Greenville comeback falls short in loss to Eaton

Green Wave 25-point fourth not enough to salvage non-conference win

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Drew Hamilton gets fouled scoring in the lane for Greenville in non-conference game with Eaton. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

GREENVILLE – The Green Wave varsity boys basketball team dropped a non-conference game to the visiting Eaton Eagles 57- in Saturday night action.

Jarrod Demange scores for Greenville in Saturday night home game with Eagles. (Gaylen Blosser photo)

The visiting Eagles took the opening quarter 14-7 including two 3-pointers and knocked down five triples in the second quarter to take the period 19-15 sending the teams to the break with Eaton leading 33-22.

Eaton extended its lead to 46-28 after three quarters outscoring the Wave 13-6.

Greenville battled back in the fourth with a 25-11 advantage over the visitors only to come up 4-points short on the night.

Ramy Ahmed led Eaton and all scorers with a game high 23-points.

BOXSCORE:

EATON – R. Ahmed 23, G. Miller 10, P. Orr 7, C. Janney 6, L. Orr 4, T. Harding 3, C. Back 2, B. Miller 2 – TOTALS 12 6-15 9 57

GREENVILLE – J. Demange 13, D. Hamilton 10, E. Brenner 10, H. Livingston 10, J. Chick 6, TJ Barr 2, C. Drew 2 – TOTALS 15 5-7 6 53

3-POINTERS

Eaton 9 (R. Ahmed 3, G. Miller 3, C. Janney 2, P. Orr 1)

Greenville 6 (J. Demange 2, E. Brenner 2, H. Livingston 2)

SCORE by QUARTERS

14-19-13-11 57 Eaton

07-15-06-25 53 Greenville

Greenville’s Jack Chick scores on a reverse layup in home game with Eaton. (Gaylen Blosser photo)
Chace Drew looks to score in Green Wave non-conference game with the Eaton Eagles. (Gaylen Blosser photo)
The Wave’s Eric Brenner drives the lane for a score in Saturday night matchup with Eaton. (Gaylen Blosser photo)
AJ Shaffer defends for Greenville in home game with Eaton. (Gaylen Blosser photo)