By Jim Walker

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

The St. Joseph Flyers didn’t waste time.

The Flyers settled the outcome of their Monday night game in rapid fashion by building a 25-point halftime lead as they went on to rout the Sciotoville East Tartans 62-31 in a Southern Ohio Conference game.

The Flyers (10-8, 5-2) raced to an 18-6 first quarter lead and never looked back as Wesley Neal had 6 points while Landon “Rocky” Rowe and Aiden Deborde scored 4 points each.

The lead ballooned to 36-11 at the half as Beckham Waginger, Carter Johnson, Deborde and Rowe all scored 4 points in an 18 point second quarter.

Neal scored 6 points in the third quarter with Rowe netting 4 and Deborde hitting a 3-pointer and the lead was 53-19.

East outscored the Flyers 12-9 in the fourth quarter as Kaiden Huston scored 9 points.

Mason Weber hit a trifecta and Carson Willis had 4 points for the Flyers.

Neal and Rowe had 12 points each, Deborde scored 11 and Waginger had 10 points as four Flyers reached double figures.

Neal had 6 rebounds and Waginger grabbed 5. Kia Clark had 3 assists with Deborde getting 4 steals and Rowe, Waginger and Neal getting 3 thefts apiece.

Huston had 14 points to pace East (4-14, 1-7).

Sciotoville    6 5 8 12 = 31

St. Joseph     18 18 17 9 = 62

SCIOTOVILLE EAST (4-14, 1-7): Tycyn Parnell 0 0 0-0 0, Amani Brown 0 0 2-2 2, Keegan Barker 2 0 0-0 4, Dakota Cook 0 0 1-2 1, Kaiden Huston 2 2 4-5 14, Linden Williams 1 0 0-0 2, Jimmy McGraw 0 0 0-0 0, Dustin Bailey 3 0 0-0 6, Hayden Conkel 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 9 2 7-9 31. Fouls: 2. Fouled out: None.

ST. JOSEPH (10-8, 5-2): Aiden Deborde 4 1 0-0 11, Landon Rowe 6 0 0-0 12, Mason Weber 0 1 0-0 3, Jonathan Sharp 0 0 0-0 0, Beckham Waginger 5 0 0-0 10, Kai Clark 0 0 0-0 0, Wesley Neal 5 0 2-2 12, Carson Willis 4 0 0-0 8, Carter Johnson 3 0 0-0 6. Totals: 29-51 2-2 62. 3-pt goals: 2-13. Rebounds: 25 (Neal 6, Waginger 5). Assists: 12 (Clark 3, Deborde 2, Rowe 2, Weber 2). Steals: 14 (Deborde 4, Rowe 3, Waginger 3, Neal 3). Turnovers: 7. Fouls: 8. Fouled out: None.