Berea-Midpark Beats Benedictine 64-63 in Thrilling Overtime Win

February 15, 2022

Berea, Ohio

 

Benedictine 16   20   17   6   4    = 63

Berea-Midpark 16   16   15   12   5    = 64

 

Berea-Midpark came back from a 6-point fourth-quarter deficit to nip Benedictine 64–63 in overtime on Tuesday evening. Titans junior forward Owen Trzebuckowski swished the game-tying 3-pointer with 0:38 to play in regulation, and the teams went to overtime knotted at 59 all.

 

Kareem Jennings and Joe Watts each scored a basket for the Bengals in O/T, but a Devyn Zahursky free throw and two clutch baskets by sophomore guard Austin Clay nailed down the victory for Berea-Midpark.

 

The Titans’ Jayson Levis topped all scorers with 23 points.

 

Benedictine

Byrd 4 – 0 – 11

Conkle 3 – 3 – 10

Henderson 5 – 0 – 10

Jennings 4 – 0 – 8

Walker 3 – 0 – 7

Edwards 3 – 0 – 6

King 2 – 1 – 5

Watts 2 – 0 – 4

Wimberly 1 – 0 – 2

 

Rebounds: 29 Turnovers: 16

 

Berea-Midpark

Levis 9 – 2 – 23

Trzebuckowski   5 – 0 – 14

Clay 4 – 0 – 8

Petrus 2 – 2 – 8

Arnold 3 – 0 – 7

Zahursky 1 – 2 – 4

 

Rebounds: 28 Turnovers: 15

By: Don DiFrancesco @MayorNEOPrep