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Wildcats fall to Paola in substate tourney
- Updated: March 9, 2016
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Louisburg’s Ben Minster dives to the floor to try and get a loose ball away from Paola’s Tanner Moala on Friday during the Wildcats’ substate tournament game at Louisburg High School. Louisburg saw its season come to an end with a 58-34 loss.
It wasn’t the most pleasant finish to the season for the Louisburg boys basketball team and that end came Friday.
During the Class 4A-Division I substate tournament at Louisburg High School, the Wildcats met No. 1 seed Paola in the opening round and gave the Panthers a close game through three quarters. Louisburg couldn’t hold on, however, as it fell to the eventual substate champion, 58-34.
The Wildcats (6-15), who won six of their first nine games to start the year, went winless the rest of the way, including several close losses down the stretch. Although the season didn’t end on a high note, Louisburg coach Jason Nelson believes his team grew in a lot of different areas.
“There were probably two games we should have won during that stretch without question and it would be a lot different,” Nelson said. “This is probably the best 4A league in the state, especially when you look at the upper echelon of teams.
“We had some season goals that we strove to meet. We wanted to keep teams at 60 points or less a game on average and we matched that. We wanted to outrebound teams and I think we were close there, which is a testament to our kids because we are undersized compared to most of the other schools. The turnover number was good, we just had a hard time finding consistency on offense.”
![Louisburg senior Jacob Welsh drives past Paola's Blain Ohlmeier during Friday's substate game in Louisburg.](https://louisburgsportszone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_0599-300x265.jpg)
Louisburg senior Jacob Welsh drives past Paola’s Blain Ohlmeier during Friday’s substate game in Louisburg.
Offense was hard to come by for Louisburg again Friday, but the Wildcats found themselves up against a Paola front line that stands 6-7, 6-7 and 6-5. Louisburg also went up against an aggressive perimeter defense that made it difficult to score from the outside.
Although the offense wasn’t clicking, the Wildcat defense slowed Paola down, especially in the second and third quarters to keep the game close.
“You just look at Paola’s kids, they are just huge, well-coached and good,” Nelson said. “Our kids battled and did what we asked them to do. We emphasized blocking out just because they are so massive, and we could have done a little better job early, but to our credit they cleaned it up. We got the looks we wanted, we slowed them down offensively and they took the shots we wanted them to take. I couldn’t be prouder of our kids.”
Paola opened the game on a 17-3 run to get out to a double-digit lead early. To start the second quarter, Louisburg got two baskets from Korbin Hankinson and another from Ben Minster to cut the Paola lead to 10.
The Panthers then went on a mini 8-0 run to push their lead to 18 points shortly before halftime. Louisburg’s Jayce Geiman hit a 3-pointer with a minute left in the first half, but Paola still held a 29-14 lead at half.
T.J. Dover hit a basket to cut the Paola lead to 13 early in the third quarter, but it would be as close as the Wildcats would get.
Dover led the Wildcats in scoring with eight points as eight different players scored for Louisburg. Grant Harding and Hankinson each finished with six points for the Wildcats.
LOUISBURG 5 9 11 9 – 34
PAOLA 17 12 11 18 – 58
LOUISBURG (6-15): T.J. Dover 8, Grant Harding 6, Korbin Hankinson 6, Jayce Geiman 4, Jacob Welsh 4, Ben Minster 2, Dalton Ribordy 2, Sam Guetterman 2. 3-point field goals: 2, (Harding, Geiman)