WILLIAMS COUNTY HOOPS … Bryan’s Maddox Langenderfer makes a drive to the bucket in the first half versus Stryker. (PHOTO BY RICH HARDING / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)
By: Nate Calvin
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
BRYAN (December 14, 2023) – Bryan shot 54% from the field and Carter Dominique and Sam Herold each had 18 points to help Bryan bounce back from back-to-back losses for a 47-39 win over the Panthers.
After Sam Herold opened the scoring for Bryan with a bucket, Jacob Cadwell would hit a top of the key triple followed by a foul line jumper to put Stryker in front 5-2.
A runner in the lane by Owen Rupp and then a corner three ball by Gavin LaBo increased the Stryker lead to 10-6.
Scores from the low block and a baseline jumper by Dominique gave him six points in the frame and squared things at 10 going to the second.
Devin Montague hit a jump hook in the lane to give Stryker a 12-10 lead early in the second, but Bryan answered with a 7-0 run as Herold would hit a corner three and then was 2/2 at the line after a Maddox Langenderfer layup to make it 17-12.
Stryker’s Daniel Donovan ended the run with a conventional three-point play before Bryan would get the last four points of the half on an offensive rebound bucket by Karter Brown and a Dominique jumper from the foul line gave Bryan a 21-15 lead at halftime.
Both teams had a slow start offensively in the second half but layups from Dominique and Herold and a triple from the corner by Brown at the end of the quarter would give the Bears a 28-20 lead.
The scoring picked up in the fourth with Daniel Donovan scoring a quick five points on two free throws and a three-pointer but Herold responded with his own three-pointer to make it 31-25 Bryan.
After another basket by Herold, Jacob Myers would hit from deep to keep Stryker (2-3) close at 35-28 with 3:33 remaining.
Dominique would put Bryan in control at that point with two straight field goals to push the Bryan (3-2) lead to double digits at 39-28 with 2:36 left in the contest.
Dominique finished with 10 of his 18 points in the final frame while Daniel Donovan tallied 12 of his team-high 18 points in the fourth quarter for the Panthers.
STRYKER (39) – M. Donovan 0; Myers 5; LaBo 5; Cadwell 5; D. Donovan 18; Froelich 0; W. Donovan 2; Au. Batterson 0; Wickerham 0; Montague 2; Rupp 2; Totals: 10-4-7 – 39
BRYAN (47) – Langenderfer 6; Kepler 0; Koenig 0; Huard 0; Oberlin 0; Jaessing 0; Brown 5; Dominique 18; Herold 18; Totals: 16-3-6 – 47
STRYKER 10 5 5 19 – 39
BRYAN 10 11 7 19 – 47
JUNIOR VARSITY: Bryan, 50-35
GAME STATISTICS
STRYKER: FG – 14/41 (34%); FT – 7/9 (77%); Rebounds – 24; Turnovers – 15; BRYAN: FG – 19/35 (54%); FT – 6/14 (42%); Rebounds – 20; Turnovers – 11