Bears roll to big season-opening win over Crofton Warriors

LAUREL — The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge boys basketball team got off to a flying start Friday with a 64-37 blowout of Crofton at the LCC High School gym.

The Bears put four players in double figures and had a great balance in their debut, building a 34-18 halftime advantage and continuing to add to their lead on their way to the 27-point win.

Noah Schutte paced the LCC boys with a gamehigh 21 points.

Evan Haisch added 17 points. Cael Hartung was 6-of-7 from the floor and finished with 14 points and Ty Erwin added 10 points. Austin Hall contributed a basket to round out the scoring.

Schutte had 19 rebounds and Hartung added 10 for the Bears. Erwin led the team with five assists and Schutte and Haisch each had three steals.

LCC hosted Homer on Tuesday and will have road games Friday and Saturday at Emerson-Hubbard and Randolph before returning home for a Dec. 17 home battle with the state-rated Ponca Indians.

LCC 19 1516 14 — 64 Crofton 11 7 10 9 — 37

LCC Crofton FG 19-44 --- 3pt 5-15 --- FT 11-24 --- Reb 43 --- TOs 14 ---

SCORING LCC — Noah Schutte, 21; Evan Haisch, 17; Cael Hartung, 14; Ty Erwin 10, Austin Hall 2.

REBOUNDS LCC — Noah Schutte, 19; Cael Hartung, 10; Austin Hall, 8; Ty Erwin, 2; Evan Haisch, 2; Deagan Puppe, 1; Wilton Roberts, 1.

ASSISTS LCC — Ty Erwin, 5; Evan Haisch, 2; Noah Schutte, 1; Wilton Roberts, 1; Evan Schmitt, 1.

STEALS LCC — Noah Schutte, 3; Evan Haisch, 3; Ty Erwin, 1; Deagan Puppe, 1; Cael Hartung, 1; Wilton Roberts, 1; Evan Schmitt, 1.

BLOCKS LCC — Austin Hall, 4; Noah Schutte, 3; Evan Haisch, 1.