Mustangs down rival Purple Eagles

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Jerrell Nealy drives to the basket against Albion defender Kyle Radder during the Mustangs home court win over the Purple Eagles this evening.

Leading from wire to wire, Medina bested rival Albion 64-55 in a Niagara-Orleans League boys basketball game this evening at Medina.

Jerrell Nealy scored a game high 25 points to lead Medina as Justin Pitts added 13, Preston Woodworth 10, Trevon Shine 6, Christian Moss 5, Cole Callard 3 and Elijah Doxey 2.

Kyle Radder paced Albion with 19 as Wesley Olles added 12, Blake Preston 10, John Eibl 8, Isaiah Riley 4 and Seth Krenning 2.

Medina jumped out to a 14-6 first quarter lead as Nealy scored 6 and Callard hit a three.

The Mustangs nearly doubled their advantage to 14, 31-17, at the half as Nealy tallied 9 in the second period which also included threes by Pitts and Woodworth.

Albion though came battling back in the third period outscoring Medina 19-7 over the first six minutes to slice the deficit to just two at 38-36. Radder scored 8, Preston 5 and Olles, Riley and Eibl 2 each to lead that Purple Eagles rally.

However, the Mustangs answered with a key 10-2 run to close the period and regain a 10 point, 48-38, advantage. A three at the buzzer by Pitts capped off that key uprising which also included buckets by Woodworth and Nealy.

The Mustangs extended their advantage to 15, 60-45, midway through the final period after a 12-7 run which included two baskets and a three-point play by Nealy and a three-point play by Pitts.

The Purple Eagles though again came battling back with an 8-0 run to pull to within seven, 60-53, with just over a minutes to go. Eibl and Radder both had a pair of baskets to key that surge.

Albion could get no closer though as Shine ended that Purple Eagles run with a key layup to put the Mustangs up 62-53 with 23 seconds to go. Shine then closed out the win with a pair of free throws to offset a late basket by Olles.

Medina is now 1-2 and Albion 1-4 in N-O action.

Medina’s Cole Callard drives against Albion’s Seth Krenning.

Albion’s Kyle Radder goes by Medina’s Christian Moss and Elijah Doxey for a layup.