D & E Painting 63, Lincoln Railsplitters 47
Jack and Mike Mahoney got Lincoln out to an early start but D & E Painting weathered the storm and Dave Farrer, Mike Keefe and Bob Chalmers lead D & E to a 20 point half time lead. Lincoln tried to mount a few runs in the second half largely behind the inside play of Brandon "Man Child" Reagen. There was just too much Dave Farrer and too much Shawn Howland for the Railsplitters to overcome in the second half. Lincoln concludes their season at 4-5 while D & E Painting advances to tommorow night's championship with a 8-1 record.
BOHICA 59, Bridge Ballers 45
Mike Flemming and the Bridge Ballers threw a huge scare into BOHICA. Flemming came out draining 3's and Josh Dunton got some from outside as well. A Scott Felper 3 finally stemmed a Bridge tide and cut the lead to 9 in the first half. The Bridge took an 8 point lead into the half and it looked like an upset was eminent as BOHICA could not hit anything from the outside. Two words saved the day for BOHICA in the second half- those two words: Justin Aldrich. With a dizzying array of pull ups, strong takes and deep 3's Justin Aldrich put BOHICA onto his back and lead them to a 41-19 second half and a 14 point victory. Jordan Vander Baan and Jeff Lindgren played solid defense and Alex Curry had his normal do everything game for the Bridge Ballers. Bridge ends their season at 6-3 while BOHICA advances to the finals to face D & E Painting at 8-1
Quarterfinals Sunday Aug 24th:
Bridge Ballers 43, Rik Smits Dunking Dutchmen 36
A game that looked one sided early and was a 15 point game at the half quickly became serious business when The Dutchmen came out of the half on a 12-0 run to cut it to 3 with a lot of ball game to play. Piotr Slanda book ended the run with 3's and had a few mid range finishes and Matt Pineau added a tough finish in traffic. The Dutchmen would never get it closer than 3 however as Mike Flemming, Alex Curry and Bob Cahill lead the charge in the second half. Josh Dunton who had got them out in front in the first place also played well in the second. The Dutchmen finish their season at (2-6) and and the Bridge Ballers advance to the semi finals at 8 PM on Tuesday.
BOHICA 67, Woolies 41
BOHICA riding the shoulders of Brian Vayda jumped out quickly and lead 41-13 at the half. Vayda playing inside and out buried 4 3's in the first half and also had a number of inside buckets to get BOHICA out in front. Kris Johnson connected on three 3 pointers as well in the first half and Justin Aldrich as usual was getting to the rim and getting BOHICA out on the break. It was a tale of two halves for The Woolies though as Scott Elie banged four second half three pointers and Brett Corey and Kyle Dean played their usual steady floor games to actually win the second half and make the final score a respectable 67-41. Brian Wood's dunk with a few minutes to go set the tone for BOHICA which they hope to carry into the semifinals against The Bridge Ballers Tuesday Night at 8 PM. The Woolies conclude their season 1-7
Lincoln Railsplitters 41, Flint Tropics 39 (OT)
The game of the night- and maybe of the year in the BVBL. Flint started out strong running out to a 12-2 lead. The Railsplitters were cold from outside and Rob Elliot was on fire hitting a couple of threes and a floater to get Flint out 12-2. Amazingly Flint would not score again in the half as they went completely cold. The Railsplitters shrugged off the early jitters to score inside with Brandon Reagen leading the way and Jack Mahoney adding a few. The second half was a nip and tuck affair with Doug Hall and Rich Heller heating up for Flint and Jack Mahoney and Mike Mahoney pacing the way for Lincoln. In the final minutes it became a showdown between Mahoney and the Flint guards. Following an Andrew Horan putback, Mahoney free throws put Lincoln up a seemingly safe 4 with very little time on the clock. Jeremy Bridge answered with a contested 3 to cut it to 1. Then after a foul Mahoney again hit 2 frees throws to make the lead three but after a timeout with the ball at half court Rob Elliot connected on yet another 3 as time expired to force the first OT game in BVBL history. With Flint down to 5 guys and Anthony Caroni taking care of the ball for Lincoln they were able to jump out to a lead on a Mahoney lay in. Flint answered back with a bucket of their own. Mahoney on the line sealed the deal for Lincoln down the stretch and a second last second pass for Flint was thrown out of bounds and Lincoln escaped with the 2 point win. They will play at 7 PM Tuesday in the semi finals. Flint concludes an excellent season at 5-3.
D & E Painting 52, The Squad 23
Nothing could live up to the level of excitment of the 7 O'clock game and this one did not. However D & E Painting showed why they were the one seed by sharing the ball, rebounding the basketball and hitting open shots. Shawn Howland in particular was on fire from outside and Dave Farrer played his normal make everyone better type of game. For The Squad Mike Howe and Dave Rahall went down shooting, but there was simply too much D & E Painting on this night. The Squad ends their year at 0-8 and D & E marches on to the semi finals against Lincoln Tuesday Night at 7 PM.
Finals:
Wednesday:
#2 BOHICA vs #1 D & E Painting
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