NILES — The Brandywine and Niles boys basketball teams are headed in different directions.

The Bobcats improved to 10-1 overall and 5-0 in the BCS Athletic Conference Red Division following a 79-46 blowout of Parchment Friday night.

The Vikings fell to 2-8 overall and 0-5 in the SMAC West Division after their 66-13 loss to Lakeshore on Friday.

Brandywine basketball

The visiting Panthers led 13-11 after one quarter, but the Bobcats rallied in the second quarter to take a 24-19 lead into halftime.

Brandywine outscored Parchment 55-27 in the second half to pull away to the easy victory.

The Bobcats were led by Jordan Abrams’ game-high 26 points, while Jaelen Briggs added 13. Derrick Miller and Jaden Croom each finished with seven points.

Henry Knapp had 13 points to lead the Panthers, who did not have another player reach double figures.

The Bobcats head to New Buffalo for a non-divisional BCS contest. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

Niles basketball

Visiting Lakeshore showed no mercy in blowing out the Niles basketball team Friday night.

The Vikings trailed 24-2 after one quarter and 37-7 by halftime.

Most of the second half was played under the running clock.

Freshman Ray Patterson led Niles with eight points. He was one of just four Niles players to score.