Bulldogs back to .500
January 31, 2025 at 10:19 a.m.
Batesville shot out to a 15-2 lead Friday and although Franklin County got it back to a manageable 18-10 score at halftime, the visiting Wildcats largely scuffled against the Bulldog 2-3 zone as they fell to 0-6 in the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference with a 51-36 loss.
Brayden Maple and Cade Kaiser set the tone with two early buckets as the Dogs led 4-0. The Cats’ lone points of the quarter followed as Quinn Gillman found Nick Vanoven for two. After an FC turnover, James Hughes passed to Trenten Luers to make it a 6-2 game. Before the quarter stop, Kamryn Holcomb had deposited a triple, and Kaiser sent a long pass ahead to a sprinting Maple for an 11-2 advantage.
BHS also started quarter two with four in a row, getting two Luers foul shots and Maple’s 18-footer. Then the Wildcats began finding the bottom of the net from both the foul line and the field. At 15-5, Brady Foster gave a handoff to Carson Allen for three and Isaiah Kemp slipped along the baseline for a deuce. Hughes followed the latter with a quick three.
A deep Luers 3 kicked off a 10-0 run by the hosts when play resumed; the junior would add a runner in the lane and a trio of foul shots after being fouled on another long attempt. Vanoven stemmed the tide with a jump shot and Foster again fed Allen for three to make it 28-15. Allen’s third triple negated a Maple basket, but the Bulldogs were in control after three, ahead 32-18.
Allen made it an 11-point game with his fourth bomb of the contest. Hughes answered it with an assist from Maple. A steal by Luers netted two more and Maple completed a 3-point play for a 40-21 lead. Landon Johnson’s second 3 of the frame and two Allen FTs had FC within 12 late as Batesville’s reserves closed out the win.
Allen’s 16 led FC as Vanoven added 7 and Johnson 6. Luers tied for game-high with 16 and Maple had 15 while Hughes posted 8.
Batesville owned the Connersville Spartans inside the Spartan Bowl Saturday night, holding CHS to single digits in each quarter to win going away - 61-33.
Kaiser paced BHS with 17 with Luers scoring 16 and Hughes 13; Cayden Drake added 8.
BHS (7-7, 2-2) is at North Decatur Friday before hosting Hauser Saturday night.
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Batesville shot out to a 15-2 lead Friday and although Franklin County got it back to a manageable 18-10 score at halftime, the visiting Wildcats largely scuffled against the Bulldog 2-3 zone as they fell to 0-6 in the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference with a 51-36 loss.
Brayden Maple and Cade Kaiser set the tone with two early buckets as the Dogs led 4-0. The Cats’ lone points of the quarter followed as Quinn Gillman found Nick Vanoven for two. After an FC turnover, James Hughes passed to Trenten Luers to make it a 6-2 game. Before the quarter stop, Kamryn Holcomb had deposited a triple, and Kaiser sent a long pass ahead to a sprinting Maple for an 11-2 advantage.
BHS also started quarter two with four in a row, getting two Luers foul shots and Maple’s 18-footer. Then the Wildcats began finding the bottom of the net from both the foul line and the field. At 15-5, Brady Foster gave a handoff to Carson Allen for three and Isaiah Kemp slipped along the baseline for a deuce. Hughes followed the latter with a quick three.
A deep Luers 3 kicked off a 10-0 run by the hosts when play resumed; the junior would add a runner in the lane and a trio of foul shots after being fouled on another long attempt. Vanoven stemmed the tide with a jump shot and Foster again fed Allen for three to make it 28-15. Allen’s third triple negated a Maple basket, but the Bulldogs were in control after three, ahead 32-18.
Allen made it an 11-point game with his fourth bomb of the contest. Hughes answered it with an assist from Maple. A steal by Luers netted two more and Maple completed a 3-point play for a 40-21 lead. Landon Johnson’s second 3 of the frame and two Allen FTs had FC within 12 late as Batesville’s reserves closed out the win.
Allen’s 16 led FC as Vanoven added 7 and Johnson 6. Luers tied for game-high with 16 and Maple had 15 while Hughes posted 8.
Batesville owned the Connersville Spartans inside the Spartan Bowl Saturday night, holding CHS to single digits in each quarter to win going away - 61-33.
Kaiser paced BHS with 17 with Luers scoring 16 and Hughes 13; Cayden Drake added 8.
BHS (7-7, 2-2) is at North Decatur Friday before hosting Hauser Saturday night.