City League roundup: Franks leads Knights past Waite

12/22/2001

Waite coach Joe Suboticki, a former St. Francis de Sales coach, made his return to his former school last night, but Joe Franks scored 19 points to lead the Knights in a 71-44 romp.

Dustin Szenderski added 13 points for St. Francis (2-1, 2-0 City League), which outrebounded the Indians 37-22.

The Knights cashed in on 15 of 21 free throws and made 10 of 21 3-pointers.

Robert Braswell paced Waite (2-4, 1-2) with 13 points.

Mike Johnson scored 13 points to lead the Rams (3-3, 2-1).

Pressure defense by Rogers forced Start into making numerous turnovers in the first and third quarters, allowing the Rams to pull away.

Allen Drake paced visiting Start (1-4, 1-2) with 11.

The Polar Bears jumped out to an 8-2 lead, but quickly got into foul trouble and were unable to keep up with the Bulldogs, especially on the boards.

John Lawson tallied 20 to lead Scott (5-0, 3-0 CL).

Derrick Ford added 18, Stuart Simms 12, and Manga Shumann 10.

Alex Malone of Woodward (1-4, 0-3) led all scorers with 27 points.

The Rebels jumped out to a 15-9 lead after one quarter, but the Irish overwhelmed them from there.

Dominic Harrison scored 16 points for Central (5-1, 2-1), which hit just two of 11 field-goal tries in the first quarter but finished the game at 21-of-45.

Mike Menchaca and Ozzie Williams tallied 10 points apiece for Bowsher, which was outscored 11-3 at the free-throw line.