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Panthers upset by Wamego

A Concordia team that was on a roll, stumbled at home in a 50-46 North Central Kansas League loss to Wamego Friday night in the Concordia Junior-Senior High School gymnasium.
Concordia had rattled off four straight wins, all by double figures, heading into the game
The Panthers had beaten Wamego by 20 points, 53-32, in the first meeting this season.
Wamego used a 16-4 run to take a 43-34 lead with under three minutes to play in the game, and then held off a furious Concordia rally.
Wamego, 6-11 overall and 3-6 in league play, went up by nine points on a follow by Isaac Poe with 2:55 on the clock.
Grant Holmes scored inside, and Concordia forced a Red Raider turnover.
Derick Nordell was fouled. He hit both free throws with 2:33 on the clock.
Following another Wamego turnover, Nathan Gieber buried a three to get the Panthers within two points, 43-41.
Concordia, now 6-3 in league play, came up with a steal, and Joshua Pounds was fouled with 2:08 to play. He made one of two free throws, and it was a 43-42 game.
Wamego committed another turnover, the Panthers had the chance to take the lead, but Gieber couldn’t knock down a three-point attempt.
Following another Red Raider giveaway, Gieber misfired on another three.
Two free throws by Brady Hemphill upped Wamego’s lead to 45-42 with 1:07 left.
Holmes couldn’t connect on a three to tie, and Marshall Wethington was fouled with 45 seconds on the clock. He made both free throws, and Wamego led 47-42.
Drew Erkenbrack put up a three-point attempt that wouldn’t fall, and Wamego’s Zach Seeberger was fouled.
Seeburger missed the front end of a one-and-one opportunity.
Erkenbrack drew a foul and made one of two attempts to make it 47-43.
Seeburger would hit two of four free throws in a span of 13 seconds to put Wamego on  top 49-43.
A three by Holmes cut the deficit in half, 49-46, with nine seconds remaining.
Hemphill drew a foul two seconds later. He missed the first free throw, but made the second to secure the Wamego win.
“We had a good run at the end of the fourth quarter. I felt like we didn’t make the extra pass to get a better look,” Concordia coach Brandon Rice said of putting up three-point attempts on four consecutive possessions.
The Panthers were just 3 of 16 from three-point range in the game.
With Wethington scoring seven points, Wamego got out to a 10-7 lead in the game.
A 7-2 spurt to start the second quarter gave Concordia a 14-12 advantage.
The game was tied at 20-20 at halftime.
Wamego scored the first five points of the second half, and led 25-20.
Trailing 27-23, Concordia got a follow by Gabe Bergmann, a three by Alan Garcia and a jumper by Holmes to reclaim the lead, 30-27.
The final four points of the third period and the first four of the fourth gave Wamego the lead back at 36-30.
Four straight points by Pounds closed the gap to 36-34.
Wamego tossed in seven straight points to build a 43-34 cushion.
Concordia battled back, but couldn’t overtake the Red Raiders.
“We were flat. The four previous games we played with a lot of bounce and intensity, and I thought we lacked a little of that,” Rice said.
Holmes scored 15 points for Concordia.
Pounds had 10 points.
Erkenbrack added eight points and six rebounds.
Wethington led Wamego with 17 points.
Matthew Webb scored 12 for the Red Raiders.

WAMEGO (50)
Seeberger 0-2-3 2, York 2-0-1 4, Webb 5-0-1 12, Wolf 1-0-1 2, Hemphill 2-3-1 8, Turner 1-0-1 2, Poe 1-1-4 3, Page 0-0-1 0, Malin 0-0-1 0, Wethington 5-7-2 17. Totals: 17-13-16 50.
CONCORDIA (46)
Garcia 1-0-5 2, Pounds 3-4-5 10, Erkenbrack 3-2-1 8, Holmes 6-2-1 15, Gieber 2-0-2 5, Nordell 0-2-3 2, Bergmann 1-1-3 3. Totals: 16-11-20 46.

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