Wakefield pulls away from Battle Creek late

WAKEFIELD - Wakefield took care of business at home by taking care of the ball.

The Trojans turned the ball over just six times in their 59-46 win over Battle Creek on Friday.

The teams traded leads for the first quarter and a half, before an 8-0 run at the end of the first half gave the Trojans a lead they would never surrender.

Wakefield forced 17 turnovers and shot over 50 percent in the second half allowing them to pull away in the fourth quarter.

SCORING SUMMARY

BATTLE CREEK (1-2) - 10 10 15 11 - 46

WAKEFIELD (2-2)     - 12 16 19 12 - 59 

TEAM STATS

WAKEFIELD

- FG: 23/50 (46%)

- 3P: 5/17 (29.4%)

- FT: 8/13 (61.5%)

BATTLE CREEK

- FG: 17/48 (35.4%)

- 3P: 9/24 (37.5%)

- FT: 3/9 (33.3%)

INDIVIDUAL STATS

WAKEFIELD

- Jacob Birkley: 2 pts, 2 rebs

- Brandon Paredes: 18 pts, 3 rebs

- Jacob Borg: 11 pts

- Colt Johnson: 3 pts

- Cael Johnson: 14 pts, 9 rebs

- Matthew Metzler: 11 pts, 4 rebs

BATTLE CREEK

- Isaiah Bleich: 5 pts, 5 rebs

- Breylin Witzel: 2 pts, 4 rebs

- Zayden Thramer: 2 pts

- Tre Higby: 4 pts, 2 rebs

- Isaac Rudloff: 23 pts, 3 rebs

- Ryan Ponto: 2 pts, 8 rebs

- Xander Larson: 8 pts, 3 rebs