The Brandywine boys basketball team appeared to turn the corner with a 64-24 win over the visiting Mustangs of River Valley Tuesday night.

Andrew Duckett paced the Bobcats with 13 points, while teammates Pierce Gleason and Brock Hartline added 12 and 11 points respectively.

The Bobcats used a pressing defense and a near flawless offensive rotation to go on a 22-2 run to open the game and carried that momentum to bury the Mustangs.

Brandywine coach Nathan Knapp was pleased with his team’s performance and thinks that his team has finally started to find itself toward the end of what has been a tumultuous season.

“Our kids were clicking on all cylinders,” Knapp said. “It was a real confidence booster. The practices have been a little bit more intense and they are getting a little chippy, which is what we want. I think we are peaking at the right time.”

Brandywine will return to the hardwood and try to continue to build its confidence when it faces Hartford at home on Saturday at 7 p.m.

 

BRANDYWINE 64

Andrew Duckett 13, Pierce Gleason 12,  Brock Hartline 11, Courtlan Gordan 10, Austin Knapp 8, Alex Ulrickson 3, Issac Davis 3, Trent Moskwinski 2, Zachary Schmidt 2. TOTALS: 25 9-18 64

RIVER VALLEY 24

Devin Morrow 10, Gabe Zeiger 6, Jim Ragosta 4, Zac Fredrickson 3, BJ Clark 1, Ethan Zeiger 0, Jake Clark 0. TOTALS: 7 6-17 24

 

River Valley 2 9 19 24

Brandywine 22 38 49 64

3-point goals: River Valley 4 (Morrow 3, Zeiger), Brandywine 5 (Gleason 2, Duckett, Ulrickson, Knapp). Total fouls (fouled out): River Valley 19 (Frederickson), Brandywine 24 (Gordon, Moswinski). Varsity record: Brandywine 3-16