Indians upend Ben Logan

Created on Friday, 11 January 2013 Written by THE BELLEFONTAINE EXAMINER STAFF

Mechanicsburg’s girls basketball team pulled away from host Benjamin Logan in the fourth quarter Thursday to grab a 62-56 non-league victory.

The Indians are now 10-1 on the season and the Raiders drop to 9-6.

M’burg held a 15-13 edge after the opening quarter and outscored Ben Logan 14-10 in the second quarter. That gave the Indians a 29-23 lead at halftime.

The Raiders battled back in the third quarter to outscore the Indians 19-11. That put Ben Logan in front with a 42-40 lead.

Mechanicsburg rallied to regain control in the fourth quarter, outscoring the hosts 22-14.

Ciarra Wirick led the Raiders’ efforts with a double-double. She scored 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. She also had three steals. Jessica Yoder led the team in scoring with 29 points, including five three-pointers.

In junior varsity action, Ben Logan rolled to a 36-19 win over M’burg. Shelby Kramer led the Raiders with seven points.

Ben Logan hosts Greenon on Saturday in a Central Buckeye Conference Mad River division contest.

MECHANICSBURG 62, BEN LOGAN 56

MECHANICSBURG (10-1)

Cochran 4 4-4 13; Romero 3 6-8 12; B. Dodane 3 6-6 14; J. Dodane 7 2-2 17; Hox 3 0-1 6. Totals: 20 18-21 62.

BEN LOGAN (9-6)

Yoder 10 4-5 29; Johnson 1 0-0 3; Rumney 0 2-2 2; Wirick 9 0-2 20; Quay 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 6-9 56.

Indians    15    14    11    22  — 62

Raiders    13    10    19    14    —    56

Three pointers: Mechanicsburg 4 (B. Dodane 2, J. Dodane, Cochran); Ben Logan 8 (Yoder 5, Wirick 2, Johnson 1) . Rebounds: Ben Logan 29 (Wirick 10). Assists: Ben Logan 10 (Rumney 3, Henman 3). Steals: Ben Logan 9 (Yoder 3, Wirick 3). Turnovers: Ben Logan 18.

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