Northwood boys thump Lakeland

Jonathon Wilkinson fired in 32 points in leading NorthWood to a 70-47 thumping of host Lakeland Tuesday night in varsity boys basketball.

Wilkinson, a 6-5 junior guard, hit five, three-point shots in the first half, helping stake the Panthers to a 46-22 lead at the intermission. Wilkinson finished with 12 field goals in all and sank each of his three foul shots in the tilt.

Teammates Zach Zurcher and Tommy Klem joined Wilkinson in double figures with 17 and 11 markers, respectively.

Topping Lakeland with 11 points was Spencer Mortola. Daemyn Priestley and Mitch Herber each chipped in eight tallies.

Tuesday’s decision improved NorthWood to 11-1 on the campaign, while dropping Lakeland to 3-10.

GAME SUMMARY

NorthWood 70

Lakeland 47

Scoring by quarters

      NW     17    29    18    6    -70

      LL         5    17    16    9    -47

NorthWood

Braxton Linville 0, 0-0, 0; Zach Zurcher 7, 2-2, 17; Tanner Farmwald 2, 0-0, 4; Tommy Klem 4, 1-2, 11; Kyle McCoy 1, 0-0, 2; Jonathon Wilkinson 12, 3-3, 32; Will Stueve 2, 0-0, 4; Cam Simpson 0, 0-0, 0; Totals 28, 6-7, 70

Three-point field goals 8 (Wilkinson 5, Klem 2, Zurcher 1)

Lakeland

Daemyn Priestley 3, 0-0, 8; Eric Herber 0, 0-0, 0; Mitch Herber 4, 0-0, 8; Todd Knote 0, 1-2, 1; Dustin Cunningham 1, 0-0, 2; Marco Olivares 1, 3-4, 5; Spencer Mortola 5, 1-3, 11; Joseph Trost 1, 0-0, 2; Chandler Mynhier 2, 0-1, 4; Brant Betts 3, 0-1, 6; Totals 20, 5-11, 47

Three-point field goals 2 (Priestley 2)