IRISH EDGED AT THE BUZZER BY NORTH CANTON HOOVER

North Canton Hoover's Tyler Fausnight made a one-handed bankshot putback at the buzzer to give the Vikings a 50-48 win over Dublin Scioto in the Steve Smith Classic at the College of Wooster on Sunday.

An aggressive Vikings defense and cold Scioto shooting resulted in a 31-16 halftime deficit. North Canton Hoover still led 40-29 heading into the 4th quarter, but the Irish started to heat up from outside and extended the defense.

They made four treys in the quarter -- after having made none in the first three quarters -- and the Irish took their only lead of the game (48-47) on a pair of late free throws.

The Vikings split a pair of free throws to tie it and an Irish turnover gave them back the ball with just under a minute to go.

They ran the clock down to 16.5 seconds and called time. A play designed to drive and dish resulted in a shot that went long off the rim and resulted in the putback.

Unofficial scoring for the Vikings: Veldhuizen(12), Fausnight (10), Evans (8). Sommers (8), Wackerly (5), Gross (4), Beck (3). 18-12-50

Unofficial scoring for the Irish: McKinley (13), McDougald (12), Duzan (7), St. John (5), Stamets (5), Olatoye (4), Mills (2) 17-10-48

DS 9-7-13-19 48
NCH 12-19-9-10 50

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Note: The Irish are back in action on Friday at league foe Westerville North. The freshman game is scheduled to tip at 4:45 p.m., JV at 6:15 p.m. and varsity at around 7:45 p.m.