Solid Second Half Scoring Seals the Deal for Lions Photos and story by Alexis Mercer Newaygo 64 Lakeview 42 The gym had a palpable excitement leftover from the girls’ game double OT and the boys ran out on the court ready to match that emotion. As he loves to do, Josiah Long started the scoring for the Lions by draining a 3. Caris Nelson quickly after that followed up with his own 3 for the Lions to tie the score at 6. But there wasn’t much more scoring after that in the 1st quarter, ending with the Lions down 8-9. The 2nd quarter proved to be more of a defensive battle as well. The scoring was sparse but the effort was not. At halftime the Wildcats were up 19-17. Coming out of the locker room, the Lions had had enough. The scoring was on. Once again Josiah Long drained 3 to start and then very quickly drained yet another 3 with a foul to make it a 4 point play. The visiting crowd went wild.
There was a mid-quarter lull by the Lions, which allowed Lakeview to get within 5, but Dyllan Bazzett ended the lull with an offensive rebound and put back to go 37-30 at the end of the quarter. Caris Nelson found himself another 3 point shot to open the 4th quarter and then the Lions opened it up and finished strong with this lead until the buzzer. Newaygo was led by Josiah Long with 19 points followed by Bryce Decker with 13 points and Caris Nelson with 11 points and 8 assists and 6 steals. Dyllan Bazzett anchored a solid Newaygo defense. “After a low scoring first half Newaygo was able to get their offense going,” said Coach Jason Long. “Newaygo scored 18 in the third quarter and 27 in the fourth.” This win keeps the Lions tied for first place in the conference.
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