RECAP — Seniors Mark Swedberg and Zach Sabol combined 43 points as Emmaus opened up play in the KSA Events Tournament in Orlando, FL on Thursday afternoon with a 60-42 rout of Enka High School, NC.
Swedberg finished the game with a career-high 24 points, scoring 12 points in each half, while Sabol was right behind with 19 points and an incredible 25 rebounds, marking the seventh straight game that the 6-9 center has recorded a double-double.
Senior Bryce Diehl also reached double digits for the third time in the last four games with 10 points for the Hornets who improved to 7-0 on the season.
Enka, located in Asheville, NC, was led in scoring by senior Devin Bassett who drained four 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 16 points. Classmate Jake Smith added 13 for the Jets who dropped to 5-3 on the season.
Emmaus played without sophomore Danny Bohman who was ill and didn’t make the trip.
Up next for Emmaus will be a matchup against Monsignor Farrell from Staten Island, NY at 9:30 a.m. in the semifinals.
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Emmaus coach Steve Yoder: “We got off to fast start today and we were up by double digits most of the game. The second half got really chippy and there were a lot of fouls and technicals in the third quarter Our kids were not as mentally tough as we should have been and we let that bother us. The game got really disjointed after that.”
“They (Enka) had no rim protector at all for Zach, who was outstanding in the game. He probably had at least six or seven blocks and must have had 25 rebounds. Zach got a lot of point-blank shots the entire game and Mark also got a lot of easy points around the basket. We just pounded the ball inside and we got a ton of layups because we really struggled from 3-point range (0-for-11). Defensively, we were pretty good today. “
Emmaus – Bryce Diehl 5 0-1 10, Cam Brooks 0 3-4 3, Zach Sabol 9 1-2 19, Mark Swedberg 10 4-6 24, Ethan Parvel 0 0-0 0. Subs: Josh Moyer 2 0-0 4, Devon Boyko 0 0-0 0, Mason Boyd 0 0-0 0, Patrick Hunter 0 0-0 0, Ryan Todd 0 0-0 0, Demetrius Stephanides 0 0-0 0. Totals: FG 26, FT 8-13
Enka – Jake Smith 3 5-6 13, Adam Crook 0 0-0 0, Devin Bassett 6 0-0 16, Drew Raper 1 0-2 2, Tristan Eckley 1 2-2 4. Subs: Jayden Parton 1 0-0 3, Ben Schgret 1 0-0 2. Totals: FG 14, FT 7-10, 3s (7 – Bassett 4, Smith 2, Parton)
Em – 19 – 10 – 18 – 13- 60
Enka – 8 – 8 – 16 – 10 – 42