For the second time in the first four games of the season, Lourdes surpassed the century mark on Saturday afternoon, as the Gray Wolves cruised to a 115-75 victory over Wilberforce inside of Gaston Wilson Arena in Wilberforce, Ohio.
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"This was a good bounce back game for us," head coach
Dennis Hopson said afterwards. "We got a chance to see everyone play and now we need to build off of this."
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Lourdes shot a blistering 69.7% from the floor in the opening half while putting up 58 points. The shooting offset 17 turnovers in the opening 20 minutes.Â
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Leading 14-8, the Gray Wolves scored the game's next 11 points to break the contest open, pushing the advantage to 17 with 13:23 to play in the opening stanza. The lead was 15, 41-26, with 5:42 to play before the break when Lourdes scored 13 unanswered points to push the lead to 28 before the Gray Wolves took a 58-32 lead into the locker room.
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A 16-4 Lourdes run early in the second half pushed the Gray Wolves advantage to 38, 84-46. Lourdes would push the lead to as many as 46, 114-68, before going the final 4:40 without a field goal.
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Joey Holifield (Toledo, Ohio/Cardinal Stritch H.S.) led five Lourdes players in double figures with 23 points while
Little Anderson (Toledo, Ohio/Cardinal Stritch H.S.) added 19 more.Â
McRay White (Cleveland, Ohio/Garfield Heights H.S.) registered a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
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Jackie Harris (Toledo, Ohio/Saint Francis de Sales H.S.) chipped in 14 points and
Nick Welch (Temperance, Mich./Saint Mary Catholic Central H.S.) added 10 more as the Gray Wolves shot 56.8% from the floor, including 43.3% (13-of-30) from three-point range.Â
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The Gray Wolves held a 52-27 edge on the glass and outscored Wilberforce 52-26 in the paint.
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Cali Davis paced Wilberforce (3-5) with 19 points.
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Lourdes (3-1) continues its four-game road trip on Wednesday evening as the Gray Wolves travel to Fort Wayne, Ind. to battle Indiana Tech. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. inside the Schaeffer Center.
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