CINCINNATI — Rallying from a four-point halftime deficit, Blanchester defeated Madeira 61-51 Saturday afternoon in a Division III Sectional boys basketball game at Princeton High School.
The win is the first post-season triumph for Blanchester boys basketball since a 61-54 win over Finneytown on Feb. 27, 2019.
Bryce Sipple led BHS with 18 points and moved past Todd Lane and into second place on the all-time Blanchester scoring list.
In a balanced offensive effort, Kaden Cromer added 14 and Jansen Wymer had 13.
Evan Malott scored nine, Nainoa Tangonan six and Nick Taylor one.
No. 12 seed Blanchester (9-14) will meet No. 7 seed Summit Country Day (16-7) 6 p.m. Thursday at Princeton for the South 3 sectional championship.
The Wildcats led 13-11 after one but the Mustangs put 21 points on the board in the second and led 32-28 at halftime.
Blanchester made adjustments at halftime and blitzed Madeira in the second half, 33-19.
SUMMARY
Feb 24, 2024
Division III Sectional
@Princeton High School
Blanchester 61, Madeira 51
M^11^21^7^12^^51
B^13^15^15^18^^61
(51) MADEIRA (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Laux 0-0-2-2 Reed 1-0-0-2 Hopewell 4-2-0-10 Manning 4-1-6-15 Rockwell 3-1-0-7 Miranda 0-0-0-0 Lauterbach 0-0-0-0 Shafer 4-2-5-15 Davis 0-0-0-0 TOTALS 16-6-13-51
(61) BLANCHESTER (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Byrom 0-0-0-0 Sipple 4-1-9-18 Tangonan 2-1-1-6 Taylor 0-0-1-1 Wymer 5-3-0-13 Cromer 3-0-8-14 Malott 2-1-4-9 TOTALS 16-6-23-61
FIELD GOALS: M (16-36); B (16-34) Wymer 5-9 Sipple 4-9
3 PT FIELD GOALS: M (6-15); B (6-12) Wymer 3-5
FREE THROWS: M (13-21); B (23-29) Sipple 9-9 Cromer 8-10
REBOUNDS: M-23 (Manning 5 Laux 5); B-22 (Malott 5 Cromer 4 Wymer 4 Sipple 4 Tangonan 3 Byrom 1 Taylor 1)
ASSISTS: M-7 (Reed 3); B-9 (Wymer 3 Tangonan 2 Sipple 2 Taylor 1 Cromer 1)
STEALS: M-6 (Shafer 2); B-0
BLOCKED SHOTS: M-0; B-1 (Wymer)
TURNOVERS: M-14; B-10
