Saturday, February 17, 2001
Cincinnati Hills League games
Finneytown senior guard Zac Busam scored 33 points - including 17 of 18 free throws — in a 76-74 victory over Wyoming.
Busam is a 73-percent free throw shooter this season.
Wyoming hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final 20 seconds to give itself a chance for a game-winning shot at the buzzer. Busam missed his only foul shot of the game with 4.2 seconds left, giving the Cowboys the ball, but Wyoming's John Gale missed a running 3-point attempt as the game ended.
Ryne McCormick scored 17 points for Finneytown, which made 28 of its 40 foul shots.
Gale and Jeff Davis scored 16 points each to lead Wyoming, which converted on 20 of its 25 free throws.
FINNEYTOWN (76) - Reichle 2 3 7, Hawkins 3 2 8, Busam 8 17 33, Lambert 0 1 1, Partridge 3 2 8, R. Smith 1 0 2, McCormick 7 3 17. Totals: 24 28 76.
WYOMING (74) - Davis 5 2 16, Gale 3 8 16, Dantzler 2 0 4, Clark 3 5 11, Henthorn 2 0 4, Tollett 1 4 6, Buening 1 1 3, Bruck 3 0 8, Weybright 2 2 6. Totals: 24 20 74.
Finneytown ....... 17 13 22 24 - 76
Wyoming ....... 13 19 20 22 - 74
3-point goals: W - Davis 4, Gale 2, Bruck 2. Records: F 11-9 (8-6 CHL), W 6-14 (3-11 CHL).
• Mariemont 56, Deer Park 41 — Senior Geoff Gray scored 14 points and senior Reid Clasen added 12 for the Warriors, who are ranked No.7 in The Enquirer's Divisions II-IV coaches poll.
Junior guard Cory Burke led Deer Park with 12 points.
MARIEMONT (56) — Wilson 1 0 3, Gray 3 7 14, Clasen 4 4 12, Fisher 2 4 9, Wiessman 2 3 7, Landes 2 6 11. Totals: 14 24 56.
DEER PARK (41) — Burke 3 4 12, Dennis 1 0 2, Hickey 3 2 10, McCulley 1 0 2, Rovekamp 2 2 6, Smith 1 0 3, Wietmarchen 1 0 2, Drew 1 0 2, Rutherford 1 0 2. Totals: 14 8 41.
Mariemont ....... 14 12 6 24—56
Deer Park ....... 11 10 10 10—41
3-pointers: M- Wilson, Gray, Fisher, Landes; D- Burke 2, Hickey 2, Smith. Records: M 16-4 (11-3 CHL);D 4-16 (1-13 CHl).
• Indian Hill 63, Taylor 51 — Senior Grady Rogers scored 15 of his team-high 19 points in the first half, including 10 in the second quarter, for the Braves.
Rogers and Andrew DeBord teamed to score 22 first-half points for Indian Hill. Sophomore Ollie Kendall added 17 points for the Braves.
Tim Kroeger scored a game-high 21 points for Taylor.
TAYLOR (51) — Richmond 1 0 3, Hoffman 2 2 6, Morelein 1 0 2, Kroeger 6 5 21, Thinnes 4 0 8, Montague 4 1 11. Totals: 18 8 51.
INDIAN HILL (63) — DeBord 3 3 10, Rogers 7 5 19, O'Reilly 2 0 4, Slattery 0 5 5, Haarman 2 1 5, Sweeney 0 3 3, Kendall 7 1 17. Totals: 21 18 63.
Taylor ....... 9 11 13 18—51
Indian Hill ....... 10 24 10 19—63
3-pointers: T — Kroeger 4, Montague 2, Richmond. I — Kendall 2, DeBord. Records: T 7-13 (4-10 CHL), I 9-11 (6-8 CHL).
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