Badger Men fall short against Sandpoint
Bonners Ferry senior No. 24 Mat Evans shows good form as he drive to the hoop for 2 of his 22 points during varsity basketball action Saturday night in Bonners Ferry.
The Bonners Ferry men could not find the answer to Sandpoint, resulting in a 62-64 loss to finish off the 3rd Annual Moose Madness activities in Bonners Ferry Saturday night.
The Badgers started the game off great in the first two minutes but went on a long scoring drought which allowed the Bulldogs to battle back. The Badgers went into halftime down 26-34.
The Badger remained outmanned in the third, loosing the scoring battle 13-21, but fought back in the fourth with an impressive effort outscoring Sandpoint 23-9. Varsity head coach Clint Arthur noted the effort, “We made a strong push in the fourth quarter by outhustling Sandpoint.”
Arthur continues “Our defensive effort made it tough on their shooters the entire quarter, and we held them to a game-low 9 points.” The Badgers rallied back, but the clock ran out and Bonners Ferry ended up two points short, losing the game 62-64.
Arthur commended the teams play saying, “Evans and Lopez shot well the entire night, providing over half of the 62 points between them. Everhart made some strong moves to the basket in the 2nd quarter, and Moe hit a couple of big threes in the fourth quarter. Also, Alex Awbrey and Josiah Owinyo both came off the bench and played extremely well.”
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Bonners Ferry 6 20 13 23 62
Sandpoint 13 21 21 9 64
Bonners Ferry: Owinyo 0, Ray 0, Moe 10, Zarate 0, Mendez 8, Evans 22, Everhart 6, Lopez 12, Awbrey 4, Peycke
Sandpoint: Hawkins 2, Nikssarian 2, Kennedy 4, Rains 12, Olin 9, Lewis 7, Shultz 14, Fuhrman 10, Carothers 4