The Batesville Bulldogs 7th Grade basketball team lost a heartbreaker to the Jac-Cen-Del Eagles on Tuesday night, 29 to 26.
The Bulldogs overcame a double-digit halftime deficit and had chance to send the game into overtime in the final seconds, but a last second three pointer fell short. Once again. Batesville was plagued by turnovers, committing 17 for the game. At halftime, Jac-Cen-Del held a 23 to 12 advantage but the Bulldogs came out in the second half fired up and determined to shut down the Eagle’s offensive attack. Batesville was able to outscore Jac-Cen-Del 14 to 6 in the second half. However, in the end it was still not enough to come away with a victory. Batesville was much more impressive on defense and was vastly improved compared to their performance the night before against South Ripley where they gave up 50 points.
For the game, the Bulldogs were led by RJ Powell who scored a game high for either team with 12 points. Also contributing for Batesville was Trey Peters with 5, Austin Cornn with 4, Mason Barker with 3 and Matthew Meyer with 2. Batesville will be back in action Thursday night when they go up against the South Decatur Cougars at South Decatur.
Score By Quarters:
Batesville- 1st-8, 2nd-4, 3rd-5, 4th-9 Total-26
Jac-Cen-Del- 1st-13, 2nd-10, 3rd-4, 4th-2 Total-29
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Luke Williams.
The 8th Grade Bulldogs won 42-31.
Score by Quarters:
Bville 16,21,33,42
JCD 12, 18, 24, 31
Batesville Individual Stats:
Seth Gausman 7 pts, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 3 deflections, 5 turnovers; Colt Meyer 16 pts, 3 rbs, 3 asts, 4 stls, 5 deflections, 0 to’s; Bill Lynam 7 pts, 7 rbs, 2 assts, 1 stl; and Dempsy Bohman 6 pts, 6 rbs, 2 assts, 3 stls, 2 deflections, 4 blocks.
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Chris Bradford.