Packer boys beat Mayo with defense

Published 9:56 pm Tuesday, February 11, 2014

The Austin boys basketball team had four players score in double figures as it beat Rochester Mayo (7-14 overall, 7-8 Big Nine) 54-34 in Rochester Tuesday.

No. 4 ranked Austin (19-3 overall, 14-0 Big Nine) closed the first half on a solid run and it held the Spartans down its defense for most of the night.

Noah Brehmer had 10 points of the bench for the Packers.

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“Noah Brehmer gave us a nice scoring lift off the bench and Gach Gach played well,” Austin head coach Kris Fadness said. “It was a good win and I thought defensively we were really good.”

Austin 30 24 — 54

Mayo 15 19 — 34

Austin scoring: Ajuda Nywesh, 12; Bret Lukes, 11; Zach Wessels 10; Noah Brehmer, 10; Gach Gach 7; Curtis Oberbroeckling, 2; Zach Coffey, 2; free throws: 58 percent (7-for-12)