Panthers beat Circle 53-37
BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
EL DORADO – Great Bend reserves Luke Wondra and Korbin Widiger sparked the Panthers past Circle 53-37 in Friday’s Bluestem Classic basketball consolation game.
Wondra scored a career high 10 points and Widiger sparked a second-half rally with five consecutive fast-break points for a 30-27 lead. The Panthers trailed 27-25 after building an early 10-point lead.
“Korbin Widiger gave us a shot in the arm,” said Great Bend coach Tim Brooks. “We were able to bounce back and play solid. We regrouped.”
Sam Ryan and Wondra each converted a pair of 3-pointers and Bryce Brown, Peyton Duvall and Alex Schremmer each made one 3-pointer.
“We had different guys knocking down 3s,” Brooks said. “They stayed defensively with Schremmer and they had confidence to knock them down.”
Schremmer helped the Panthers outscore the Thunderbirds 28-10 after trailing, thanks to a pair of technical fouls on Circle’s Eric Hollinger and Jude Warren for arguing officiating calls.
Schremmer fed Duvall for a 3-pointer. He added two free throws off a technical and made a 3-pointer on Trent Stueder’s assist. Stueder’s basket made it 40-28.
Schremmer scored 10 points. Circle’s Gunner Hutson and Matt Hromek each scored nine points.
Great Bend 17 8 8 20 – 53
Circle 10 8 10 8 – 37
GREAT BEND (3-9)—Wondra 3-3 2-3 10, Schremmer 1-4 7-10 10, Stueder 3-5 1-2 7, Sam Ryan 2-3 0-0 6, Widiger 2-4 1-2 5, Duvall 1-4 2-3 5, Blessing 0-3 1-2 1, Miller 0-3 0-2 1, Kuhlman 0-1 0-0 0, Brown 1-1 0-0 3, Olivas 0-1 0-2 0, Totals 16-38 14-26 53
CIRCLE (5-6)— Hutson 3 3-4 9, Hromek 3 0-0 9, Warren 3 2-4 8, Jacobson 2 1-2 5, Allison 0 2-2 2, Chaplin 1 0-1 2, Hollinger 1 0-0 2, Totals 13 8-13 37
3-pointers—GB 7-14 (Ryan 2-2, Wondra 2-2, Brown 1-1, Duvall 1-3, Schremmer 1-4, Olivas 0-1). Technicals—Circle—Hollinger, Warren
