Cassopolis remains unbeaten with 71-51 win over Bridgman

Published 7:33 am Tuesday, January 16, 2018

CASSOPOLIS — The Cassopolis boys basketball team remained undefeated with a 71-51 win over visiting Bridgman Saturday night.

The Rangers (6-0) had their Friday night Southwest 10 Conference game with Mendon postponed due to weather.

Cassopolis jumped out to a 24-14 first-quarter lead and maintained its 10-point advantage at halftime, 36-26.

The Rangers poured in 32 third-quarter points and took a 58-47 lead into the final eight minutes of play.

Cassopolis outscored the Bees 13-4 in the fourth quarter to earn the easy victory.

“We are starting to understand the importance of playing go defense and playing hard for 32 minutes,” Cassopolis coach Ricky Evans said. “We have just go to make some free throws.”

Cassopolis was just 13-of-23 (57 percent) from the free throw line.

Kiambu Gary led four Rangers in double figures with 17 points.

Dereon Gatson finished with 16 points, Tyrese Hunt-Thompson 14 and William Lee 12.

Nick Boyd scored a game-high 22 points to lead Bridgman, which drops to 4-6 on the year.