Despite a strong effort, the Brandywine boys basketball team is still looking for its first Lakeland Conference victory of the season.

The Bobcats (5-10, 0-4 Lakeland) gave league-leading Buchanan all it wanted before falling 53-41 Friday night.

The victory locked up the Lakeland Conference championship with Buchanan, which only has games left with Bridgman and Cassopolis.

Buchanan improves to 9-1 overall and is 3-0 in the league.

The Bucks led 12-6 after one and 20-12 at halftime as both teams struggled to put the ball in the hoop.

Buchanan took a 34-27 advantage into the final quarter.

Doug Freeman scored a game-high 21 points to lead the Bucks, who also got 12 points from Kevin Dey.

Andrew Boocher scored 11 points and Zach Schmidt 10 for the Bobcats.

 

Buchanan 53, Brandywine 41

BUCHANAN 53

Kevin Dey 3 5-11 12, Elijah Lewis 1 1-2 3, Alex Leiter 3 0-0 6, Doug Freeman 8 3-5 21, Christian Catalano 2 2-3 6, Dustin Gray 0 2-2 2, Tim McCaffrey 0 1-2 1, Sam Swem 0 0-0 0, Josiah Smith 0 2-2 2. TOTALS 17 16-27 53

BRANDYWINE 41

Andrew Duckett 3 1-2 7, Austin Knapp 3 1-2 7, Andrew Boocher 4 3-3 11, Ken Laurita 0 0-0 0, Zach Schmidt 2 4-4 10, Isaac Davis 2 0-0 5, Matt Vaughn 0 0-0 0, Collin Nichols 0 0-0 0, Seth Brown 0 1-2 1. TOTALS 14 10-13 41

 

Buchanan                   12       20       34       53

Brandywine               6          12       27       41

3-point baskets: Buchanan 3 (Freeman 2, Dey 1), Brandywine 3 (Schmidt 2, Davis 1). Total fouls (fouled out): Buchanan 20, Brandywine 20 (Duckett). Varsity records: Buchanan 9-1, 3-0 Lakeland; Brandywine 5-10, 0-4 Lakeland