Jacobs 82, McHenry 39

It might have been better for McHenry if it had a snow day. They could've had snowball fights, drank hot chocolate and enjoyed the three-day weekend.

Instead, the Warriors' boys basketball team played Jacobs Friday night and got lost in the Golden Eagles' storm.

Jacobs (18-2, 4-0) gave McHenry (6-14, 0-4) another snow storm, in the form of an 82-39 defeat in a Fox Valley Conference Valley Division matchup in McHenry.

The Eagles didn't need a third quarter push this week, yet, coach Jim Hinkle thought otherwise.

"I thought we played decently the first half. Again, the third quarter. We just dominated the game," said Hinkle.

The third quarter was where the Eagles outscored the Warriors 29-5 to up their lead to 40. Besides the third, the Eagles jumped out to an early 23-7 first quarter lead.

"Even when it was obvious we were going to win, I didn't think we got sloppy with our play," Hinkle said.

Someone who wasn't sloppy was John Moran. Along with his 14 points, Moran dished out 12 assists, grabbed 6 rebounds and had 7 steals. In one sequence, he stole the ball and passed around his back to Conrad Krutwig for the jam, on his third dunk try.

"Conrad raised his dunk average to 33 percent. A major leaguer hitting 33 percent wouldn't be bad, but on dunks, I don't know," Hinkle said.

Krutwig scored 10 of his game-high 19 points in the third, thanks to Moran, whose floor leadership doesn't go unnoticed.

"He's the most unselfish player I've played with. He finds everyone. He's got great vision, he's not too concerned about scoring," Krutwig said.

You could say Moran shoveled his way to a successful night. But plowing would be more appropriate. It was his contributions which allowed Jacobs to shoot 32-for-61 from the floor and out-rebound McHenry 26-14 to lead by 40 at the end of the third quarter.

"Jacobs is a great team, doesn't take me to say that," said Warriors coach Tim Paddock. "They're really really good."

McHenry hung with Jacobs in the second quarter, eventually cutting the Eagle lead to 12 when Zach Borter's shot fell with 4:50 remaining. From there, Jacobs' defense suffocated McHenry, forcing 29 turnovers and before the Warriors could catch their breath, they trailed by 20, with their shots finding air. McHenry was 14 of 40 on the night.

"Second half we came out with more intensity, better defense," Moran said.

Zach Peterson was the third Eagle player to score in double-digits with 13.

Jake Banwart scored 14 for the Warriors.