Wildcat
 on December 12, 2024
North Union’s Miles Hall (23) drives for a basket during the home game against Marion Pleasant last week. The Wildcat scored 28 points in the team’s loss. (Photo submitted)

Wildcat hoopsters fall to visiting Marion Pleasant

By By Bob Putman, Richwood Gazette 

 

A visiting Pleasant basketball team got off to quick starts in three of the four periods played at North Union last Tuesday.

However, it was a strong fourth-quarter finish that cemented a 57-49 victory by the Spartans over the Wildcats.

A free throw by NU’s Tyler Krebehenne with just over two minutes left in the final frame left the Wildcats trailing 51-49.

Pleasant scored the final six points, all by Avery Hamper, to get its first win of the season.

“We had our chances at the end, but we didn’t come away with points,” NU head coach Austin Terrill said. “We spotted them points early in the game.”

Pleasant scored the first eight markers of the game, in…

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