Sophomores Kidtrell Blocker and Tyler Warner paced the Li’l Irish offense, but Aquinas fell to the Liverpool Warriors (III), 67-53 in boys basketball action, Saturday afternoon at the Wegman-Napier Complex.
Blocker connected on 10 of 19 shots from the floor and finished with a game-high 22 points. The 6-foot-4 forward added eight rebounds to the effort.
Warner posted his second straight double-double with 11 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. The 6-foot-10 center was part of an overall effort which saw Aquinas outrebound Liverpool 51-25. The Li’l Irish grabbed 25 offensive rebounds to Liverpool’s 10 on the offensive glass.
Alan Willmes sparked a 10-1 run that started late in the first quarter with pair of layups, and Liverpool had a lead it did not surrender. Kyle Butler scored four straight, and Jake Piseno finished a layup to gibe the Warriors a 19-10 advantage early in the second quarter.
Charles Pride pushed the advantage to 10 at 27-17 with 1:56 to go in the half.
Noah Issakainen hit a 3-pointer followed by layups from Willmes and Nas Johnson to Liverpool its largest lead of the game midway through the fourth quarter at 59-39
Willmes paced the Warriors with 18 points on 6-of-13 shooting.
Butler hit 5 of 10 shots for 14 points to go along with a game-high 10 assists while committing just one turnover.
Issakainen had 13, and Peter Cerrone scored 10. Johnson finished with four points. Pride had six.
Liverpool converted 31 Aquinas turnovers into a 24-12 advantage in points off ball handling miscues.
Aquinas (4-14) outscored Liverpool (20-0) in second-chance points (24-5).
LIVERPOOL 67, AQUINAS 53
LIVERPOOL (20-0)
Alan Willmes 6-13 5-6 18; Kyle Butler 5-10 4-5 14; Noah Issakainen 4-9 2-2
13; Peter Cerrone 4-7 0-0 10; Charles Pride 3-10 0-0 6; Nas Johnson 2-4 0-0
4; Jake Piseno 1-2 0-2 2; Matt Senecal 0-0 0-0 0; Joe Desocio 0-3 0-0 0;
Alex Ruston 0-0 0-0 0; Freshaun Dreher 0-2 0-2 0. Totals 25-60 11-17 67.
AQUINAS (4-14)
Kidtrell Blocker 10-19 0-2 22; Tyler Warner 5-8 1-2 11; Jack Scanlon 1-7 2-2
5; Sam Kelly 2-5 1-4 5; Danny Speed 2-5 0-0 4; Marlek Connor 1-2 0-0 2; Eric
Carter 0-3 2-3 2; Luke Putnam 0-5 1-2 1; Steven Mahar 0-0 1-2 1; Davon
Choates 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-55 8-17 53.
Liverpool…………………
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3-point goals–Liverpool 6-24 (Noah Issakainen 3-8; Peter Cerrone 2-4; Alan
Willmes 1-3; Nas Johnson 0-1; Jake Piseno 0-1; Joe Desocio 0-1; Charles
Pride 0-5; Kyle Butler 0-1), Aquinas 3-19 (Kidtrell Blocker 2-7; Jack
Scanlon 1-7; Luke Putnam 0-4; Davon Choates 0-1). Fouled
out–Liverpool-None, Aquinas-None. Rebounds–Liverpool 25 (Charles Pride 5),
Aquinas 51 (Tyler Warner 14). Assists–Liverpool 12 (Kyle Butler 10),
Aquinas 7 (Eric Carter 3). Total fouls–Liverpool 15, Aquinas 12. Technical
fouls–Liverpool-Kyle Butler; Alan Willmes; Aquinas-Steven Mahar 2; TEAM.
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