Ranger split Lakeland Conference games with Bees
Published 4:37 pm Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Cassopolis girls’ basketball team rallied from an 11-5 first quarter deficit to post to 42-29 Lakeland Conference victory over Bridgman on Friday night.
The Rangers outscored the Bees 12-6 in the second quarter to knot the score at 17 heading to the locker room at halftime. Cassopolis continued its comeback in the third quarter, outscoring Bridgman by a point to take a 24-23 lead into the final eight minutes of play.
The Rangers poured in 18 fourth quarter points, while holding the Bees to just six.
Reese Ellison led all scorers with 14 points for Cassopolis, which also got 13 points from Savannah Sullivan and eight points from Tammy Lee. Lela Broussard chipped in with seven.
Rachel Stremm led the Bees with 10 points.
BRIDGMAN 29
Lisa Bowman 7; Rachel Stremm 10; Nikkie Strefling 6; Alysea Krynicki 3; Alyse Newman 3. TOTALS: 10 4-6 29
CASSOPOLIS 42
Tammy Lee 8; Savannah Sullivan 13; Lela Broussard 7; Jocelyn Transou 0; Reese Ellison 14. TOTALS: 13 13-32 42
Bridgman 11 17 23 29
Cassopolis 5 17 24 42
3-point goals: Bridgman 5 (Strumm 2, Strefling 2, Newman), Cassopolis 3 Lee, Sullivan 2). Total fouls (fouled out): Bridgman 21 (Strefling), Cassopolis 11
Bridgman…77
Cassopolis…50
Bridgman scored 24 first quarter points and hit 15 3-pointers against host Cassopolis Friday night in a 77-50 Lakeland Conference boys’ basketball victory.
The Bees outscored the Rangers 24-10 in the opening quarter and never looked back.
Bridgman led 47-22 at halftime and 57-32 heading to the final quarter.
Cameron Magro had a game-high 24 points, including six 3-pointers, while Michael Kamp added 19 points, including five triples. The Bees also got 14 points from Conner Magro.
Jacob Lee and Oliver Fiala both scored 12 points for the Rangers, who also got nine points from Nate Hartline.
BRIDGMAN 77
Conner Magro 5 3-7 14, Michael Kamp 5 4-4 19, Cameron Magro 8 2-3 24, Zane Copeland 2 0-1 6, Josiah Badger 2 1-1 5, Jake Malsch 1 2-2 5, Jacob Parish 2 0-1 4. TOTALS: 25 12-19 77.
CASSOPOLIS 50
Nate Hartline 2 5-5 9, Jacob Lee 5 2-4 12, Brian Craft 2 0-1 4, Oliver Fiala 5 2-2 12, Tyler Gilliam 0 0-0 0, Quinten O’Brie 1 0-0 2, Delshawn Wicker 2 1-2 5, Dwayne Morgan 1 0-1 2, Austin Los 1 0-1 2, Mike Kadlec 0 2-2 2. Totals: 19 12-18 50.
Bridgman 24 47 57 77
Cassopolis 10 22 32 50
3-point goals: Bridgman 15 (Cameron Magro 6, Kamp 5, Copeland 2, Conner Magro 1, Jake Malsch 1). Total fouls: Bridgman 20, Cassopolis 18. Fouled out: Lee (C), Los (C). Technical fouls: Cassopolis 2 (Los, bench). Varsity records: Bridgman 7-2, 4-1 Lakeland; Cassopolis 6-4, 1-4 Lakeland