Hearts Post Convincing Win Over Salem Friday Night, Other Friday Night Scores

Salem scored the first 5 points of the game, but that was short lived as Effingham outscored Salem 19-4 the rest of the quarter and never looked back with a dominating 71-44 over the Wildcats. The scored quarter was much of the same as the Hearts outscored the Wildcats by 12 and the Hearts got a balanced scoring attack as they placed 7 different players in the scoring column to take a 39-17 halftime lead.

Hunter Kieth lead the way in the 3rd as he tallied 8 of the Hearts 18 points in the quarter. With the 7 point advantage in the quarter the Hearts pushed the lead to 29. Salem outscored Effingham 15-14 in the final quarter, but the Hearts secured their 10th victory against 4 loses and pushed their Apollo conference record to 5-0.

Salem falls to 2-11 on the season and 2-3 in the Apollo.

Effingham was very effective on both ends of the court while shooting over 60% from the field, and was strong defensively as well by forcing 21 Salem turnovers.

The Hearts return to action next Wednesday as they open the Salem tournament with a game against Mt. Vernon at 6:00 PM. This game will be aired on 979 XFM, and online by clicking the Listen Live button at the top-right of the page.

Effingham stats: Hunter Kieth 15 points, Leighton Lark 6 points 2 rebounds, Jake Stombaugh 6 points 5 rebounds, Clark Williamson 6 points 3 rebounds, Josh Stombaugh 10 points 1 rebound, Alex Carrie 11 points 1 rebound, Tim Gardewine 4 points 1 rebound, Trenton Frey 4 points 3 rebounds, Matt Wohltman 2 points, Kevin Daugherty 5 points and Phil Knight had 1 rebound. 3 pointers: (7) Josh Stombaugh 2, Alex Carrie 3, Hunter Keith 1 and Kevin Daugherty with 1.

Turnovers: Effingham 9, Free Throws: 8/10

Salem stats: Alex Phillips 12 points 2 rebounds, Nick Conklin 1 point 1 rebound, Donte Rush 8 points 2 rebounds, Nick Hempon 13 points 7 rebounds, Jacob Maxey 2 points, Robbie Foreman 6 points, and T.J. Alberson scored 2 points. 3 pointers: (4) Alex Phillips 3, and Robbie Foreman hit 1.

Turnovers: Salem 21, Free Throws 6/11

Other Local Scores:

Mount Zion         69    Charleston         57

Mattoon             61    Paris             55

Teutopolis        45    St. Joe-Ogden        41

Altamont             71    North Clay         55

Stew-Stras         56    Cowden-Herrick         40

Casey-Westfield         67    Olney             55

Oblong             59    Flora             54

Patoka             39    St. Elmo             35

Neoga             80    Brownstown         60

Robinson             56    Marshall             52

Clay City                    50    Wayne City        36

Maroa-Forsyth                58    Shelbyville               53