davis 1 0 3, Garvin 3 4 10, Walters 3 2 8. Totals: 15 7 40.
NORWOOD (54) — Cash 4 0 9, Moore 5 0 11, Brinkman 4 2 11, Murphy 1 0 2, Prues 6 2 14, Morgenroth 1 0 2, McQueen 2 1 5. Totals: 23 5 54.
Kings ....... 6 10 11 13—40
Norwood ....... 19 12 9 14—54
3-pointers: K—Cossman 2, C. Davis. N—
Cash, Moore, Brinkman. Records: K 1-10 (FAVC 1-7), N 2-10 (2-7).
• Amelia 56, Northwest 50 — Senior guard Ron Scott scored 21 of Amelia's 29 first-half points.
The senior ended the night with a game-high 32 points, 24 coming from 3-pointers.
Scott sealed the game by making all six of his fourth-quarter free throw attempts.
Amelia (56) — M. Smith 3 0 6, J. Smith 2 0 4, Scott 9 6 32, Gladwell 4 4 12, Meyer 1 0 2. Totals:19 10 56.
Northwest (50) — Parks 1 1 3, Wallace 4 0 8, Walker 1 0 2, Dulli 3 0 8, Moss 2 0 4, Kelly 6 7 19, Maxwell 3 0 6. Totals:20 8 50.
Amelia ....... 17 12 13 14—56
Northwest ....... 14 10 12 14—50
3-pointers:A— Scott 8. N— Dulli 2. Records: Northwest 1-9 (1-7 FAVC).
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