Gator Boys Shake off Sluggish Start and Come Home with a Victory

GATOR BOYS SHAKE OFF SLUGGISH START AND COME HOME WITH A VICTORY

     Playing the first half as if they were reliving their elementary years the Gator Boys Basketball Team shook off a horrible first half and came home with a 59-32 victory over the Lake of the Woods Bears.  The Bears would dominate much of the first half and build their lead to 7 with about 4 minutes to go in the half.  The lead could have been much more but fortunately for the Gators the Bears missed several easy shots.  The Gators would begin to catch their stride at the 4 minute mark and went into halftime with a 5 point lead.

     The Gators came out on a mission in the second half and began to play basketball the way they are capable.   Using full court pressure defense and strong inside play the Gators would tear away from the Bears and ran away with the 27 point margin of victory.

     Jacquan Rhen had a solid offensive game for BGMR.  Rhen had 20 points and dished out 5 assists.  Jacob Anderson notched a double/double with 14 points and 11rebounds.  Although no other Gator was in double figures scoring BGMR was balanced and had 8 players score on the night.  The Bears were led in scoring by Aaron O’Connell who dumped in 11.

     BGMR will have 1 more road game before they finally get some home cooking.  Tuesday night the Gators travel to Newfolden to take on a talented Freeze team.  The Freeze are in the upper tier of teams in the section and BGMR will need to continue to improve to have a chance.  BGMR hopes to finish off this road stretch, in which they have played 10 of their first 11 games on the road, with a win.  Gator Nation will need to make the short trip to Newfolden to help the Gators as they take on the rival Freeze team.