Pirate boys basketball swamps Carey
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School boys basketball team used a huge first half to thrash visiting non-conference foe Carey 77-36 on January 11.
The Pirates improved to 9-2 overall with the lopsided victory. Carey fell to 3-8 after the defeat.
Guard Marek Donaldson topped a balanced Bluffton attack with 15 points. Blake Sommers scored 14, and Kain Wright added 13 markers.
Seniors Landen Worcester and Bean Ginther each netted nine points, while classmate Terron Boblitt added eight.
Bluffton led 22-2 after the first period, and built an insurmountable 45-6 margin at halftime. The Pirates won the second half, 32-30.
Donaldson scored nine first-period points and Sommers nailed two triples to shoot the Pirates to a 20-point lead. Worcester tallied seven markers in the second stanza, while Boblitt added five as they ballooned the lead to 39.
Nine Pirates scored, with six players netting eight or more points.
Blue Devil sophomore Tripp Phoenix led Carey with 10 points.
Bluffton canned 19 deuces and splashed nine triples. The Pirates converted 12 of 14 free throws (86 percent).
Carey connected on 14 two-point goals and drilled one trey. The Blue Devils canned five of eight foul shots (63 percent).
BLUFFTON CAREY |
1 22 2 |
2 23 4 |
3 15 19 |
4 17 11 |
FINAL 77 36 |
The Pirates (1-1 NWC) visit league foe LCC (6-5, 1-2 NWC) Friday, January 17. Bluffton will host tall and talented Liberty-Benton (11-1) Saturday, Jan. 18.
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