By Staff
CENTREVILLE – The Cassopolis boys' basketball team will play tonight for the championship of the Centreville Invitational.
The Rangers reached the title game with a 61-43 victory over the host Bulldogs.
Cassopolis (3-2) will take on Mendon tonight in the title game at 7:30.
The Rangers roared out to a 19-7 first quarter lead and led 41-17 at halftime.
Centreville outscored Cass 26-20 in the second half.
Nick Davis scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Rangers, who also got 15 points and six assists from Raymond Nelson and 11 points from Steven Eleazor.
Mike Henningsen led the Bulldogs with nine points. Taylor Jergens added eight.
CASSOPOLIS 61
Nick Davis 19, Raymond Nelson 15, DaShaun Curtis 0, Stefon Luckey 6, Steven Eleazor 11, Tommy First 4, Stefone Conner 6. TOTALS: 27 4-7 61
CENTREVILLE 43
Jergens 8, Casterline 6, Lorentz 3, Miller 5, Bieker 2, Henningsen 9, Cummings 4, Schrader 4, Miller 2. TOTALS: 19 4-12 43
Cassopolis 19 41 57 61
Centreville 7 17 31 43
3-point goals: Cassopolis 3 (Nelson 3), Centreville 1 (Lorentz). Total fouls (fouled out): Cassopolis 14 (Eleazor), Centreville 18. Varsity records: Cassopolis 3-2, Centreville 2-1
Edwardsburg…29
Battle Creek St. Philip…54
WHITE PIGEON – Outscored 31-13 in the second half, the Edwardsburg boys' basketball team fell to Battle Creek St. Philip in the opening round of the White Pigeon Holiday Tournament on Monday night.
The Eddies led 14-12 after one period of play, but fell behind 23-16 at the intermission.
Battle Creek upped its advantage to 19 points after outscoring Edwardsburg 16-4 in the pivotal third quarter.
Brian Sevison, Jake Harroff and Kyle Dale all had seven points for the Eddies, who fall to 3-2.
Thomas Bauman led St. Philip with 15 points.
EDWARDSBURG 29
Brian Sevison 7, Jake Harroff 7, Nick Muir 3, Zach Eggleston 2, Ron Preston 2, Daniel Holston 0, Daniel Witucki 1, Bryant James 0, Alex Gardner 0, A.J. Chrapliwy 0, James Hack 0, Kyle Dale 7. TOTALS: 9 9-11 29
BATTLE CREEK ST. PHILIP 54
Conor Reilly 3, Alex Barton 2, Tyler Rouch 5, Ben Tanoff 0, Jake Behnke 2, Thomas Bauman 15, Semaj McKethan 7, Max Dechant 2, Chris Riley 8, Todd Lassen 6, Brock Grosso 4. TOTALS: 20 11-22 54
Edwardsburg 14 16 20 29
Battle Creek St. Philip 12 23 39 54
3-point goals: Edwardsburg 2 (Muir, Dale), Battle Creek 3 (Bauman 2, Grosso). Total fouls (fouled out): Edwardsburg 17, Battle Creek 14. Varsity record: Edwardsburg 3-2