STRUTHERS Fuline: 'A win is a win'
Struthers and Campbell combined for many mistakes.
By PAUL TRGOVAC
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
STRUTHERS -- One word describes the game between Friday's Campbell and Struthers high basketball teams -- ugly.
The two teams combined for 57 turnovers -- 28 by the Wildcats -- and Campbell managed to connect on just 13 of 62 field goal attempts (21 percent), as Struthers won, 57-33.
"A win is a win, but what a terrible, sloppy game," Struthers coach Joe Fuline said.
The Wildcats (4-3) were 19 of 43 from the field (44 percent), and were paced by Nick Leiter with 12 points, four assists and five steals.
Jim Franceschelli added 10 markers for Struthers.
Poor shooting: Anthony Wright paced Campbell with 10 points on five of 12 shooting from the field.
The rest of the team was eight of 50 (16 percent) as the Devils slip to 2-5.
Campbell led the game 4-0 before Struthers rallied to take a 8-6 lead after the first period.
The Wildcats led 23-17 at halftime as each team had 16 turnovers in the first sixteen minutes.
The third quarter proved to be the Devils' downfall as Campbell managed to score just five points in the period on 2 of 14 shooting.
Campbell won the boards 48-37 with Mike Hardin grabbing eight to pace the Red Devils.
A.J. Aldish had a game-high 10 for Struthers.
"In my 10 years of coaching that was the worst game that I have ever seen," Campbell coach Bob Fick said.
Niles 57, Lakeview 53: NILES -- The unbeaten Red Dragons rallied in the second half to trim Lakeview in a non-league game.
Bill Sullivan sparked the Red Dragons (5-0) with 16 points. David Soda chipped in with 10.
Kevin Rigby led the Bulldogs with 19 points. Matt Nero added 13.
North Canton Hoover 50, Canfield 45: CANFIELD -- Canfield (3-3) fell behind 38-32 by the end of the third quarter and couldn't recover.
North Canton Hoover (4-2) was sparked by Tim Reynolds with 10 points. The Vikings had a 30-18 rebounding advantage.
Chase Booms led the Cardinals with 16 points. Jared Kirkpatrick chipped in with 15 and had five assists.