Falcons Deck Cards

LeRoy-Ostrander boys basketball has been the surprise of the SEC.  The Cardinals finished last in the West a year ago (1-14, 7-20).  They began this year with a loss, but then nine straight wins.  Entering a match-up with FC (3-8, 4-13), L-O sat in second place in the West (5-2, 13-5) behind Randolph (6-1, 13-4).  But the SEC is the SEC.  The TRC is the TRC.  Aaron Mensink’s Falcons proved that.  L-O led 26-20 at halftime.  A Logan Corson three put FC ahead 45-43 around the 3-minute mark.  In the final 1:30, FC hit 6 of 7 free throws to seal the game.  The Falcons posted their best win of the year, 51-45.  Junior Josh Peters led the way (17 pts, 5-6 FTs, 4 stls).  Corson (14 pts, 3-4 threes, 6 rebs) was key help.  Nate Haugerud added 4 (pts), 7 (rebs), 4 (assists), and 3 (stls).  Trey Hungerholt (game-high 20 pts) was the only Card in double-digits.  L-O shot 28.1% (16-57) including 18.5% from deep (5-27).  FC shot 34.7% (17-49) and 38.5% (5-13).  FC finished 80% (12-15) at the charity stripe to L-O’s 50% (8-16).  It was FC’s first win over a plus-500 team this year.  Their previous ten wins were against sub-500 squads.