PORTSMOUTH — It was the annual Buckeye Elite Basketball Showcase, so the Fairland Dragons decided to put on a show.
Behind the scoring of Trevor Lochow and Brody Buchanan and the rebounding of Cliff Fransen, the Dragons routed the Hillsboro Indians 63-42 on Saturday at Shawnee State University.
Lochow was dialing up his scoring from downtown as he made six 3-pointers and scored 22 points. Buchanan had 19 points5 rebounds and 7 assists. Keegan Smith added 11 points to go with 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
Fransen hauled down 15 rebounds compared to Hillsboro which had 14 rebounds as a team.
Fairland (11-1) led 9-7 after the first quarter as Lochow scored 7 points including a 3-pointer.
Jack Howland hit a trey and scored all 7 of Hillsboro’s total.
The Dragons got their offense going in the second quarter as Buchanan hit a 3-pointer and scored 8 points and Lochow made a pair of 3-pointers and the lead was 29-17 at the half.
Trey Captain and Howland scored 4 points each for the Indians (6-5).
Fairland extended its lead to 43-27 in the third quarter as Smith scored 5 points, Buchanan 4 and Lochow hit a 3-pointer.
Tate Davis and Howland scored 5 points each and both hit a 3-pointer to account for Hillsboro’s total.
The fourth quarter was raining 3-pointers for Fairland.
Lochow had two 3-pointers, Smith hit a trey and scored 6 points, Buchanan had 5 points including a 3-pointer and Fransen added a trifecta.
Davis hit a 3-pointer and scored 9 points for Hillsboro.
Howland scored 16 points and Davis 14 to lead Hillsboro.
Hillsboro 7 10 10 15 = 42
Fairland 9 20 14 20 = 63
HILLSBORO (6-5): Mason Dumpert 1-2 0-0 0-0 2, Tate Davis 2-7 2-5 4-4 14, Braydon Hunter 0-2 1-5 0-0 3, Dylan Dixon 0-4 0-0 0-0 0, Trey Captain 2-10 0-0 1-2 5, Jack Howland 5-9 2-4 0-0 16, Brady Juillerat 1-1 0-0 0-0 2. Totals: 20-49 5-6 42. 3-pt goals: 9-14. Rebounds: 14 (Davis 4, Dumpert 3). Assists: 2 (Davis 2). Steals: 1 (Dumpert 1). Turnovers: 6. Fouls: 4. Fouled out: None.
FAIRLAND (11-1): Gabe Polcyn 4-7 0-0 0-0 8, Trevor Lochow 2-4 6-10 0-0 22, Jeremiah Fizer 0-1 0-0 0-0 0, Cliff Fransen 0-0 1-5 0-0 3, Keegan Smith 2-3 2-7 1-2 11, Maddox Gue 0-0 0-0 0-0 0, Brody Buchanan 6-11 2-4 1-1 19. Totals: 25-52 1-3 63. 3-pt goals: 11-26. Rebounds: 38 (Fransen 15, Polcyn 6, Smith 6, Buchanan 5). Assists: 13 (Buchanan 7, Smith 3). Steals: 1 (Smith). Turnovers: 9. Fouls: 4. Fouled out: None.
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