Ellwood blows big lead, falls
Freedom (66) Vs. Ellwood City (53)
Jan 31, 2013
The Wolverines blew a 15-point halftime lead in a nonsection loss at Freedom last night.

“We played well in the first half,” first-year Ellwood City coach Anthony Ovial said. “I thought Matt Young shot the ball very well in the first.”

Young nailed a career-high five 3-pointers in the first half and finished with 15 points. After holding Freedom to 17 first-half points, the Wolverines surrendered 49 in the second half.

“I think Young’s effort really disguised our performance on the glass in the first half,” Ovial said. “It was four quarters of watching them beat us up on the glass. In the second half, it started to weigh on us.”

Nick Aloi paced Ellwood City with 27 points, including 11 of 12 from the free-throw line. The guard has scored at least 20 points in his last three games.

“He did a nice job getting to the line and getting buckets for us,” Ovial said. “Offensively, we had no real issues. We couldn’t secure stops defensively. It’s tough when that happens.”

Nightly Roundup
Jan 31, 2013 Nightly Roundups
Game Scoreboard
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT SCORE
Freedom 10 7 27 22 0 66
Ellwood City 16 16 6 15 0 53
Box Scores
ELLWOOD CITY (53)
Jeff Fallabel 0 0-0 0
Mario Greco 1 0-0 2
Nick Aloi 7 11-12 27
Nick Valentino 1 0-0 3
Matt Young 5 0-2 15
Matt Morabito 0 0-0 0
Tanner Walsh 1 0-2 2
William Scott 2 0-0 4.
Totals: 17 11-16 53.

FREEDOM (66)
Jake Schwab 2 0-0 5
Colin Macon 0 0-0 0
Kahlil Caracter 0 0-0 0
Forrest Petcovic 4 0-2 8
Nick Schawb 6 2-3 18
Andrew Teny 0 0-0 0
Sam Beckey 1 0-0 2
Matt Feits 0 0-0 0
Evan DiCiero 1 0-0 3
Heckman 12 3-3 28
Hogue 1 0-0 2.
Totals: 27 5-10 66.

ELLWOOD 16 16 6 15 — 53
FREEDOM 10 7 27 22 — 66
3-point goals — Ellwood City 8 (Aloi 2, Young 5, Valentino 1); Freedom 7 (J. Schwab 4, DiCiero 1, Heckman 1, N. Schwab 1).
JV score: Ellwood City 43, Freedom 34. High scorer: EC — Matt Morabito 14.
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