BRONSON, MI (WTVB) – The Bronson Vikings boys basketball team opened their season Tuesday night with a 66-59 victory over Battle Creek St. Philip in a rugged and sloppy contest on the Vikings home court.
The two teams combined for 41 fouls as three players fouled out.
Bronson jumped out to a 17-11 lead after the first quarter. The Vikings built the margin to 28-16 before the Tigers went on a 15-2 spurt to grab a 31-30 lead.
Bronson scored the last two buckets of the half to take a 34-31 halftime lead. Bronson led 48-42 after three quarters and then held off the Tigers with a 18-17 edge in the final stanza.
Bronson’s Kam Brackett led all scorers with 30 points, scoring 15 in each half. He also grabbed 11 rebounds. Spencer Losinski and Zeb Olson both seven points for the Vikings.
Jackson Dzwik led the Tigers with 21 points.
Bronson also won the J.V. game 64-20.
In other Branch County boys basketball on the opening night of the season, Quincy lost at home to Grass Lake 65-41 after the Warriors built a 39-18 halftime lead and Union City knocked off Olivet 50-37.
Other area scores….
Athens 44, Battle Creek Academy 20
Britton Deerfield 73, Pittsford 36
Delton Kellogg 66, Vermontville Maple Valley 49
Marshall 53, Battle Creek Lakeview 49
Morenci 37, Reading 33
South Haven 62, Three Rivers 37
Springport 60, Sand Creek 38
Ypsilanti Arbor Prep 64, Jonesville 40
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