By Jim Walker

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

OK, you can have the first half but we’re going to take the second half.

And then some.

Trailing by 4 points at halftime, the St. Joseph Flyers outscored the New Boston Tigers by 13 points in the second half and rallied for a 56-47 Southern Ohio Conference 1 win on Tuesday.

Landon “Rocky” Rowe had 7 points including a 3-pointer and Beckham Waginger scored 4 points and the game was tied at 13-all in the first quarter.

Wyatt McNeil scored 7 points including a 3-pointer to lead the Tigers.

New Boston took a 27-23 halftime lead as Levigh Cooper hit a pair of 3-pointers while Ian Spiess and McNeal had one trey each.

Wesley Neal scored 8 of the Flyers 10 points including a 3-pointer.

St. Joseph (9-5, 4-1) rallied in the third quarter to take a 39-8 lead as Zane “Z-Man” Dressel made a trifecta and scored 7 points while Neal added 5 points.

Five different players scored for New Boston.

In the fourth quarter, the Flyers outscored the Tigers 17-9 and pulled away to the win.

The Flyers converted 7 of 7 from the foul line as Waginger went 3 of 3 and scored 5 points. Dressel had 4 points including 2 of 2 at the line and Rowe also scored 4. points.

McNeil, Spiess and Cooper all hit 3-pointers for the Tigers in the quarter.

Neal led the Flyers with 17 points while Rowe had a strong all-around game with 13 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.

Beckham Waginger had a breakout game as the freshman scored 11 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and had a pair of steals. Dressel also scored 11 points and had 4 rebounds.

McNeil scored 15 points while Spiess and Cooper scored 11 each for New Boston (3-12, 2-3).

New Boston 13 14 11 9 = 47

St. Joseph 13 10 16 17 = 56

NEW BOSTON (3-12, 2-3): Wyatt McNeil 2 3 2-2 15, Tyler McQuithy 0 0 0-0 0, Ian Spiess 2 2 1-1 11, Levigh Cooper 1 3 0-0 11, Brody Bowman 1 0 0-0 2, Isaiah Baker 2 0 0-0 4. Totals: 10 8 3-3 47. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: McNeil.

ST. JOSEPH (9-5, 4-1): Aiden Deborde 1 0 0-0 2, Landon Rowe 5 0 3 0-0 13, Beckham Waginger 3 0 5-6 11, Wesley Neal 4 1 6-8 17, Zane Dressel 3 1 2-2 11, Carson Willis 1 0 0-0 2, Carter Johnson 0 0 0-2 0. Totals: 20-51 13-18 56. 3-pt goals: 3-16. Rebounds: 38 (Waginger 15, Rowe 6, Neal 5, Dressel 4, Deborde 4). Assists: 13 (Deborde 9, Rowe 3). Steals: 10 (Rowe 3, Waginger 2, Willis 2). Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 9. Fouled out: None.