By By TOM NYHUIS / Niles Daily Star
COLOMA - A 12-0 run early in the second quarter by Coloma broke open a close game as the Comets handed the Buchanan Bucks a 46-29 Lakeland Conference loss.
Buchanan's Marquis Hall finished with a game high 15 points but couldn't get any back up support on offense. Coloma, 1-1, 1-0, used a balanced scoring attack with Anthony Musgrove canning 10, Jeff Gargano 9, Kasey Weber 8 and Tyler LaVanway and Spencer Paulsen each pumping seven.
Entering the second quarter knotted at seven Buchanan grabbed a quick four point lead 11-7. It was at that point Hall picked up a foul and was tagged with a technical and the start of the 12-0 run to take over the lead began. Buchanan finished the first half down 19-13. "The run was disappointing," Buchanan coach Reid McBeth said. "Our kids were playing hard up to that point. It wasn't the offense at that point it was the lackadaisical defense for about three minutes in a row."
Buchanan was able to keep the game close trailing by five through much of the third quarter but couldn't get a score to put the pressure on the Comets. Coloma nailed one of their four treys of the night to end the third and head into the final eight minutes with a 28-20 advantage.
Buchanan falls to 1-2 and 0-1 in the Lakeland and will travel to Brandywine on Friday night to take on the Bobcats at 7 p.m.
Junior Varsity game
Buchanan's Junior Varsity basketball team took a 57-11 win over Coloma Tuesday evening.
The Bucks were led by Derek Anglaro with 14 points, while Joe Richardson had 15 for the Comets.
In freshmen action, Coloma held Buchanan to only 10 points in the entire game, taking the 46-10 win.
Jeff Jerue had six points for Buchanan and Alex Roman had 15 for the Comets.
Buchanan (29) Damian Bryant 1 0-0 2, Jeff Kyles 2 2-3 6, Eric Cole 1 1-2 4, Terrill Tucker 0 0-0 0, Brad Burns 0 0-0 0, Taylor Johnson 1 0-0 2, Maruis Hall 6 3-6 15, Dion Thompson 0 0-0 0, Jason Kuntz 0 0-0 0 Totals 11 6-11 29.
Coloma (46) Rickey Ficher 0 0-0 0, Tyler LaVanway 2 2-2 7, Anthony Musgrove 3 4-5 10, Jeff Gargano 3 2-2 9, Spencer Paulsen 1 4-5 7, Chad Adams 2 0-0 5, Erving Warren 0 0-0 0, Kasey Weber 4 0-2 8, Brian Saltzman 0 0-2 0 Totals 15 12-18 46.
Three point shooting- Buchanan 1 (Cole) Coloma 4 (LaVanway, Gargano, Paulsen, Adams)
Total Fouls Buchanan 17 Coloma 13
Technical Fouls Buchanan 1 (Hall)