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Greenville senior Aaron Balsbaugh splits two Arcanum defenders as he
gets two of his 13 points Saturday
against Arcanum. After suffering a
loss to Fairmont Friday at the Flying to the Hoops, Greenville bounced
back
Saturday with a 62-45 victory over the Trojans. CNO photos by
Dylan Knoop
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Greenville
downs Arcanum in county game
By Dylan Knoop
Arcanum- Trailing 14-13 after one quarter of play to Arcanum,
Greenville used a 16-4 second quarter run to lead the Wave to a 62-43
victory over the Trojans.
While the score looked lopsided, the Trojans were able to win two of
the four quarters, taking the opening quarter by one point and the
third by a 16-13 score.
Greenville coach Mike Bayshore gave high praise to Arcanum and Coach
Bixler.
“Our fans though this was going to be a blow out,” said Bayshore. “We
knew better than that. Coach Bixler does a great job over here with his
kids and I thought his kids played really well tonight. The second
quarter really put them behind the eight ball a little bit and helped
get us a little bit of a lead that we were able to hold onto.”
With the Wave putting three in double figures, led by senior Cody
Preston with 15 points, it was the Greenville big men that did the job
on the boards.
“Our bigs do a good job on the boards for us,” said Bayshore. “They
allow us to get out and get down on the break and for the most part, we
did a good job controlling the boards Their big kids (Connor Pohl and
Collin Habel) do a good job inside and we had our hands full at times
tonight. This isn’t an easy place to play in front of a packed house.
It was their hall of fame night … they were juiced up.””
Greenville’s 12 point run in the second and a 20-9 score in the fourth
was just more than the Trojans could handle.
Through it all, Arcanum coach Marcus Bixler was not unhappy with the
effort of his offense.
“We won two of the four quarters tonight,” Bixler said. “We came out
and played real well the first quarter. We shot real well the first
quarter. We were able to get some stops. Our community support has been
unbelievable,” Arcanum coach Marcus Bixler said. “Our crowds have been
awesome. They’ve been into it. They have been intense. The kids love
it. Our players's talk about it. They enjoy it so I am happy for them.
We knew it was going to be a tough matchup. It’s hard to guard them in
the post, it’s hard to keep them off the glass, and most important it’s
hard to get back in defensive transition. They push the ball so well,
and they are so unselfish in their offense. That makes it very hard to
guard.”
Arcanum and Greenville will play again on Friday. The Trojans will play
at Mississinawa Valley and Greenville will go to Sidney.
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Arcanum's Connor Pohl pulls down a offensive rebound for Arcanum. Pohl
had 20 points
and seven rebounds in the Trojans loss.
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