Basketball Roundup: BCC girls roll past Lakeview; Pennfield, Harper Creek boys fall short
BATTLE CREEK - Battle Creek Central had fallen short in this girls basketball city rivalry for the last few years. But all of that turned around on Friday as the Bearcats earned some revenge for some recent results.
Battle Creek Central defeated Lakeview, 42-25, in this Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference girls basketball game at the BCC Fieldhouse on Friday.
It is the first BCC win over its crosstown foes since 2020, after losing five straight to Lakeview.
“It’s always a competitive game between Battle Creek Central and Lakeview and tonight we came out on top,” BCC coach Tony Warren said. “We were just trying to even out the win-loss column with them, from how it’s been lately. We have been young and overmatched a bit in recent years. This year, they are injured a bit and young. And tonight we thought we were the better team coming in and we wanted to play like it.”
BCC led 23-6 at halftime. That lead was important because Lakeview rallied in the third quarter to cut it to 28-20.
“We didn’t want to give them any life,” Warren said. “We wanted to jump out on them early and we were able to do that.”
A’Mya Hodges led BCC with 18 points as the Bearcats improve to 8-1. Myliyah Mosley added 12.
“Our whole goal was to stop 11 (Hodges) and 23 (Mosley). We did that a bit in the first three quarters, but they did enough late to get the win.”
Camille Oxley had 12 points to lead Lakeview which falls to 2-8.
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Marshall 54, Hastings 28
Marshall goes to 4-1 in the league and 5-5 overall with the win over Hastings (1-8). Addie Waito had 18 points to lead the Redhawks with Brooke Carden adding 14 and Emily Dingee coming up with 12.
Jackson Northwest 49, Pennfield 24
Jackson Northwest stays undefeated in the Interstate 8 Conference and is 8-1 overall. Pennfield falls to 1-6 with Natalie Hensel getting 10 points, six rebounds and three blocks.
Parma Western 61, Harper Creek 31
Harper Creek slips to 4-7 overall with the I-8 loss to Parma Western (5-5). Kennedy Halverson had nine points to lead the Beavers.
St. Philip 41, Marshall Academy 23
St. Philip ended a four-game losing streak to improve to 3-5. Addi Dzwik had 14 points to lead the Tigers.
Lansing Catholic 59, Olivet 25
Olivet falls to 5-5 with the loss to Lansing Catholic (7-3). Olivea Gessner led Olivet with 11 points, three steals and three rebounds. Leah Richards had 18 points for Lansing Catholic.
Gull Lake 39, Loy Norrix 27
Gull Lake earned this SMAC victory as the Blue Devils held Loy Norrix to three points in the first quarter. Bree Eklund had nine points to lead Gull Lake.
Colon 54, Mendon 31
No. 2-ranked Colon jumped out to a 22-4 lead in the first quarter and didn't look back to remain undefeated at 8-0. Reese Williams had 26 points, seven assists and six rebounds to lead Colon with Megann Mullins added 14 points and seven assists.
Climax-Scotts 43, Burr Oak 32
Lillie Edwards had 12 points and AJ Edwards and Holly Talbert each added seven for Climax-Scotts in the SCAA win.
Athens 52, Bellevue 26
Athens has won four straight as Whitney Hernandez led the team with a career-high 14 points to go with eight rebounds. Kami Parlin and Maria Bronsink each added 12 points for the Indians.
Calhoun Christian 36, Zion Christian 33
Calhoun Christian won its sixth game in a row to improve to 8-2. Elise Wylie had 12 points with Sarah Belote adding nine.
Boys Basketball
Jackson Northwest 56, Pennfield 53
Pennfield led 39-36 after the third quarter, but couldn't hang and dropped this I-8 game to fall to 3-9. Calvin Paesens had 16 points and eight rebounds to lead the Panthers with Brevin Bailey adding 12 points, six rebounds and six assists and Johnathan Lake coming up with 10 point and six rebounds.
Parma Western 57, Harper Creek 49
First-place Parma Western stayed unbeaten in I-8 play with the win over Harper Creek (3-9). Davion Roye had 14 points to lead the Beavers with Tre'Quon Cotton adding 10.
Marshall 60, Hastings 31
Marshall climbed back to .500 on the season with the I-8 win over Hastings (3-7). Austin Burns led Marshall with 17 points and eight rebounds with Austin Miller added 16 points.
Olivet 64, Lansing Catholic 35
Bo Lincoln had 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists as Olivet improves to 9-3. Bryce Wine added 14 points and Tayven Feldpausch chipped in eight points, seven rebounds and four assists.
St. Philip 54, Hillsdale Academy 40
In a Wednesday's league crossover game, Nate Rapelje had 19 points to lead St. Philip in the win with Jackson Dzwik adding 17 and Colt Myers adding 11.
Bellevue 95, Athens 16
Bellevue improves to 9-1 and stays undefeated in league play with this one-sided victory over winless Athens (0-10). Four Broncos scored in double figures with Caleb Betz leading the way with 21 points as Connor Odette had 20 points, seven assists and six steals, Noah Loren added 20 points and seven rebounds and Nate Payne chipped in with 12 points and four blocks.
Burr Oak 47, Climax-Scotts 38
Burr Oak led 19-12 at halftime. Miles Shannon led Climax-Scotts with 18 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks.
Colon 65, Mendon 50
Colon led 33-18 by halftime and rolled to the win to improve to 4-5. Dominic Mock, Dalton Williams and Kyle Muntain all had 19 points each to lead Colon.
Jonesville 64, Homer 57
Jonesville led 16-1 as Homer drops to 3-10 overall. Tyson Garrett had 25 points to lead the Trojans.
Delton Kellogg 58, Martin 38
Delton Kellogg (5-4) led 31-14 at halftime. Hugo Martino had 16 points to lead the Panthers with Victor Gonzalez adding 13.
Galesburg-Augusta 49, Gobles 47
G-A led 37-28 after three quarters and held on for the win. Levi Born had 17 points for the Rams with John Klimp adding 11.
Zion Christian 64, Calhoun Christian 46
Micah Reed had 19 points and Chandler Latimer added 15 for Calhoun Christian.
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