Dexter, Missouri - The #1 seeded Woodland varsity boys basketball team cruised to an easy win over the #8 seeded Richland Rebels 89-45.

Woodland had an 18 point lead going into the second quarter increasing their lead to 24 at the half with a score of 51-27. Offensively the Cardinals were too much for the Rebels recording 25 points in the third quarter.

Cardinals' Zach Beel was invincible on the court tonight with an impressive game-high 32 points.  He finished with 11 buckets, 1 trey, and was perfect at the charity stripe for seven.

Jake Long recorded 16 points for Woodland.  Cole Schlief also hit double digits with 10 points on 3 buckets and was 4 for 4 at the charity stripe.

Bruester Young in his first varsity start of the season hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter.

Richland's Preston Tilley recorded a team-high 17 points for the Rebels.  He had an impressive five 3-pointers recording at least one in each period.

Josh Thornton tallied double digits as well for Richland putting 10 points on the board.

Final Score Woodland 89, Richland 45

Woodland  30  21  25  13  -  89

Richland     12  15   5  13  -  45

Woodland (89) - Logan Thomsen 3, Jake Long 16, Cole Schlief 10, Tyler Womack 1, Zach Beel 32, Bruester Young 9, J.D. Jenkins 8, Paul Duncan 4, Michael McCormick 6.  FG 32, FT 18/26, F 10.  (3-pointers: Logan Thomsen 1, Zach Beel 1, Bruester Young 3, J.D. Jenkins 2.  Fouled Out: None).

Richland (45) - Devin Stoker 4, Brandon Partenberry 1, Garret Phillips 8, Preston Tilley 17, Josh Thornton 10, Zachery Carmack 5.  FG 16, FT 7/10, F 18. (3-pointers: Garret Phillips 1, Preston Tilley 5.  Fouled Out: None).

Woodland will be back in action on Thursday, January 28th at 8:30 p.m. when they take on the winner of the Advance vs Bell City game.

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