NEW BUFFALO — Visiting Brandywine was outscored 18-12 in the fourth quarter as New Buffalo held on for a 63-57 BCS Athletic Conference West Division victory Friday night.

The Bobcats (9-5, 2-5 West) and Bison (9-4, 5-1 West) were deadlocked at 45-45 after three quarters.

Brandywine had to rally from an early deficit to knot the score heading to the final quarter.

The Bobcats got off to a slow and trailed the Bison 16-8 after one quarter and 29-24 at the half.

Andrew Boocher scored a game-high 22 points for Brandywine, which also got 11 points from Andrew Duckett.

Jarek Hotwagner had 22 points to lead New Buffalo. Elisha Dryden and Marques Artz finished with 14 and 12 resepctively.

 

NEW BUFFALO 63, BRANDYWINE 57

Brandywine 57

Hunter Slaughter 5, Zackary Schmidt 6, Andrew Boocher 22, Marquise Davis 0, Cole Searles 0, Zachary Grishaber 0, Andrew Duckett 11, Matt Vaughn 0, Austin Knapp 9, Vincent Peel 0. TOTALS: 23 7-12 57

New Buffalo 63

Elisha Dryden 14, Zac Workman 6, Clayton Artz 0, John Paul Perez 0, Rylee Fournier 2, Marques Artz 12, Jarek Hotwagner 22, Travis Maddux 7. TOTALS: 23 14-27 63

 

Brandywine               8          24       45       57

New Buffalo               16       29       45       63

3-point baskets: Brandywine 4 (Slaughter, Schmidt 2, Knapp), New Buffalo 3 (M. Artz 3); Total fouls (fouled out): Brandywine 22 (Schmidt, Knapp), New Buffalo 15 (none). Varsity records: Brandywine 9-5, 2-5 West; New Buffalo 9-4, 5-1 West