Lourdes University Athletics

Zach Steinmetz (Toledo, Ohio/Saint John's H.S.) tallied his third double-double of the season and Aaron Ashley (Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights H.S.) added 19 points as Lourdes opened the home portion of its schedule on Tuesday evening with a 92-51 triumph over Kuyper at Tam-o-Shanter.
 
Steinmetz finished the night with 24 points on 11-of-15 shooting while grabbing 10 rebounds and adding four steals in 24 minutes of play.  Ashley hit four three-pointers while E.J. Blackwell (Rochester, Pa./Rochester H.S.) added 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting in just 14 minutes of action.
 
"I thought we got a good team effort tonight," head coach Andre Smith stated afterwards.  "We did a good job of sharing the ball and got a lot of scoring in transition."
 
Lourdes defense forced 23 turnovers from Kuyper, 15 coming via steals, and held the Cougars to just 34.5% shooting for the night, including just a 25.8% clip over the final 20 minutes.  The Gray Wolves converted the turnovers into 31 points while outscoring the Cougars 62-18 in the paint.
 
"This was a good team effort tonight," Smith added.  "We did a good job on defense and showed a great deal of energy."
 
The Gray Wolves jumped out to a 16-5 lead less than five minutes into the contest and maintained a nine to 13 point lead for the next five minutes.  Lourdes went on a 12-0 run to push the lead to 38-15 with 6:15 remaining in the half before eventually taking a 52-27 lead into the locker room following a three-pointer by Jake DuPree (Toledo, Ohio/Whiteford H.S.) from just inside midcourt as the clock expired.  DuPree finished the night with five points, five assists, and six steals.
 
The triple at the break was part of a 17-0 run that spanned the two halves as Lourdes scored the first 10 points of the second half.  Kuyper was held without a field goal for the first six minutes of the second half as Lourdes built its lead to 40, 70-30, on the way to the team's third consecutive victory.
 
Kyle Hoek led Kuyper (1-4) with 13 points while CJ Bussey and Carlos Delvalle each added eight points.  Delvalle also had eight rebounds for the Cougars.
 
Lourdes (3-1) will open Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference play on Saturday afternoon as the Gray Wolves entertain Michigan-Dearborn.  Tip-off is set for 3 p.m. at Tam-o-Shanter.