GENESEO — The Geneseo Blue Devils trekked it out to Warsaw tonight in the snow to face the Tigers resulting in Warsaw ending up on top 40-35 in the Blue Devil’s second loss of the season.
Little scoring was seen in the first half, as both teams were tied at 14 at halftime. While the Tigers doubled their score in the third quarter and played aggressive defense throughout the second half, Geneseo fell short in a game that saw one too many fouls and turnovers.
“Our key to winning has been rebounds and turnovers on D, and tonight they just beat us on the boards,” said Geneseo Blue Devil’s head coach Brian Stout after the game. “We just turned the ball over too many times tonight.”
The final quarter brought about a very close game with three minutes left, the game was tied at 32. Warsaw in the end solidified their win by scoring on free throws. The only score by the Blue Devils in the last three minutes was in the form of a three-pointer right before the buzzer shot by junior Mo Carlon.
“The whole week we haven’t been focused. I didn’t even start today because I missed some practices this week,” said Carlon. “It’s a hard loss for all of us.”
Carlon finished out the night with 6 points and plenty of takeaways on defense, while fellow junior Jimmy Root led the Blue Devils in scoring with 12 points for the night.
In what was a low scoring game from both sides, there was plenty of crowd excitement and enthusiasm from both the home and away team. Carlon and the rest of the Blue Devils are looking to get their heads in the game for their next matchup which should prove to be another thrilling game, as they face Cal-Mum at home this coming Tuesday at 7 p.m.