Bulldogs Defeat Scrappy Neoga Squad

When you take a 7-0 lead and end up winning by 12, you know you were in a battle.

The St. Anthony Bulldogs downed the Neoga Indians 67-55 Tuesday night at Neoga in a game heard on 979XFM and www.979xfm.com. 

Neoga bounced back later in the first quarter but still trailed 14-8 at the end of the period. The second quarter was the difference in the game, as the Bulldogs outscored the Indians 18-8 to lead 32-16 at halftime. St. Anthony at one point led by 19.

The second half was a different story, though, as Neoga scored more points in the third quarter, 18, than in the entire first half and trailed 44-34 entering the fourth quarter. The final period was a doozy as St. Anthony outscored Neoga 23-21 to win by a dozen.

St. Anthony had another good shooting night, hitting 23 of 40 shots for 58% including 6 of 16 threes. The Bulldogs were 13 of 18 from the line, turned the ball over 15 times, but grabbed 29 rebounds.

Neoga shot 41% from the field, 19 of 46, including 4 of 13 threes. The Indians shot 30% in the first half, 50% in the second half. Neoga made 13 of 15 free throws, turned the ball over just nine times, but pulled down just 12 rebounds, less than half the Bulldogs' total.

St. Anthony's Adam Levitt led all scorers with 24 points, 10 in the fourth quarter, on 8 of 10 shooting with 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Alex Deters scored 15 points and Alex Beesley was also in double figures with 11 points on 5 of 5 shooting. Also for the Bulldogs: Jack Nuxoll 7, Brandon Runge 7, Cade Walsh 2 with 7 assists, and Jaccob Dust 1.

Freshman Reese Johnson led Neoga with 17 points. Johnson had 4 points at halftime. Drew Ramert scored 12 points and Jackson Clark was also in double figures with 10 points. Also for Neoga: Caleb Hill 6, Clayton Butler 6, Lane Andrews 2, and Zack Gresens 2.

St. Anthony improved to 16-2, while Neoga slipped to 6-7.

St. Anthony won the JV game 45-31. Luke Ludwig and Jaccob Dust had 10 points each for the JV Bulldogs.

At Neoga

ST. ANTHONY (67)

Walsh 0-2 -- 2, Milleville 0-0 -- 0, Deters 5-3 -- 15, Ludwig 0-0 -- 0, Levitt 8-5 -- 24, Nuxoll 3-1 -- 7, Wall 0-0 -- 0, Beesley 5-0 -- 11, Runge 3-1 -- 7, Dust 0-1 -- 1. TOTALS 24 FG, 13  FT.

NEOGA (55)

Peters 0-0 -- 0, Roy 0-0 -- 0, Johnson 4-6 -- 17,Gresens 1-0 -- 2, Ramert 4-2 -- 12, Andrews 0-2 -- 2, Hill 3-0 -- 6, Clark 3-3 -- 10, Butler 3-0 -- 6, Cornell 0-0 -- 0, Fritcher 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 19 FG, 13 FT.

St. Anthony           14    18    12    23    --    67

Neoga                      8      8    18    21    --    55

3-point FG -- St. Anthony 6 (Levitt 3, Deters 2, Beesley 1), Neoga 4 (Johnson 3, Clark 1).

Junior Varsity Game

St. Anthony            10    11    11    13    --    45

Neoga                       6      8      5    12    --    31

St. Anthony -- Milleville 3, Hoene 4, Ludwig 10, Webb 2, Boatman 0, Strullmyer 2, Wall 3, Elder 0, Fearday 7, Brandenburger 0, Walk 2, Niebrugge 2, Dust 10

Neoga -- Banning 7, Fearday 0, Peters 4, Dunn 0, Cornell 6, Roy 7, Moore 0, Lanham 3, Walk 4, Schisler 0