WESTMINSTER- Onward to Canada! (or the border at least)
Trailing 7-0 just one minute into their contest with Windsor in the first round of the D 3 playoffs, the BF boys looked to be a little out of sorts. Nevertheless, the Purple persisted , running off 15 straight points to capture a lead that they would never relinquish on their way to a 55-41 win at Holland Gym on Wednesday night.
“Really proud of our guys last night,” said Assistant Coach Josh Hanson. “They had a solid understanding of the game plan and executed it beautifully. We had a lot of guys step up in different ways.”
With the win, the Terriers earn a trip to the #4 seed Richford, who snuck by Woodstock in their first round matchup.
“Happy to go wherever, whenever with these guys,” said Coach Evan Chadwick.
Colby Dearborn found his touch early and often, scoring 8 points in the first off of 2 triples and a mid-range. Jamison Nystrom added a triple of his own on his way to a 5 point quarter and the Terriers took an early 15-11 lead.
BF extended the lead to 9 at the half, only surrendering 6 points in the second quarter. Jesse Darrell was a defensive beast, holding Windsor’s Maison Fortin to a single bucket in the first half.
“Jesse was a dog all night,” said Chadwick.
Windsor could not close the gap to any fewer then 9 the rest of the way, after a 4-0 spurt midway through the third. At that time, the offensive rebounding of the Terriers took over, as both Jake Moore and Walker James grabbed 4 to give the Terriers extra possessions and to eat more time off the clock allowing them to close out the contests and their 16th win of the season.
Dearborn lead all scorers with 21 points, Nystrom followed with 10 and Cole Moore hit for 8 points, 8 boards and 3 blocks.
Tip time for the quarterfinal matchup remains in limbo with the incoming snowstorm. Stay tuned!
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