Indian Lake’s boys basketball team, which was coming off a lopsided loss to Springfield Shawnee earlier this week, suffered no lingering issues Friday night against Northwestern.
The buckets fell early and often for the host Lakers as they blitzed the Warriors 82-45 in a Central Buckeye Conference game.
Indian Lake is now 8-9 overall and 6-1 in the CBC. The Warriors fall to 2-14, 1-6.
The Lakers came out red hot, racing to a 29-15 lead after one quarter.
Indian Lake led by 31 points (53-22) at halftime and they held a 34-point advantage (76-42) after three periods.
Camdon Tuttle powered the Lakers with a game-high 26 points. Caiden Nicol had 21 points, Lane Tucci scored nine and Maddux Hall added seven.
In the junior varsity game, Indian Lake won 62-50. Burke Lillard led the Lakers with 11 points and Kyler Haas added 10 points.
Indian Lake returns to action today at Norwayne.
Indian Lake 82, NORTHWESTERN 45
NORTHWESTERN (2-14, 1-6)
Fultz 6 1-2 7; Ford 4 0-0 10; Stott 0 4-6 4; Bishop 2 0-0 5; Shaffer 6 0-0 14; Clark 1 0-0 2; Bechtle 1 0-0 3. Totals: 20 4-8 45.
Indian Lake (8-9, 6-1)
M. Lillard 1 0-0 2; Hall 3 0-0 7; Nicol 7 5-6 21; Pequignot 2 2-2 7; Tucci 3 0-0 9; Morrison 1 0-0 2; Tuttle 11 0-0 26; Wolf 1 0-0 2; Murphy 3 0-0 6. Totals: 32 7-8 82.
Warriors 15 7 20 3 — 45
Lakers 29 24 23 6 — 82
Three pointers: Northwestern 6 (Ford 2, Shaffer 2, Bishop, Bechtle); Indian Lake 11 (Tuttle 4, Tucci 3, Nicol 2, Hall, Pequignot). Team fouls: Northwestern 11; Indian Lake 10.