For the first time since the 2011-12 season, the Brandywine boys basketball team will finish the regular season with a winning record.

Host Brandywine defeated Benton Harbor Dream Academy 79-49 in a non-conference game Monday night.

The win was the 11th of the season for the Bobcats, who were led offensively by Austin Knapp’s game-high 25 points.

Brandywine finished the 2011-12 season with an 11-9 record and advanced to the Class C District finals before falling to Bridgman and finishing the year at 12-10

After a close first quarter, Brandywine turned a 19-17 lead into a 40-26 halftime advantage by outscoring the Toros 21-9 in the second quarter.

The Bobcats cruised home from there.

Hunter Slaughter added nine points, while Cole Searles finished with eight points for Brandywine.

 

BRANDYWINE 79, DREAM ACADEMY 49

Dream Academy 49

B. Harris 6, C. Ware 2, S. Burell 12, J. Hall 2, T. Branch 4, M. Newcomb 10, S. Moore 4, D. McCawley 9. TOTALS: 21 3-7 49

Brandywine 79

Hunter Slaughter 9, Zach Schmidt 5, Andrew Boocher 7, Marquise Davis 3, Cole Searles 8, Zach Grishaber 5, Andrew Duckett 7, Drew Krueger 4, Austin Knapp 25, Timmy Batchelor 2, Vinny Peel 4. TOTALS: 28 14-22 79

 

Academy                    17       26       35       49

Brandywine               19       40       67       79

3-point baskets: Academy 4 (Burell 2, Hall, McCawley), Brandywine 9 (Slaughter 3, Schmidt, Searles 2, Grishaber, Duckett, Knapp). Total fouls (fouled out): Academy 16 (none), Brandywine 8 (none). Varsity record: Brandywine 11-7