Visiting Paw Paw held Dowagiac to 19 second half points in a 51-40 Wolverine Conference non-divisional boys basketball game Friday night.

The Chieftains (7-11) struggled offensively throughout the contest, scoring just 21 points in the opening 16 minutes of play.

The Redskins (16-3) turned a 10-9 first quarter advantage into a 29-21 halftime lead.

Paw Paw outscored Dowagiac 10-4 in the third to open up a 39-25 advantage heading into the final quarter.

D.J. Lanier scored 14 points to lead Dowagiac, which also got nine points from Jamin Hunt.

Paw Paw’s Jai Johnson led all scorers with 15 points. Luke Tolliver added 14.

The Chieftains will host Otsego at 7:15 Tuesday night.

 

PAW PAW 51, DOWAGIAC 40

At Dowagiac

PAW PAW 51

Jai Johnson 15, William Downard 6, Todd MacDonald 2, Luke Tolliver 14, Aidan Luma 6, Chase Parker 2, Taylor Antles 6, Trey Brennan 0. TOTALS: 18 11-14 51.

DOWAGIAC 40

Adrien Bucha-Moore 3, Mack Charles 0, Caleb Murphy 2, Jamin Hunt 9, Marcus Winchester-Jones 5, J.J. Smith 0, D.J. Lanier 14, Matthew Collett 2, Shaquan Stanback 3, Logan Thies 2. TOTALS: 13 7-12 40.

 

Paw Paw         10        29        39        51

Dowagiac       9          21        25        40

3-point baskets: Paw Paw 4 (Antles 2, Downard 2), Dowagiac 7 (Lanier 3, Hunt 2, Stanback 1, Winchester-Jones 1). Total fouls (fouled out): Paw Paw 17 (MacDonald), Dowagiac 15 (none).

Varsity records: Paw Paw 16-3, Dowagiac 7-11