At Emmaus, the Hornets used a big third quarter outscoring Bethlehem Catholic 26-10 and that ultimately proved to be the difference in a 61-46 win last night.
Senior Owen Hafner had a huge game scoring a career-high 22 points to lead Emmaus, which snapped a three-game losing streak in improving to 4-6 in the EPC and 4-11 overall.
Another senior, Jack Csensits, also had solid night adding 18 points in the win, while classmate Chase Whitesell had a career-best 12.
For Bethlehem Catholic, junior Jackson Wickenheiser had a team-high 15 points. Junior Parker McClary and senior Sammy Barona each added nine for the Golden Hawks who fell to 3-7 in the league and 6-9 overall.
Emmaus will return to action on Friday at 7 p.m. as they travel to Whitehall (8-2 EPC/13-3 overall)
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Emmaus 61, Becahi 46
Becahi – Djibril Sylla 2 0-1 4, Jackson Wickenheiser 6 0-0 15, Parker McClary 3 0-0 9, Ethan Roman 1 1-2 3, Sammy Barona 3 1-2 9, Jack Rushe 1 0-0 2, Laz Carasquilla 2 0-0 4. Totals: FG 18, FT 2-5, 3s (8 – Wickenheiser 3, McClary 4, Barona 2)
Em – Matt Rooney 1 0-0 3, Chase Whitesell 5 1-1 12, Jack Csensits 7 2-2 18, Owen Hafner 9 3-6 22, Mike Rooney 1 0-0 2, Jake Ross 0, Matt Deschenes 1 0-0 2, Tyler Nunez 0, Robert Edwards 0. Lucas Stephan 1 0-0 2. Totals: FG 25, FT 6-9, 3s (5 – Csensits 2, Matt Rooney, Whitesell, Hafner)
Becahi – 10-11-10-15 – 46
Em – 10-11-26-14 – 61