High school basketball scores from Friday, Feb. 12…
BOYS
St. Joe 49, Portage Northern 46
The Bears got 21 points from Conner Wright and 15 from Brennen Kerns to improve to 2-0.
Benton Harbor 69, Muskegon 66
Kentrell Pullian hit a three pointer at the buzzer to lift the Tigers to the win.
Lakeshore 56, Mattawan 42
The Lancers pulled away late, outscoring the Wildcats 15-7 in the 4th quarter. Grant Gondrezick paced Lakeshore with 18 points, JJ Bushu and Grant Ruddell each added ten.
New Buffalo 89, Michigan Lutheran 54
Anthony Lejewski scored a game high 22 points in leading the Bison to the win. Adam Rosenbaum scored 14 in the loss for the Titans.
Watervliet 75, Gobles 36
The Panthers limited Gobles to just 11 first half points. Drew Thorpe scored 13 points in the loss for the Tigers.
Howardsville Christian 73, Countryside Academy 54
Christian got 35 points from Jason Jergens and 24 from Josh Parks. Rylee Carter led Countryside with 14 points with Jeffery Brown adding 12 and La’Marion Gordon finishing with ten.
Elsewhere…
Bridgman 52, Lake Michigan Catholic 10
South Haven 42, Berrien Springs 41
Coloma 50, Martin 41
Buchanan 64, Comstock 32
Brandywine 77, Niles 62
River Valley 74, Lawrence 41
Lawton 60, Saugatuck 40
Fennville 56, Delton-Kellogg 53
Portage Central 70, Battle Creek Central 37
Gull Lake 56, Kalamazoo Central 37
Lakeview 63, Loy Norrix 37
Kalamazoo Christian 60, Constantine 30
Kalamazoo Hackett 47, Parchment 40
Schoolcraft 86, Galesburg-Augusta 34
GIRLS
Watervliet 53, Gobles 32
The Lady Panthers scored 18 points in the first quarter and never looked back. MJ Flowers led Watervliet with 24 points, Samantha Dietz added 14.
Buchanan 60, Comstock 13
Faith Carson poured in a game high 22 points for Buchanan.
Niles 53, Brandywine 47
Amara Palmer led the way for Niles with 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Kamryn Patterson added 12 points for the Lady Vikings.
Elsewhere…
Lake Michigan Catholic 40, Bridgman 39
Martin 43, Coloma 26
Saugatuck 53, Lawton 36
Calhoun Christian 51, Howardsville Christian 17
Schoolcraft 35, Galesburg-Augusta 24
Constantine 54, Kalamazoo Christian 52
Kalamazoo Hackett 54, Parchment 26
Delton-Kellogg 62, Fennville 17
Three Rivers 62, Coldwater 34
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
BOYS
Benton Harbor vs. Douglass Academy, 4:00 (at Red Hawk Challenge)
St. Joe at Mattawan, 3:00
Lakeshore at Portage Central, 3:00
Niles at Paw Paw, 2:00
Bloomingdale at River Valley, 7:30
Gobles at Allegan, 6:30
Adrian at Loy Norrix, 12:30
Gull Lake at Three Rivers, 4:00
GIRLS
Mattawan at St. Joe, 3:00
Portage Central at Lakeshore, 3:00
Paw Paw at Niles, 1:30
Bloomingdale at River Valley, 5:45
Gobles at Allegan, 5:00
West Michigan Aviation at Saugatuck, 6:00