High school basketball! Moeller tops Purcell Marian 73-53
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Junior guard one¡ of five in double digits By Tom Groeschen Enquirer staff writer
Troy Tabler figured to sleep well Friday night after his near triple-double for the Moeller basketball team. Tabler, a 6-foot-3 junior guard, had 10 points and led Moeller in rebounds (10) and assists (nine) as the visiting Crusaders beat Purcell Marian 7353 in a Greater Catholic League game. "Troy is a guy who has to do a lot for us," Moeller coach Carl Kremer said. "He played a lot of minutes (27 of a possible 32), and as a point guard he led us in rebounding. That's a testament to his competitiveness." Tabler is Moellers top returning scorer (9.2 ppg last year) but has ~hduiaered' ari ¡ even larger burden in the Crusaders' first two games. Tabler, normally a shooting guard, has filled in at the point while senior Andrew Gomez has missed the season's first two games for what Kremer called "a team issue." "I need to score for us, but I don't need to be firing up shots all night," Tabler said. "We have good balance. We have a lot of scorers, and I think you saw that tonight" Moeller indeed had five doublt?digit scorers, including sophomore forward Quinn McDowell (15), senior guard Michael Bennett (13), junior forward Terry Martin (12), junior center JJ. Grycko (11) and Tabler (10). Moeller, by Kremer's own admission, lacks the big-name stars o.f its 2003 state champion and '05 state Final Four teams. Stars such as Andrew Brackman, Josh Duncan, Bubba Walther, Ryan Childress, Tyler see MOELLER, Page C6
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Moeller forward Quinn McDowell scored 15 points to lead five Crusaders in double digits in Friday night's victory over Purcell Marian.