Tribune Staff Report
LITCHFIELD -- The Litchfield Dragons knocked off Watertown-Mayer, the No. 2-ranked team in Class AA, with a 63-50 non-conference victory on Tuesday.
Litchfield (12-2) came out strong and led 35-11 at the half.
"In the first half defensively we were very, very solid," Litchfield head coach John Carlson said. "They didn't shoot all that well but we had a lot to do with that."
The Royals came back in the second half with 39 points, hitting six of their eight 3-pointers, but it wasn't enough to erase the first-half deficit.
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Mitch Wollin paced the Dragons with 18 points and 9 rebounds.
Dylan Koll added 12 points and 7 rebounds and Jon Terning had 11 points.
Zach Kinny scored 2 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and had 9 assists.
Litchfield 63, Watertown-Mayer 50
Watertown-Mayer (14-2) 11 39 --
Litchfield (12-2) 35 28 --
WATERTOWN-MAYER - 16-49 FG (8-26 3-pt); 10-14 FT; 19 rebounds; 15 fouls ... Scoring: Trevor Weinmann 13, Jacob Wandersee 6, Alex Runck 7, Caleb Fails 3, Luke Sandquist 4, Nate Kratch 15, Austin Barfknecht 2 ... 3-point shots: Weinmann 3, Wandersee 2, Runck 1, Fails 1, Kratch 1 ... Rebound leaders: Kratch 14 ... Assist leaders: Weinmann 3 ... Steal leaders: none
LITCHFIELD - 24-51 FG (5-13 3-pt); 10-13 FT; 36 rebounds; 15 fouls ... Scoring: Dylan Koll 12, Jon Terning 11, Tyler Larson 8, Zach Kinny 2, Joel Madsen 6, Riley Pater 6, Mitch Wollin 18 ... 3-point shots: Koll 2, Terning 1, Larson 2 ... Rebound leaders: Wollin 9, Koll 7, Kinny 7 ... Assist leaders: Kinny 9 ... Steal leaders: none
