Hearts Win at Mattoon; Other Friday Scores (UPDATED)

The Effingham Hearts picked up a conference road win Friday night with a 71-58 victory at Mattoon over the Green Wave. The game was heard on 979XFM and www.979xfm.com. 

Mattoon had the early edge, leading by as many as six points before the Hearts went on a spurt to lead 19-18 after one quarter. The Hearts pushed the advantage to four, 33-29, at halftime, but couldn't shake the Green Wave, who hit a three at the buzzer in each of the first two quarters.

The third quarter was the key for the Hearts, who outscored Mattoon 21-6 in the period to take a 54-35 lead. Effingham had a 21-point lead at one point. Mattoon outscored Effingham 23-17 in the fourth quarter and got as close as 10 points before the Hearts regrouped to win by 13.

Effingham shot 52% from the field on 25 of 48 including five of 12 on three-point tries. The Hearts made 16 of 21 foul shots, turned the ball over 13 times and pulled down 19 rebounds.

Mattoon made 21 of 42 shots for an even 50%, including six of 13 threes. The Wave made 10 of 16 foul shots, committed 18 turnovers, and grabbed 23 rebounds.

Grant Wolfe, battling foul troubles, still led Effingham with 21 points, but Jacob Donaldson scored 19 points and Sean Zerrusen scored 15 points. Reed Schafer had a good night as he had to play the point when Wolfe was out and scored nine points while taking two charges. Jared Minor scored three points, and Brady Jackson and Landon Wolfe each scored two points.

William Courtney with 12 points, Drake Jeffries with 11 and Davis Johnson with 10 points led Mattoon.

Effingham improved to 5-1 with the win, 2-0 in the Apollo, while Mattoon dropped to 2-5.

Mattoon won the JV game 67-61. Landon Wolfe scored 24 points to lead the JV Hearrts, while Mason Hull scored 14 points and Jason Devore scored 10 points. Also for the JV Hearts: Ryan Sandifer 7, Blake Lohman 2, Bryce Lohman 2, Noah Spencer 2

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Here are other scores from Friday night:

St. Elmo/Brownstown 56, St. Anthony 44 (SEB led throughout the contest, up 13-11 after one quarter, 31-17 at halftime, and 37-33 after three quarters before SEB outscored St. Anthony 19-11 in the final quarter; Landon Feezel led SEB with 22 points, while Lewis Brown added 10 points. Also for SEB: Kyle Hardimon 8, Klayton Kroll 6, Dylan Brooks 5, Noah Flowers 3, Trey Pasley 2; Nick Grunloh led St. Anthony with 22 points; also for St. Anthony: Jeff Niebrugge 7, Chandler Martelli 6, Cade Walsh 3, Drew Gibson 3, Jay Niebrugge 2, James Kabbes 1; St. Anthony drops to 5-6 on the season; SEB won the JV game 54-47; for SEB: Brown 20, Maxey 12, Denton 7, Miller 7, Logue 7, Aderman 1; for St. Anthony: Levitt 14, Beesley 10, Deters 10, Nuxoll 6, Milleville 3, Kinkelaar 2, Strullmyer 2)

Teutopolis 68, St. Joseph-Ogden 42 (the Wooden Shoes actually trailed 16-13 after the first quarter, but outpointed SJO 16-2 in the second quarter to lead 29-18 at halftime; it was 46-31 after three quarters before Shoes outscored SJO 22-11 in the final quarter; Michael Drees led Teutopolis with 18 points, along with five assists and four rebounds; also for Teutopolis: Brett Mette 16 with 7 rebounds, Devin Smith 9 with 7 rebounds, Blake Mette 8, Mitch Hardiek 5, Kyle Smith 4, Brant Bueker 4, Lee Hardiek 2, Chris Ungrund 2; Teutopolis is now 5-1 on the season)

Shelbyville 58, Windsor/Stew-Stras 47 (the Hatchets trailed 28-9 after one quarter and 37-20 at halftime, but WSS outscored the Rams 16-7 in the third quarter to pull within 44-36; Shelbyville posted a 14-11 edge in the final quarter; Tristan Warner with 15 points and Mitch Haddock with 10 points paced WSS; also for the Hatchets: Christian Kessler 7, Teddy Kessler 6, Josh Overbeck 4, Trevor Quast 3, Chase Thies 2; WSS is now 2-3 on the season; WSS won the JV game 38-37)

Gillespie 70, Vandalia 59

Olney Richland County 64, Red Hill 55

Sullivan 48, Neoga 31 (for Neoga: Trevor Easton 10, Ronnie Kersey 8, Caleb Abernathy 6, Jesse Holt 4, Drew Ramert 3; Neoga is 0-8)

Lawrenceville 80, Flora 44

Cumberland 54, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 22 (for Cumberland: Tyson Magee 19, Gunnar McMechan 11, Ryan Green 9, Branon Shaon 9, Mike Wolke 6)

Albion Edwards County 69, Newton 61 (for Newton: Brock Mammoser 31, Michael Koebele 11, Joe Stone 9, Nate Meinhart 4, Collin Harris 4, Tim Weber 2)

Altamont 77, South Central 52 (Altamont led 18-13 after one quarter, 44-31 at halftime after a 26-point second quarter, and 64-39 after three quarters, before a 13-13 fourth quarter; balanced scoring for Altamont: Adam Mayhaus 14, Evan Cornett 14, Branden Hosick 12, Ryan Armstrong 11, Klaiton Wolff 9, Sam Childerson 8, Logan Deadmond 4, Eric Wolff 3, Wyatt Stone 2; for South Central: Trevor Markley 16, Brett Harmeier 11, Drevonte Hill 9, Jonathan Arnold 6, Logan Lotz 5, Caleb Harpster 2, Ryan Matheny 2, Ean Fox 1; South Central is 3-2, 1-1 in the NTC; Altamont won the JV game 61-32; for the Altamont JV: Stevenson 13, Brown 11, Biggs 9, Childerson 7, Flores 6, Williams 6, Stone 4, Klitzing 2, Hammer 2, Laatsch 1; for South Central: Geiler 9, Matheny 6, McCown 6, Snow 5, Roberts 2, Shumate 2, Fox 1, Blomberg 1)

Dieterich 56, Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 38 (the Maroons led 13-5 after one quarter, 27-16 at halftime, and 39-30 after three quarters before Dieterich outscored BCCH 17-8 in the fourth quarter; Nick Feldhake led Dieterich with 20 points, Travis Niemerg scored 16 points and Lance Niemerg scored 15 points; also for Dieterich: Wyatt Abbott 2, Trenton Poe 2, Callaway Campton 1; for BCCH: Konner Blackerby 7, Kyle Black 7, Austin Rexroad 7, Lance Arnold 4, Westin Giles 3, Trey Buzzard 3, Connor Wachtel 2, Daniel Harder 2, Aaron Nohren 2, Noah Sandiford 1)

Robinson 71, Casey-Westfield 47

Mt. Zion 63, Taylorville 55

Charleston 56, Salem 47