Bulldog Men Close, But Fall in Overtime at Olympic

Trey Lawrence BC men's basketball

After competing for two full halves in a tough road environment and going to overtime at Olympic, Bellevue’s men’s basketball team went ice cold, making only one of seven attempts in overtime and eventually fell, 84-78 last night in Bremerton.

In the first half, Bellevue took a 36-34 lead into the locker room at halftime with a solid first half based around 23 rebounds and 11-of-20 shooting from within the three-point line. Trey Lawrence was exceptionally sharp on defense with a team-high 6 rebounds and 3 steals in the half.

In the second half, Bellevue’s shooting touch cooled off but were aided by strong play off the bench as Jalen Womack had 7 rebounds and Gabriel Moujaes was the sole Bulldog with the hot hand, pouring in 10 points. He was 3-for-4 from the field including 2-for-3 from three-point range and was a perfect 2-for-2 from the free throw line.

In a wild second half that featured several lead changes, the ‘dogs appeared to have it wrapped up with a four point lead at 73-69 after a layup by Gerald Hood with :34 to go. In the finals seconds, Olympic came up clutch when the had to, sinking a perfect 4-for-4 at the free throw line while Bellevue went 0-for-4 to led Olympic back in the game and into overtime.

The deflated Bellevue team from the end of regulation play couldn’t get things going in overtime. Although Belleuve remained within striking distance, a steal and layoup by Olympic’s Derrius Stewart with 1:43 put the Rangers up by five at 82-77. The Rangers again would come up with clutch free throw shooting as Bellevue was forced into foul mode with less than a minute to play. Olympic’s Zac Olmsted’s two free throws with :31 left sealed the win for Olympic.

Bellevue is now 0-5 (1-18 overall) and will travel to Everett Community College this Wednesday January 29 for a 7:00 game against the Trojans.

Last Updated January 26, 2020