Barnesville High pushed its record above the .500 mark for the first time this season, rolling to a 64-41 road victory against Bridgeport on Tuesday.
Coach Chris Pack’s Shamrocks raced out to a 15-5 first quarter lead, and then picked it up offensively in the second period with a 21-14 surge to open a 36-19 halftime advantage.
Barnesville then scored the first 12 points of the third quarter and finished with a 16-6 edge in the round to lead 52-25 heading to the final frame.
“We jumped on them early even though we missed six or seven good looks in the first quarter,” said Pack. “We were chompin’ at the bit to put it on them, and we were probably too overly excited at the start.
“We started clicking offensively in second quarter and making shots, and we cleaned up with stick-backs when we missed,” he continued. “We challenged them to play better defense in third quarter ran off first 12 points before they scored.”
Tyler Fitzpatrick led a trio of double-digit scorers for Barnesville (8-7) with 18 points. Dylan MacMillan contributed 14 tallies and Zack Dornon had 13.
The Shamrocks were 29-of-50 from the field and 4-of-6 at the free throw line with 30 rebounds and 13 turnovers. Fitzpatrick collected 13 rebounds and Brandon Burkhart pulled down eight. MacMillan and Zack Dornon each had six assists and MacMillan recorded four steals.
For Bridgeport (4-11), Cody Frey was the leading scorer with 10 points. The Bulldogs had 15 rebounds and 19 turnovers.
BARNESVILLE 64, BRIDGEPORT 41
Barnesville (8-7)
Ian Wells 1 0-0 2, Preston Dornon 2 0-0 4, David Stewart 1 0-0 2, Brandon
Burkhart 3 1-2 7, Dylan MacMillan 6 0-0 14, Tyler Fitzpatrick 9 0-0 18, Zack
Dornon 5 3-4 13, Mitchell Wells 0 0-0 0, Austin Hannahs 1 0-0 2, Brian Clark
1 0-0 2, Zack Houston 0 0-0 0. Totals 29-50 4-6 64.
Bridgeport (4-11)
Aaron Roth 2 0-2 5, Dallas Fields 2 1-4 6, John Kreiter 2 2-2 6, Bailey
McGrath 1 0-1 3, Q.J Williams 2 0-0 4, Cody Frey 4 1-2 10, Robert Teeman 1
2-2 4, Parker Dyson 1 1-2 3, Josh Perrelli 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 7-15 41.
Barnesville 15 21 16 12 — 64
Bridgeport 5 14 6 16 — 41
Three point goals — BaHS 2 (MacMillan 2); BrHS 4 (Roth, Fields, McGrath, Frey). Rebounds — BaHS 30 (Burkhart 8, Fitzpatrick 13); BrHS 15. Assists —BaHS
16 (MacMillan 6, Z. Dornon 6). Steals — BaHS 10 (MacMillan 4). Blocked
Shots‹BaHS 4 (Burkhart 2, Fitzpatric 2). Fouls‹BaHS 18; BrHS 7. Fouled
Out— none. Turnovers — BaHS 13; BrHS 19.
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