Tribe’s offense stalled for 3 quarters in loss

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians found their touch from long range in the fourth quarter.

It was not nearly enough to overcome three quarters of offensive woes.

Fort Recovery High School’s boys basketball team was unable to do much on offense for the first 24 minutes Friday in a 52-38 loss to the New Bremen Cardinals.

It was the third consecutive loss for the Indians after a 6-1 start.

After managing just three first-quarter field goals, the Indians (6-4, 1-2 Midwest Athletic Conference) were held to just two in the second. They trailed by 14 at halftime.

The deficit grew to 16 after three quarters.

Fort Recovery made a fourth-quarter push thanks in part to four 3-pointers — Hudson Overman hit three and Colson Post made the other — but it was not enough. New Bremen (7-3, 1-1 MAC) maintained its advantage with five players hitting field goals in the final eight minutes.

Overman’s late long-distance barrage pushed him to share the game-high 15 points with a pair of Cardinals. Brody Barga joined him in double figures with a dozen points, but no other Indian had more than four.

Gavin Dicke and Wyatt Weidner were the 15-point scorers for New Bremen. Jaylen Powell added 10 points.

Fort Recovery will try to get back on track tonight when it hosts Bradford (4-6) for its fourth consecutive game at Fort Site Fieldhouse before heading on the road to Minster and Crestview next weekend.

Junior varsity

Fort Recovery fell apart in the third, letting a lead slip away en route to a 47-38 loss.

The Indians (6-4) built a three-point halftime lead. But they gave up 24 third-quarter points to New Bremen as the game slipped away.

Carter Fortkamp and Braylan Dilworth each scored 10 points to lead FRHS. Tank Thompson added nine.