AURORA, Mo. — The Neosho Wildcats began the 2021-22 season in a big way.
Neosho earned an 86-67 victory at Aurora on Thursday night in non-conference boys basketball action.
“Good first showing of the year,” Neosho coach Zane Culp said. “We had lots of scoring up and down the lineup. We will need to clean some things up to achieve our highest quality of basketball, but the boys played a fun, exciting brand that I think we can build on as we go.”
The Wildcats had four players score in double figures. K’dyn Waters led the way with 26 points, while Carter Fenske added 16 points with four 3-pointers.
Isaiah Green contributed 14 points and Kael Smith added 12. Brock Franklin just missed double figures with nine points.
Jaesik Friggle scored 24 points for Aurora, while James Hoffman had 12 points and Orion Welch added 11.
Neosho scored 19 points in both the first and second quarters to take a 38-26 lead at intermission.
After putting up 23 points in the third period, the Wildcats held a commanding 61-41 lead entering the fourth quarter.
The Wildcats will compete at the Pea Ridge Tournament beginning on Dec. 9.
