SE SALINE 74, ELLINWOOD 48 – Ellinwood’s Britton Dutton scored 30 points, but the absence of starter Parker Scheck against a physically talented Southeast of Saline team doomed the Eagles in a 74-48 non-league basketball loss Monday.
Dutton converted 12 of 18 field goals and dished out several assists for No. 3 ranked 2A Ellinwood (17-1). Mason Moore added seven points.
The Trojans (17-1) were dominant inside with jumping-jack Eli Sawyers scoring 25 points with nine rebounds and a pair of slam dunks. Luke Gebhardt (15) and Daniel Kejr (11) scored in double figures.
Ellinwood 14 7 11 16 – 48
SE Saline 14 17 18 25 – 74
ELLINWOOD (17-1)—Dutton 12-18 5-8 30, Moore 3-6 0-0 7, Heinz 1-3 1-2 4, Brack 1-4 0-0 2, Hosman 0-1 0-0 0, Behnke 2-7 1-1 5, Totals 19-39 7-13 48
SE SALINE (17-1)—Sawyers 12-18 1-1 25, Luke Gebhardt 7-10 1-1 15, Kejr 5-8 0-0 11, Augustine 1-3 0-0 2, Morrical Palmer 2-9 0-0 4, Richardson 2-3 0-0 6, Lilley 1-2 0-0 3, Isaacson 1-3 0-0 2, Leeds 1-1 0-0 2, Allen 2-2 0-0- 4, Caselman 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 34-60 2-2 74
3-pointers—E 3-6 (Dutton 1-1, Heinz 1-2, Moore 1-3); SE 4-13 (Richardson 2-3, Lilley 1-2 Kejr 1-1, Sawyers 0-2, L. Gebhardt 0-2, Morrical Palmer 0-3). Rebounds—SE 32 (Sawyers 9). Assists—SE 21 (Augustine 5). Steals—SE 11 (Morrical-Palmer 3)
SE SALINE GIRLS 66, ELLINWOOD 30 – Southeast of Saline's Reagan Goetz (19), Lexi Jacobson (16) and Brielle Ptacek (15) sparked a dominating 66-30 non-league basketball victory over Ellinwood Monday.
Ellinwood’s Bella Baker scored 15 points and Brittany Simpson added 10 points.
Ellinwood 6 5 4 15 – 30
SE Saline 20 12 18 16 – 66
ELLINWOOD (9-9)—Baker 15, Simpson 10, Ricker 4, Keith 2
SE SALINE (16-2)—Goetz 19, Jacobson 16, Ptacek 15, Harris 6, Pearson 5, Smith 3, Caselman 2