WARREN OH- The Falcons traveled to Howland on Tuesday night in search of their first conference victory of the season. Fitch was hitting on all cylinders offensively, jumpin out to a 16-4 first quarter lead and extending it to 33-14 at halftime on their way to a 64-49 victory over the Tigers. In the process, they evened their overall record to 7-7 and moved to 1-2 in All American Conference league play.
Marcel Finkley, Carter Owens and Anthony Waller helped the Falcons get out to a fast start offensively. Finkley and Owens each had 5 points in the first quarter with Waller adding 4 points of his own.
Finkley helped the Falcons keep their foot on the gas in the second quarter, with another 6 points in the 2nd quarter while E.J. Giles scored 4 points and Waller added another 3 points to help the Falcons to a 19-point lead at halftime.
In his biggest scoring output of the season, Waller added another 5 points in the third quarter, and had support from a Brady Evans three-pointer and Giles going 4-for-4 from the free throw line to help the Falcons put the game out of reach (52-31) heading into the fourth quarter.
Rocco Ferreri scored 4 points in the fourth quarter while Finley and Evans both added three to put the game on ice before both teams emptied their benches.
Finkley scored 17 points, Waller followed with 12 points and Giles contributed 8 points. The Falcons got big points from their bench as Evans scored 9 points and Braeden Sallee added 7 points. Owens finished with 5 points, Ferreri had 4 points and Al-Tahire Illuno scored 2 points to account for the Falcon’s points.
The Falcons will host Medina Highland in a non-conference game on Saturday, January 18 at 7:00 PM on Greenwood Chevrolet Court. Howland stays in conference play on Friday as they travel to Boardman.
*Contributed By Russell Houser at austintownathletics.com