BUCHANAN — The Buchanan pressure defense forced visiting Lakeshore into 34 turnovers in the Bucks’ 59-42 win over Lakeshore in non-conference boys basketball action Wednesday night.

The Bucks and Lancers were deadlocked at 10-10 after one quarter, but Buchanan (7-1) opened up a small 21-18 advantage at halftime.

In the second half the Bucks turned up the pressure and pulled away from Lakeshore (4-6), outscoring it 38-24.

Doug Freeman scored a game-high 22 points to lead Buchanan, which also got 13 points from Kevin Dey.

Dennis Jordan had 11 points for the Lancers.

 

Buchanan 59, Lakeshore 42

LAKESHORE 42

Dennis Jordan 5 1-2 11, David Upton 0 0-0 0, Braden Burke 1 2-5 4, Cooper Jennings 2 3-3 9, Mitch Meyer 1 2-4 4, Rubin Conway 2 0-0 5, Chayse Magrane 2 1-3 5, T.J. Brinker 1 0-0 2, Grant Dunn 0 0-0 0, Max Gaishin 0 0-0 0, Brady Veine 0 2-2 2. TOTALS 14 11-19 42

BUCHANAN 59

Kevin Dey 4 5-8 13, Alex Leiter 1 5-6 7, Tyler Flynn 2 2-2 6, Doug Freeman 8 6-8 22, Christian Catalano 1 2-3 4, Elijah Lewis 0 1-2 1, Tim McCaffrey 0 0-0 0, Dustin Gray 3 0-0 6, Sam Swem 0 0-0 0, Josiah Smith 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 19 21-29 59

 

Lakeshore                  10       18       33       42

Buchanan                   10       21       41       59

3-point baskets: Lakeshore 3 (Jennings 2, Conway 1), Buchanan 0. Total fouls (fouled out): Lakeshore 25 (none), Buchanan 21 (none). Varsity records: Lakeshore 4-6, Buchanan 7-1, JV score: Lakeshore 42, Buchanan 36