Hayden's Joe Otting gets under the basket against Topeka High's Jalen Smith during Fridays game at the Topeka Invitational Tournament Photo by Rex Wolf TSNBy RICK PETERSON
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Playing without its top two scorers, seniors Geivonnii Williams and Vacario Triplett, Hayden put up a fight against Class 6A Wichita East, but the Blue Aces outscored the Wildcats 30-14 over the middle two quarters en route to a 52-37 victory in Thursday's first round of the Topeka Invitational Tournament at Topeka High.
Hayden led 5-2 and 11-9 early on and trailed by just a 13-11 margin at the end of the opening quarter, but the Blue Aces used a 16-8 second quarter to open up a 29-19 halftime advantage and then pushed their lead to 43-25 with a 14-6 third quarter.
Sophomore Joe Otting paced Hayden (2-6) with 13 points while sophomore Jake Muller added 7 points for the Wildcats, who dropped their sixth straight game.
Senior AJ King led Wichita East (6-3) with 17 points, 13 in the first half, while Daylan Jones added 9 points and 10 rebounds.
Hayden will play a consolation game at 6:30 p.m. Friday in High's auxiliary gym against the loser of the first-round game between Lansing and Topeka High.
WICHITA EAST 52, HAYDEN 37
Hayden 11 8 6 12 -- 37
Wichita East 13 16 14 9 -- 52
Hayden (2-6) -- Muller 3-12 0-2 7, Duffey 0-8 0-0 0, Pivarnik 2-6 0-2 4, Otting 5-8 3-5 13, Gorman 2-5 0-0 6, Bartlett 1-2 2-2 5, Munoz-Frye 0-0 0-0 0, Rochford 0-2 0-0 0, Padilla 0-0 0-0 0, Rice 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 14-47 5-11 37.
Wichita East (6-3) -- King 7-12 2-2 17, Jones 4-8 0-0 9, Sweeney 0-5 1-4 1, Chaney 2-3 0-0 4, White 2-5 2-2 6, Manuel 2-3 1-1 5, Dunn-Morse 1-3 0-0 2, Pearson 0-0 2-2 2, Trezvant 2-4 0-2 6, Kaufman 0-3 0-0 0, Jeamoel 0-1 0-0 0, Graham 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-47 8-13 52.
3-point goals -- Hayden 4 (Gorman 2, Muller, Bartlett), Wichita East 4 (Trezvant 2, King, Jones). Total fouls -- Hayden 12, Wichita East 11. Fouled out -- none.
