The Batesville Middle School 7th Grade team lost a heartbreaker to Connersville on Monday night, 35 to 33.
The Bulldogs were plagued early by foul troubles, which also came back to bite them late in the 4th quarter, with 2 players fouling out for Batesville. The Bulldogs left everything on the floor against a tough Spartan team, but in the end it wasn’t enough to come away with a victory. Batesville was led by Mason Barker with 7 points, RJ Powell, Calvin Sherwood and Trey Peters each scoring 6 points, Bristol Davies with 4 points, and Austin Cornn and Ethan Brewer each adding 2 points.
With this loss, the 7th grade Bulldogs fall to 2-3 on the season. Batesville will be back in action Tuesday night at home when they take on the North Decatur Chargers at 5:30.
Score By Quarter:
Batesville- 1st-6, 2nd-8, 3rd-10, 4th-9, Total-33
Connersville- 1st-6, 2nd-10, 3rd-4, 4th-15, Total-35
Individual Shooting:
Mason Barker- 2FG-2, 3FG-1, FT-0 for 0, Total Points-7; Calvin Sherwood- 2FG-3, 3FG-0, FT-0 for 0, Total Points-6; RJ Powell- 2FG-2, 3FG-0, FT-2 for 2, Total Points-6; Bristol Davies- 2FG-2, 3FG-0, FT-0 for 1, Total Points-4; Austin Cornn- 2FG-1, 3FG-0, FT-0 for 0, Total Points-2; Damon Grieshop- 2FG-0, 3FG-0, FT-0 for 0, Total Points-0; Pros Moorman- 2FG-0, 3FG-0, FT-0 for 0, Total Points-0; Trey Peters- 2FG-0, 3FG-2, FT-0 for 0, Total Points-6; Matthew Meyer- 2FG-0, 3FG-0, FT-0 for 0, Total Points-0; Jaden Peetz- 2FG-0, 3FG-0, FT-0 for 0, Total Points-0;
Nathan Villani- 2FG-0, 3FG-0, FT-0 for 0, Total Points-0; Alex Siefert- 2FG-0, 3FG-0, FT-0 for 0, Total Points-0; and Ethan Brewer- 2 FG-1, 3FG-0, FT-0 for 0, Total Points-0.
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Luke Williams.
The Spartans win the 8th Grade contest 54-33.
Score by quarters.
1st Bville 12, Cville 16
2nd Bville 21, Cville 25
3rd Bville 23, Cville 42
Final Bville 33, Cville 54
Batesville Team Stats:
14/28 2pt FG
0/16 3pt FG
5/9 FT
Batesville Individual Stats:
Dempsy Bohman 10 pts, 5 rbs, 1 ast, 1 stl, 3 blocks.
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Chris Bradford.