The Seton Catholic Cardinal basketball team hosted the Northeastern Knights at Earlham College on Wednesday, Nov. 27, in the season opener for both schools.
Senior Grant Semler scored back-to-back to send the Cardinals to an early 5-0 lead, but the Knights battled back to tie the game at 9-9 on a Landon Scarrette field goal. Cooper Cline sent the Knights in front on a rebound basket before Jason Moynihan hit a 3-point shot to restore the Cardinals’ lead at 12-11. It was the last lead the Cards enjoyed. The Knights led 17-14 at the end of the first quarter and expanded their advantage to 35-25 by halftime.
The Knights used their superior depth and size to break the game open in the second half. The Knights used 13 players in a revolving door substitution pattern to wear the Cardinals down, outscoring them in both the third and fourth quarters en route to a 74-50 win.
The Knights placed three players in double figures. Sam White led the way with a game high of 19 points and pulled down 12 rebounds. Noah Payne scored 13 points and Scarrette added 10 points. Semler led the Cardinals with 15 points, and Moynihan scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
The Knights also won the JV game 71-20. Luke Wiley scored 15 points to lead Northeastern, Brody Ross added 11 points. Gavin Killion scored 9 points to lead Seton Catholic.
Northeastern (1-0) 17 18 23 16 74
Logan Seal 6, Kaleb Moore 5, Tre VanLandingham 7, Scarrette 10, Trent Deloney 0, Marshall Philips 5, Matthew Truitt 2, Dalton Justice 0, Cline 7, Nic Markward 0, Payne 13, Brody Ross 0, White 19 — Total 74
Seton Catholic (0-1) 14 11 13 12 50
Noah Allen 0, Semler 15, Tyson Tremain 6, Ethan Nisewonder 0, Eric Parker 5, Gavin Killion 3, Colin Murray 0, Jackson Feist 9, Moynihan 12 — Total 50
A version of this article appeared in the December 4 2024 print edition of the Western Wayne News.