By BY ERIKA PICKLES / Niles Daily Star
NILES – The Brandywine basketball team made a quick adjustment during the first half of Thursday's consolation game, which allowed the Bobcats to take an 80-37 win over Lake Michigan Catholic.
The Bobcats fell behind 8-2 early in the first quarter and ended the period tied at 14 with the Lakers.
A strong second quarter performance saw the Bobcats jump to a 40-21 lead, never looking back.
Bill Bussey led a balanced Brandywine offense with 21 points, while Josh Benjamin and Noah Udell each added 12 and Caleb Frazier had 11.
All 10 players that took to the court for Brandywine scored.
For Lake Michigan Catholic, Michael Kurina and Kenny Crowder each had nine points.
The Bobcats are now 4-3 on the season.
Brandywine … 80
Lake Michigan Catholic … 37
LAKE MICHIGAN CATHOLIC (37) – Toma Visin 0 0-0 0, Nick Bovo 0 0-0 0, Eric Olszewski 1 0-0 2, Shane Bowser 2 1-2 5, Neil Meskill 4 0-0 8, Brennan Hannapel 1 2-6 4, Kenny Crowder 1 7-8 9, Michael Kurina 2 5-7 9. Totals – 11 15-23 37.
BRANDYWINE (80) – Adam Hancock 0 0-0 0, Danny Williams 2 4-4 9, Noah Udell 6 0-1 12, Kyle Low 1 1-2 3, Bill Bussey 7 6-6 21, Caleb Frazier 4 3-3 11, Matt Beaver 1 0-0 2, Billy McDonald 2 1-2 5, Zak Bollenbacher 1 0-0 2, Josh Benjamin 6 0-1 12, Matt Duckett 1 0-0 3. TOTALS: 31 15-19 80.
LMC 14 21 27 37
Brandywine 14 40 66 80
3-point goals – Brandywine 3 (Bussey, Williams, Duckett), LMC (none). Total fouls (fouled out) -LMC 21 (Meskill), Brandywine 22 (none).