Prep boys basketball roundup - Week 11

This roundup is for games played between Feb. 2-8.

Genoa (17-0, 10-0 NBC) remained undefeated and put a clamp on the race for a league title behind victories over Oak Harbor (79-52) and Lake (76-38).

Walter Plantz paced the Comets against Oak Harbor with a game-best 21 points. Ty Asman added 17 points, while Myles Mollenhauer contributed 14. Jacob Woollard and Ryan Routson nearly reached double figures with eight.

Down 13-7 after one quarter, Genoa outscored Lake 69-25 over the duration of the contest. Plantz and Routson contributed 16 points apiece, while Asman (14) and Mollenhauer (11) totaled 25 combined. Jax Magnone (8) and Woollard (7) combined for 15, as well.

Gibsonburg (16-2, 10-1 SBC) produced victories over Northwood (89-52) and Ottawa Hills (72-59) to run its winning streak to 15 straight.

A triple-double from Reece Walby (13 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, three steals) highlighted the victory over Northwood. Hunter Wasserman and Luke Foster each had a game-high 18 points, while Aiden Morant had 17 points, a game-best seven steals, four assists, and three rebounds. Chuy Rodriguez added eight rebounds and seven points, while Xander Zimmerman had five points and three rebounds.

Another big outing from Walby took place against Ottawa Hills as the guard tallied a game-high 26 points along with six rebounds, six assists, and two steals. Morant pitched in 19 points, five assists, and three steals, while Wasserman had 12 points, 13 rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Foster finished fourth in scoring with seven, while Rodriguez had eight rebounds.

Lake (14-3, 7-3 NBC) split a pair of league games, earning a hard-fought win over Otsego (54-43) before falling to Genoa (76-38).

Carter Behlmer poured in a team-best 18 points in the win over Otsego, while Jace Ayers (10), Xavier Scott (9), Preston Snyder (9), and Jack Sobczak (8) also contributed to the scoring column.

Sobczak had a team-best 11 points against Genoa, while Behlmer had eight. Snyder and Ayers each added six.

Clay (14-4, 9-2 NLL) had a busy week, defeating Springfield (71-58), Fremont Ross (61-45), and Sandusky Perkins (53-50 in OT), while falling to Central Catholic (67-41).

Grant Oberdick poured in a game-best 21 points against Springfield, while Quimari Buffaloe (14) and Aiden Berryman (12) combined for 26.

Oberdick had another big game with 25 points against Central Catholic. Liam Cody added five points, while Berryman, Max Morrison, and Carson Vincent added three apiece.

Oberdick registered 19 points against Fremont Ross, while Cody (12), Vincent (12), and Morrison (10) also reached double figures.

Oberdick finished off a huge week with 21 points in the overtime win over Perkins. He had 11 points in the fourth quarter and overtime alone. Vincent added 18 points, while Cody (6) and Morrison (5) combined for 11.

Cardinal Stritch (10-9, 5-2 TAAC) defeated Emmanuel Christian (71-37) in its lone game of the week. They have now won seven of the past nine games.

Dennis Clark led the Cardinals with a game-high 21 points, while King Wilson Jr. (16), Erick Graham (14), and Xavier Blackman (10) also reached double figures. Rasean Gordon also had six points.

Eastwood (11-6, 6-4 NBC) opened the week with a loss to Maumee (68-62), but responded with victories over Fostoria (78-40) and Ottawa Hills (79-68).

Despite the loss, Brayden Luidhardt poured in a game-high 23 points for Eastwood against Maumee. Cam Schumaker (12) and Logan Miesmer (11) added 23 combined, while Drew Luidhardt (9), Max Chaffee (4), and Ben Buehler (3) rounded out the scoring.

Schumaker poured in a game-best 29 points against Fostoria, which also featured 12 from Brayden Luidhardt and 11 more from Buehler. Miesmer (8), Chaffee (7), and Drew Luidhardt (5) also had at least five points apiece.

In the win over Fostoria, Schumaker went 12-of-14 from the field for a game-high 28 points while adding five steals, three rebounds, and two assists. Drew Luidhardt added 20 points, six assists, five steals, and three rebounds while shooting 4-of-8 from long distance. Brayden Luidhardt flirted with a quadruple-double with 17 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists, eight rebounds, and two steals.

Woodmore (8-10, 6-5 SBC) split a pair of games, defeating SJCC (73-42) before falling to New Riegel (42-30).

A big second half saw Woodmore outscore SJCC 39-14 as Carson Slates poured in a game-high 36 points, which included six 3-pointers. Collin Perkins added 10 points as the Wildcats scored 27 points from long distance.

Slates totaled 13 points as the lone double-digit scorer for Woodmore in the loss to New Riegel, which outscored Woodmore 11-4 in the second quarter to seize momentum.

Oak Harbor (7-11, 4-7 NBC) dropped a pair of league contests to Genoa (79-52) and Maumee (49-39).

 Brayden Ayres registered a team-high 19 points against Genoa, while Zach Hallett added 10. The group of Carson Steinbrick (8), Braxtin Witt (8), Zayne Brooks (5), and Alex Rife (2) rounded out the scoring.

Ayres (17) and Hallett (10) combined for 27 against Maumee, while Witt added five.

Northwood (3-16, 2-10 SBC) went 1-2 during the week, falling to Gibsonburg (89-52) and Tiffin Calvert (56-17) before defeating SJCC (54-49). Stats weren’t reported.

Waite (1-16, 0-6 City League) dropped a pair of games to Bowsher (73-68) and Tiffin Columbian (73-42). Stats weren’t reported.