By By DAN WEISS / Vigilant/Argus
BUCHANAN -- Coming off a loss to Lakeland Conference foe Bridgman on Tuesday was no problem for the Buchanan varsity basketball team Thursday night.
The Bucks cruised to a 53-34 win over Edwardsburg which improved their record to 12-7 overall and 9-4 in the league with one game, at Brandywine, left on the regular season schedule.
The Eddies (2-17, 0-13) outscored Buchanan 14-7 in the third quarter but lost track of Bucks' leading scorer Ashlee Layher too many times in the second half. Layher scored 18 of her game-high 26 points after halftime.
Layher scored all of Buchanan's points in the third quarter and the first 11 of the fourth quarter.
Layher was Buchanan's only double-digit scorer but Ali Bender added nine points and Dee Dee Thompson scored six.
Jessica Shotwell led the Eddies with nine points while Jessica Neagu added eight.
BUCHANAN 53
Dee Dee Thompson 1 4-6 6, Ashlee Layher 10 0-0 26, Sheena Bradshaw 2 0-0 4, Holly Tibbs 1 2-2 4, Ali Bender 1 7-7 9, Michelle Johnson 0 2-2 2, Lindsey Ross 0 0-0 0, Lindsay Colip 1 0-0 2, Katie Backus 0 0-2 0, Stacy Borr 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 15-19 53
EDWARDSBURG 34
Jessica Shotwell 4 1-1 9, Jessica Neagu 3 0-0 8, Joanna Martino 0 2-4 2, Meghan Sweeney 0 0-0 0, Shana Stoops 1 0-0 2, Shelley Roberts 1 0-0 3, Megan Moyer 1 0-0 2, Susanna Martino 1 0-0 2, Kerri Wood 2 0-0 4, Sarah Lange 0 0-0 0, Julie Harness 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 3-7 34
Buchanan 11 18 7 17--53
Edwardsburg 4 3 14 13--34
Three-point baskets: Buchanan 6 (Layher 6), Edwardsburg 3 (Neagu 2, Roberts). Team fouls (fouled out): Buchanan 8 (none), Edwardsburg 18 (none). Team records: Buchanan 12-7 (9-4 Lakeland), Edwardsburg 2-17 (0-13)