Brandywine girls basketball coach Josh Hood was in no mood to celebrate after his team’s 47-20 BCS Athletic Conference win over Cassopolis on Tuesday.

“I guess the only positive is that nobody got hurt,” said Hood, whose team improved to 4-0. “We had no effort and were lackadaisical. We’ve had two really bad days in a row. We had a really bad practice (Monday).

“As a coach, and it starts with me, I need to figure out how to get our kids motivated to play at a high level at all times. We’re not playing at a level right now that warrants success.”

The Bobcats shot only 25-percent (16-of-65) from the field, were only 11-of-20 from the free-throw line and committed 20 turnovers.

But Cassopolis was unable to take advantage of Brandywine’s struggles. The Rangers turned the ball over 39 times, shot 22-percent (8-of-37) from the field and missed eight of their 10 free throws.

“We didn’t do what we worked on,” said Cassopolis girls basketball coach Nat Pittman, whose team fell to 1-4. “We threw the ball away too much. Our defense was lacking and our rebounding was terrible.

“There’s things we have work on and improve upon.”

A 9-0 run gave Brandywine a 28-12 lead with 1:00 left in the second quarter. Michaela Hartline’s three-point play capped the run.

Hartline and Emily Erwin each scored 11 points to lead the Bobcats.

Brandywine finished with a 42-29 rebounding advantage with Brooke Smith pulling down 11 boards and Makenna Hartline adding 10.

“This team has got a lot of growing up to do,” Hood said. “We have a long ways to go.

“I’m really disappointed with our performance tonight.”

Kortenei Suggs scored 10 points to lead the Rangers.

 

BRANDYWINE 47, CASSOPOLIS 20

CASSOPOLIS 20

Kaylynn Forrest 3, Brittney Prestly 1, Janye Butts 2, Nakiela Sinclair 2, Ky’ana Buck 0, Madeline Ruff 2, Kortenei Suggs 10, Kayla Rowan 0, Aidan Traynor 0. TOTALS: 8 2-10 20

BRANDYWINE 47

Makenna Hartline 7, Michaela Hartline 11, Brooke Smith 0, Emily Erwin 11, Jaleesa Garner 8, Alyssa Bolen 5, Makena Bowen 5, Rachael Szilagyi 0, Cassie Luczkowski 0. TOTALS: 16 11-20 47

 

Cassopolis                  6          14       16       20

Brandywine               14       30       40       47

3-point baskets: Cassopolis 2 (Forrest, Suggs), Brandywine 4 (Erwin 3, Bolen). Total fouls (fouled out): Cassopolis 17 (none), Brandywine 14 (none). Shooting: Cassopolis 8-of-37 for 22-percent, Brandywine 16-of-65 for 25-percent. Rebounding: Cassopolis 29 (Butts 10), Brandywine 42 (Smith 11). Turnovers: Cassopolis 39, Brandywine 20. Records: Cassopolis 1-4, Brandywine 4-0