GOSHEN — On the opening day of IHSAA boys basketball, Westview chased Bethany Christian from the three-point arc and outscored the Bruins by 14 within the second half, en path to a 66-54 victory within the evening's contest finale.
“They're a troublesome staff, they're strong on each ends of the ground,” second-year Westview head coach Chandler Prible stated of the Bruins. “I'm happy with our guys, they confirmed plenty of combat.
Senior Wyatt Zepp was an excessive amount of for the house Bruins to deal with. The Northridge switch scored 23 factors, most contained in the paint. Main 42-41 with greater than 5 minutes left within the sport, the Westview massive man determined to shoot his first basket from past the arc, draining a three-pointer for a 45-41 lead.
“He's a can-do man, so we weren't stunned when he did it,” Prible stated of Zepp's switch to Northridge. “He can do the whole lot, he scored rather a lot from the block, he makes free throws, he makes threes. He's fairly good.”
After a free ball, Bethany Christian's trey Caffee put the ball below Bethany's aim. Jayden Schlabach scooped up the free ball and cashed in on a layup. There have been screams from each side of the health club as Bethany pulled herself right into a maintain. Nevertheless, Caffee in celebration was referred to as for a technical and Westview used fouls and additional possession to take full management of the sport.
“We felt it was good,” Prible stated. “We sort of felt just like the calls from that man went the opposite approach, so it sort of modified when the tech received referred to as.
Westview's lead within the fourth quarter was as excessive as 11 earlier than the ultimate free throws made it 12. It was an enormous turnaround after trailing for a lot of the first half.
Bethany entered the locker room down 28-24 in entrance of the house crowd. On the energy of 10 first-half factors from senior level guard Tyson Chupp (who completed with 18), Bethany used the house within the backcourt to money in from deep.
That modified within the second half as Prible's group started to play extra on the ball as an alternative of sitting.
“We have been always being screened on the again finish and at our assist spots and in addition as an alternative of intercepting the ball display, we switched to securing it,” Prible stated of the change made within the locker room.
Offensively, Bethany turned extra to scoring from the midrange and discovering the again door. Westview discovered a bonus within the paint and used it to finally kick the ball for 4 3-pointers within the second half.
Defensively, each groups performed principally man, however labored to vary seems to be and matchups on occasion.
“I feel they modified some issues defensively,” Bethany Christian head coach Daniel Mast stated. I feel they modified the way in which they dealt with the ball and it took us a bit of bit to regulate to that. Total, I feel we each performed higher within the third quarter. I used to be actually happy with our effort for essentially the most half.”
Each colleges return most of their gamers from final season. Bethany, which went 16-11 final yr, returns 9, whereas Westview, 17-9 final season, returns six.
Behind Zepp within the scoring column for Westview have been Luke Helmuth (15), Wiley Minix (12), Kaden Grau (5), Wade Springer (4), Austin Schlabach (4) and Owen Brill (3).
Bethany received the factors off Chupp with Jayden Schlabach (11), Jacoby Reinhardt (10), Caffe (6), Justin Hochstedler (4), Carter Miller (3) and Ayden Falcon (2).
“I feel the fellows responded to the varsity stage physicality, which I wasn't positive the place we have been going to be,” Mast stated. “That's all the time an enormous query, particularly once you play Westview. Chandler does an incredible job of main you to a extremely robust protection and the query is the way you reply to that, I feel we've completed an excellent job of that.”
BETHANY GIRLS FIND A GROOVE
Tuesday's varsity motion started with Bethany Christian taking over Westview.
The Bruins began the season with wins in all 5 video games. That streak to open the season continued Tuesday evening with Bethany's 46-29 victory.
Westview, winless on the season, went one step forward with the Bruins, however noticed the wheels come off within the again half of the second quarter. The sport, which was always hanging round Bethany's four-point lead, started to swing onerous for the house crowd.
Zoe Willems and Mariah Stoltzfus started attacking the half courtroom, inflicting turnovers and cashing in for layups on the different ends.
Willems led the scoring with 15 factors, intently adopted by Stoltzfus who added 14 to his complete. Ellie Morris (6), Cori Chupp (5), Karlee Crume (4) and Eva Horning (2) all chipped in for the profitable effort.
Sporting a 25-11 halftime lead after Bethany's late-half burst, a lot of the identical continued within the second half. Westview, led by Bre Cory (8) and Janissa Lehman (7), labored the ball higher and located Lehman for all seven factors within the closing quarter. Nevertheless, the Bruins knocked down three 3-pointers after discovering only one within the first interval, en path to a 17-point win.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Westview 12 14 14 26 – 66
Bethany Christian 12 16 9 17 – 54
Data: Westview (1-0), Bethany Christian (0-1)
GIRLS' BASKETBALL
Westview 6 5 7 9 – 29
Bethany Christian 9 16 14 7 – 46
Data: Bethany Christian (6-0), Westview (0-5)
