BRADFORD 74, PUNXSUTAWNEY 47

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Jan. 25, 2008

BRADFORD – The Bradford Owls overcame a sluggish start to defeat the Punxsutawney Chuck 74-47 Friday night in a D9 League game at Bradford.

“We looked a little lethargic in the first quarter but perked up a little in the second quarter and built a 12-point halftime advantage,” Bradford head coach Dave Fuhrman said.

The Owls (13-6 overall, 8-1 D9 League), the top ranked team in Class AAAA/AAA and the No. 3 overall team in the RRR Roadhouse D9Sports.com District 9 rankings, led by just two, 15-13, at the end of the first quarter but outscored Punxsutawney 24-14 in the second quarter to take a 39-27 halftime lead. Bradford then blew the game open with a 21-9 third-quarter advantage.

“We played with more energy in the third quarter,” Fuhrman said.

Ben Lanich continued his strong of double-doubles for Bradford with 19 points and 12 rebounds while shooting a perfect 9 of 9 from the field.

Junior guard Drew Kelley shook off a recent shooting slump to tally 18 points for the Owls.

“It was good to see Drew scoring tonight,” Fuhrman said. “He is a big key for us offensively. We look so much better offensively as a team when he is shooting well for us.”

Swingman Ryan LaBrozzi, saddled with early foul trouble, still managed 11 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and five steals for Bradford.

Mike Cook led Punxsutawney (6-13, 1-7) with 17 points including three 3-pointers.

BRADFORD 74, PUNXSUTAWNEY 47

Score by Quarters

Punxsy     13   14    9   11     47

Bradford    15   24   21  14     74

Punxsy – 47

Starr 0-2-2-2, Pascuzzo 0-0-0-0, Furman 0-0-0-0, Walker 0-0-0-0, Bush 3-0-1-6, Muth 2-1-2-5, Neal 4-0-0-9, Tibbs 1-0-2-3,Kopas 1-0-0-3, Stumpf 1-0-0-2, Cook 7-0-0-17, McHenry 0-0-0-0 Totals 19-3-7-47

Bradford – 74

Taylor 2-2-2-6, Frombach 0-0-0-0, Viola 0-0-0-0, White 0-0-0-0, LaBrozzi 5-0-1-11, Kelly 8-0-0-18, Mackey 0-0-0-0, Walter 1-0-0-3, Fuhrman 1-2-2-5, Lanich 9-1-3-19, Confer 3-1-2-7, Laroche 0-0-0-0, Kline 2-1-2-5 Totals 31-7-12-74