Spartans beat Cissna Park at Toyota of Danville Classic
Spartan Ty Pence floats above the paint on a second half shot against Cissna Park during their Toyota of Danville Classic game on Friday. Pence notched his first varsity double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds to help the Spartans defeat last season's Class 1A state runner-up Timberwolves, 65-49. SJO moves to 3-0 on the season. (Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks)
With the lightning fast Chance Izard on the floor and 48% shooting from the field, St. Joseph-Ogden fought to a 64-49 win over Cissna Park in Game 9 of the Toyota of Danville Classic on Friday night. Izard finished the nightcap with 18 points. The senior guard and emerging team leader had a pair of steals and two rebounds for his team. The Spartans also received double-digit scoring from Ty Pence and Drew Coursey. Pence notched the Spartans' only double-double 14 points and 12 boards. In best game so far this season, Coursey made 71% of the shots he took to finish the night with 10 points in the paint. "I thought we played really, really well together tonight," said Spartan head coach Kiel Duval. "We did some good things - effort stuff that we were asking them to do in practice - it carried over to the game." Cissna Park senior Penn Stoller was 4-for-4 from the free throw line racking up 13 team-high points for the Timberwolves. Ian Rogers, a junior, added another 11 and sophomore Malaki Verkler had 10 points.
