Edwardsburg moves into first place tie

Published 8:20 am Saturday, February 8, 2014

COLOMA — Visiting Edwardsburg rallied from a 23-18 halftime deficit to edge Coloma 50-47 in Wolverine Conference West Division boys basketball action Friday night.

The win, coupled with South Haven’s 61-58 loss to Dowagiac, moved the Eddies into a tie for first place in the West Division standings.

Edwardsburg spent much of the first half chasing the Comets. The Eddies trailed 11-7 after one quarter and by five (23-18) at halftime.

However, Edwardsburg outscored Coloma 16-12 in the third quarter to tie the score at 34-34 heading to the fourth.

The Eddies edged the Comets 16-13 in the last eight minutes to pull out the win.

Grant Szalewski and Dante Razzano both had 13 points for Edwardsburg, which also got 12 points from Dylan Hulett.

Auston Rushing had 13 points to lead the Comets, who drop to 6-7 overall and 3-3 in the West.

 

Edwardsburg 50, Coloma 47

EDWARDSBURG 50

Grant Szalewski 13, Derek Pierce 5, Dante Razzano 13, Jackson Gaideski 1, Dalton Raymond 2, Dylan Hulett 12, Isaac Vite 4. TOTALS: 17 9-11 50

COLOMA 47

Tarrie Landry 4, Robert Lawson 0, Nick Caldwell 8, Nicholas Murray 2, Caleb Hester 0, Auston Rushing 13, Johnny Cole 8, Draven Santana 0, Jason Walter 12, Wayne Seabury 0. TOTALS: 19 9-14 47

 

Edwardsburg                        7          18       34       50

Coloma                                    11       23       34       47

3-point goals: Edwardsburg 7 (Hulett 4, Pierce, Razzano, Vite), Coloma 2 (Caldwell 2). Total fouls (fouled out): Edwardsburg 16 (none), Coloma 13 (none). Varsity records: Edwardsburg 9-5, 5-2 West, Coloma 6-7, 3-3 West