High School Boys Basketball
Mount Pulaski defeats Hartsburg-Emden 86-54

 

[January 07, 2024] 

The Mount Pulaski Hilltoppers hosted the Hartsburg-Emden Stags on Friday night and the home team won both games.

Mount Pulaski won the Varsity game 86-54 and the JV game 51-28.

The Hilltoppers sprinted out to a 12-2 lead to start the game. That lead quickly escalated to 17-5. With Mount Pulaski having the hot hands in the first quarter the score rose to 25-10 with a minute left to play. Mount Pulaski would pour in six 3s in the first quarter, with Colt Selinger hitting the last one to set the score at 28-13. Beau Tschantz led the Hilltoppers with 11 points in the first quarter.

Nolan Deibert drained three 3s in the second quarter to guide the Hilltoppers to a 52-26 lead at the half.

Six Hilltoppers shared the scoring in the third quarter. Eric Cooper led the team with nine points. Mount Pulaski took a commanding 80-44 lead over the Stags. Hunter Kretzinger received the loudest applause of the night near the end of the third quarter with his reverse layup that dropped through the net for two points.

Aaron Kuznik and Rohan Allspach each scored 3s in the final quarter for Mount Pulaski, bringing the team total to 12 on the night. Mount Pulaski’s unstoppable offense takes the win by a final score of 86-54.

Beau Tschantz and Nolan Deibert each led Mount Pulaski with 16 points apiece. Franklin Wade poured in 14 points and Eric Cooper tallied 13 points.

Evan Cross of Hartsburg-Emden led all scorers with 20 points.

Aaron Kuznik and Braden Olson each hit double-figures in the JV game as Mount Pulaski won 51-28 over the Stags.

Varsity scoring

Mount Pulaski 86

Tschantz 16
Deibert 16
Wade 14
Cooper 13
Martin 9
Selinger 6
Allspach 5
H. Kretzinger 4
Kuznik 3

Hartsburg-Emden 54

Cross 20
Zinser 7
J. Whitted 5
Swinford 5
Armburst 5
O. Whitted 5
Doolin 4
O’Donoghue 3

JV scoring

Mount Pulaski 51

Kuznik 10
Olson 10
Fitzpatrick 7
Allspach 5
Charron 5
Bishop 4
Kretzinger 3
Tschantz 3
Volle 2
Winkleman 2

Hartsburg-Emden 28

O’Donoghue 9
Swinford 7
Zinser 6
Armburst 3
Payne 3

[Teena Lowery]