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Washburn Rural bounced back from a 13-point loss in the opening round of the Basehor-Linwood Invitational to rout Olathe North 64-38 in a Wednesday consolation game.
The Junior Blues, who will play for fifth at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, dropped a 62-49 decision to Olathe West on Monday, but took control early on against Olathe North, doubling the Eagles up 14-7 in the first quarter and taking a 31-19 halftime advantage.
Washburn Rural finished off the rout with a 33-19 scoring edge after the break.
Joe Berry
Senior Joe Berry paced the Junior Blues (6-2) with a game-high 17 points while senior Jack Hutchinson added 14 points and 4 3-pointers and sophomore Jack Bachelor had 11 points.
Quinten Mason led Olathe North (2-6) with 15 points, including 3 3-pointers.
WASHBURN RURAL BOYS 64, OLATHE NORTH 38
Olathe North 7 12 8 11 -- 38
Washburn Rural 14 17 14 19 -- 64
Olathe North (2-6) -- Mason 6 0-0 15, Ja. Parrish 2 1-4 5, Surran 3 0-0 7, Patillo 0 5-8 5, Hester 0 0-0 0, Kingharper 0 0-0 0, Devoe 0 0-0 0, Shearer 0 2-4 2, Blue 0 0-0 0, Jo. Parrish 0 0-0 0, Bush 2 0-0 4. Totals 13 8-16 38.
Washburn Rural (6-2) -- Bachelor 4 3-3 12, Kidd 0 2-2 2, Berry 7 3-5 17, Hutchinson 5 0-0 14, Howard 1 1-2 3, Morrow 0 0-0 0, Williams 2 0-0 5, Brady 1 4-4 6, Bunck 0 0-0 0, Conklin 1 0-0 2, Ross 0 0-0 0, Patterson 1 1-2 3. Totals 22 14-18 64
3-point goals -- Olathe North 4 (Mason 3, Surran), Washburn Rural 6 (Hutchinson 4, Bachelor, Williams). Total fouls -- Olathe North 16, Washburn Rural 16. Fouled out -- none.
