WESTMINSTER-Each time adversity has struck for this year’s Terrier’s squad the team has responded. Each response has illustrated just how much potential this squad has to make a deep playoff run. And, although BF came up just short again in their 61-56 loss to Brattleboro in front of a packed house at Holland Gym on Tuesday night, it is clear that this team continues to improve as the regular season morphs into a win or go home scenario.
“We absorbed so many hits tonight and responded,” said Coach Evan Chadwick. ”Our guys deserved to win this game, but it didn’t happen, that’s what makes this game so special.”
The Bears would take as much as a 10 point lead in the first half, but the Terriers were able to claw back into it with a buzzer beating layup by Colby Dearborn that brought them to within 7 at the break.
The third quarter turned into a transition fest that, in the last minute, saw the Terriers take a 3 point lead heading to the final 8. Andrew Dunbar secured a loose ball and fed it to Dearborn for a layup, Dearborn off a Cole Moore assist, finished a 3 point play and Moore capped the 8-2 run with a three pointer.
Brattleboro rallied to start the fourth with a 10-2 run and were able to hold on despite BF’s frantic efforts in the last minute that produced several opportunities to to turn the contest into a single possession game.
BF now stands at 6-11 on the season and sits in the 13 seed for the upcoming D-3 State tournament. A road matchup with Hartford is next on the schedule set for Friday at 7pm.
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