From staff reports

WATERVLIET – With seven games left in the regular season, one has to wonder if the Brandywine girls’ basketball team can run the table in the regular season.

The Bobcats (13-0) passed a big test Tuesday night as they defeated host Watervliet, one of the better teams on its schedule, 46-34 in a non-conference game.

Brandywine led 19-9 at halftime and cruised home with the victory.

Each time the Bobcats win another game it adds to the school record for consecutive victories.

Next up for Brandywine is a road test at Bridgman, which upset Edwardsburg on Monday night.

The Bobcats got off to a bit of a slow start on Tuesday, leading just 7-6 after one quarter.
But Brandywine turned it up in the final three periods and steadily pulled away from the Panthers.

Watervliet was able to outscore the Bobcats in the third quarter to cut the margin down to 33-24 heading to the final stanza.

Brandywine outscored Watervliet 13-10 in the final eight minutes to pull away to the 12-point win.

Carlie Newman led the Bobcats with 12 points and four steals, while Lauren Leonard added 11 and Morgan Smallwood finished with 10.

“We didn’t shoot the ball very well, but we still found a way to win,” Brandywine coach Josh Hood said.

Nicole Winter and Alex Spaulding both had 12 points for the Panthers.

BRANDYWINE 46
Carlie Newman 12, Nicole Newman 3, Mackenzie Shelton 4, Kelsey Pressley 2, Morgan Smallwood 10, Lauren Leonard 11, Madison Pellow 4. TOTALS: 19 7-14 46
WATERVLIET 34
Nicole Winter 12, Brooke Kling 1, Alex Spaulding 12, Katie Amabile 1, Lauren Richardson 2, Kiersten Sill 2, Andrea Hiler 4. TOTALS: 12 9-16 34

Brandywine 7 19 33 46
Watervliet 6 9 24 34
3-point baskets: Brandywine 1 (N. Newman), Watervliet 1 (Spaulding). Total fouls: Brandywine 16, Watervliet 14. Fouled out: Hiler (W). Varsity records: Brandywine 13-0. JV score: Watervliet 35, Brandywine 25

Buchanan…38
Lawrence…26
LAWRENCE – Visiting Buchanan picked up its third win of the season Tuesday night with a 38-26 non-conference victory over Lawrence.

The Bucks (3-8) held an 11-7 lead after one period of play and a 19-16 advantage at the intermission.

In the second half, Lawrence cut the lead to 24-23 at the end of third quarter after having outscored Buchanan 7-5.

Things were much different in the final quarter as the Bucks scored 14 points, while holding the Tigers to a mere three points.

Julia LaBounty led Buchanan with eight points. The Bucks also got seven points from Erin Glavin and six points from Elizabeth Hein.

Rebekah Burnett and Rachel Carpp both scored seven points to pace Lawrence.

BUCHANAN 38
Jordan Helt 0, Nicole Rutherford 0, Elizabeth Hein 6, Chelsea Adolph 5, Amanda Wynn 5, Julia LaBounty 8, Courtney Adolph 0, Krystal Avance 6, Erin Glavin 7, Amanda Anglero 1. TOTALS: 11 14-26 38
LAWRENCE 26
Retta Bileth 0, Kaela Dickens 2, Rebekah Burnett 7, Rachel Carpp 7, Ashlyn Keymoole 1, Jami Dunn 3, Crystal Spinks 4, Nicole Carpp 2. TOTALS: 5 16-29 26

Buchanan 11 19 24 38
Lawrence 7 16 23 26
3-point goals: Buchanan 2 (Wynn, Glavin), Lawrence 0. Total fouls: Buchanan 21, Lawrence 22. Fouled out: Glavin (B), Dickins (L). Varsity record: Buchanan 3-8. JV score: Buchanan 54 (Pachia Benton 16), Lawrence 18 (Debbie Parsell 6, Audrey Weston 6)