For the majority of this season, the Bellwood-Antis Blue Devil basketball team has been single-handedly propelled by senior forward Ryan Myers. On Thursday night in Williamsburg, Bellwood showed that they are not a one man team. Dan Smith made 8 three-pointers and Steve Crider pulled a career-high 13 rebounds as the Blue Devils defeated the Blue Pirates of Williamsburg 66-48.
\nThe first quarter belonged to the aforementioned Smith. The B-A guard drained five three-point field goals in the first 2:30 of the game that propelled his team to an early 15-6 advantage and spelled an early end to the Blue Pirates\u2019 hopes of giving Bellwood-Antis its first loss. From there, the Blue Devils showed their depth, receiving baskets from six different players in the first quarter that led to a 24-16 lead at the end of the first stanza.
\nThe Blue Pirates showed some sign of life late in the first quarter, which carried over to the second. Sparked by a man-to-man defense and forward George Lehman\u2019s post play, Williamsburg was able to keep the game close. However, a late surge led by B-A\u2019s Ricky Shannon lifted the Blue Devils to a 38-28 halftime lead.
\nWilliamsburg cut the Blue Devil lead to 7 on Nate Cadle\u2019s three pointer early in the third quarter, but that was as close as they would get. Bellwood quickly countered with two more Dan Smith three-pointers that put the game out of reach for good.
\nOn a night when Bellwood\u2019s leading scorer Ryan Myers was held to only 10 points, Smith, who finished with a game-high 26 points, was clearly the spark that ignited the fire in the Blue Devil offense. His eight three-pointers left him one short of the all-time Bellwood-Antis school record for the most three-point field goals in a game.
\n\u201cDanny was just huge for us tonight,\u201d said Blue Devil head coach Tim Keech, \u201cHis perimeter shooting not only got us off to a hot start, it helped us to pull away in the end.\u201d
\nIn addition to Smith\u2019s shooting, it was the little things that sometimes go unnoticed that made the biggest difference in the game for the Blue Devils. Ricky Shannon dished out 10 assists and Steve Crider pulled 13 rebounds. Both of which padded the Blue Devils\u2019 statistical domination of their counterparts from Williamsburg. Bellwood-Antis was dominant on the board, out-rebounding the Blue Pirates 28-14.
\nThe lone bright spot for Williamsburg was George Lehman. The senior center scored 17 of his team-high 23 points in the first half, single-handedly keeping his team in the game before halftime.
\nWith the win, Bellwood-Antis improved its record to 13-0 overall and 8-0 in the first cycle of the Juniata Valley League. The win also brings the Blue Devils to within one win of clinching the Juniata Valley League first cycle championship. Bellwood-Antis will look to do so on Monday, January 13 as they host Penns Valley. Game time is set for 7:30 PM.
\nBellwood-Antis 66 Williamburg48
\nBELLWOOD-ANTIS (66): Shannon 2 1-2 6, Smith 9 0-0 26, Mattern 1 0-0 3, Crider 4 0-0 9, 1 0-0 2, Greiner 0 2-2 2, Carlson 3 0-0 6, Myers 4 2-4 10, Rogers 1 0-0 2, Bell 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 25 5-8 66.
\nWILLIAMSBURG (48): Prough 0 0-0 0, Jones 2 1-4 6, Cadle 3 0-0 8, Lehman 9 3-4 23, Mattern 1 0-0 3, Landis 4 0-0 8, Becker 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 19 4-6 48.
\nScore by Quarters
\nBellwood-Antis\t24 14 17 11 – 66
\nWilliamsburg\t16 12 8 12 – 48
\n3 Pointers: Bellwood-Antis 11 (Smith 8, Shannon 1, Mattern 1, Crider 1) Williamsburg 6 (Cadle 2, Lehman 2, Jones 1, Mattern 1)
\nRecords: Bellwood-Antis 13-0 (8-0 JVL), Williamsburg 7-5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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