Much like in the women’s match-up, the Marksmen win the tip and draw first blood on the night. The Marksmen would jump to a 4-0 advantage before Trumbore would go to the line to try and get the Bears to come alive. However, the Bears sluggish start would continue, as the Bears would find themselves trailing 15-10 at the end of the first 8 minutes. The Bears would be out rebounded and struggle to find the bottom of the basket in the first of 4 rounds.
To close out the 1st, and begin the 2nd, the Bears found themselves in the middle of a 10-3 run that would tie the score at 18-18 with 3 minutes until the half. Butler would close out the half with with an 11-4 run. Seniors Dylan Davidson and Carter Trumbore accounted for all of Butler’s 11 points during the ending run. Despite the cold start, the Bear’s headed into the locker room with a 5 point 28-24 lead.
Trumbore hammered home a three pointer to spark the scoring in the 2n half. The intensity began to pick up in a chippy 2nd half, but the Bears able to silence the noise with a 12-2 run to open the half, led by Trumbore who contributed 9 of those 12. After a 20 point 3rd quarter, the Bears took a 49-32 lead into the final quarter.
Bears had possession to initiate the quarter and Mallatt scored off of a floater to kick off a 8-2 run for Butler. With a 20+ point lead, the Bears continued to coast to a 63-37 victory.
The Bears got off to a sluggish start shooting the basketball, but did a great job getting to the charity stripe 27 times to see the ball get into the basket and lead to some offense.
Carter Trumbore led the Bears in scoring AND rebounding with 31 points and 9 rebounds. Dylan Davidson tallied 18 points on the night as well.
Sherwood was led by Jacob Kanzler with 11 points, while mainland and Black each had 10 for the Marksmen.
