Winamac beats Boone Grove, allows fewest points in game since 2011

Malchow scores game-high 18

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Winamac 40, Boone Grove 16 (Tuesday): Will Malchow scored 12 of his game-high 18 points in the second half, and Ethan Burgess added eight for Winamac in a home win over Boone Grove Tuesday.

Justin Potthoff scored all six of his points in the second half.

Winamac led 14-9 at halftime and bumped the lead to 26-11 after three quarters.

Salvador Montes led the Wolves with seven points.

Winamac improved to 11-2. Boone Grove fell to 7-4.

Winamac is third in the state with their 34.7 defensive scoring average.

This marked the fewest points Winamac has allowed since a 51-16 win over North White on Feb. 10, 2011.

BOONE GROVE (16) (7-4)

Oszust 0 0-0 0, C. Kinsey 1 0-0 3, Maier 0 0-0 0, Niemand 0 0-0 0, Doe 1 0-0 2, Fry 0 0-0 0, O’Shaughnessy 1 0-0 2, Montes 3 1-2 7, Taylor 1 0-0 2, L. Kinsey 0 0-0 0, Zoumis 0 0-0 0, Coover 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 7 1-2 16

WINAMAC (40) (11-2)

Jaybin Hines 1 0-0 2, Will Malchow 8 2-3 18, Justin Potthoff 3 0-0 6, Ethan Burgess 4 0-0 8, Parker Zeider 2 0-0 4, Kannon Hoover 0 0-0 0, Sean Stark 1 0-0 2, Hutch Martin 0 0-0 0, Evan Burgess 0 0-2 0, Johnathan Kletz 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 19 2-5 40

Three-point field goals:

Boone Grove 1 (C. Kinsey),

Winamac 0

Total fouls: Boone Grove 6, Winamac 5

Score by quarters

Boone Grove 2 7 2 5 – 16

Winamac 12 2 12 14 – 40