Bengal Basketball Wins on the Road

1/9/2009

The Bengal basketball team began the New Year by earning their first road victory by defeating Trinity Episcopal School by a score of 53 - 16. Shep Hardison, Marshall Deal, Edwin Borden, Drew Meeks and Wallace Branche were today's starting five and quickly established an early lead for the Tigers. Marshal scored 5 of his 8 points in the first quarter and Spencer Taylor came off the bench to net 5 points to enable Woodberry to take a 17 - 4 first quarter lead. Wallace, also played well during the first period as he pulled down 4 of his 6 rebounds and scored 2 of his 4 points.

Edwin Borden helped to keep the offense rolling in the second quarter as he scored 3 points and pulled down 2 of his 4 rebounds. Jack Fleming added a free throw and played great defense as he came up with 2 of his 3 steals on the day. By halftime the Bengals had built a comfortable 27 - 9 lead. The third quarter was dominated by Drew Meeks and Teddy Szyperski. Teddy played hard at both ends of the court and scored 6 of his 9 points in the period. Teddy also ended the game with 3 rebounds and a steal. Drew scored 8 of his game high 12 points and pulled down 3 of his 5 rebounds during the third quarter. David Little added 2 of his 7 points in the period as the Tigers extended their lead to 43 - 14.

During the fourth quarter, Vas Gnanadoss hit a three pointer and Brandon Wilson added a free throw to round off the scoring. Although they did not score in the game Shep, Brandon Gilbert and Snow Holding all played well. Shep did a nice job running the offense and had 2 assists in the game. Defensively, Brandon and Snow both made it difficult for the Titans in the paint. Brandon came up with 2 rebounds while Snow had a rebound and a steal.

With the win, the Tigers are now 3 - 1 on the season. The Bengals are back on the court tomorrow when they host Episcopal High School.

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