Bellevue College’s men’s basketball continued their program turnaround tonight with another win as the Bulldogs topped visiting Edmonds tonight 92-86 at Courter Family Athletic Pavilion.\u00a0 The ‘dogs outdid Edmonds with long range shooting and rebounding as Bellevue threw up over half of their field goal attempts from three-point territory (43 of 81 attempts were three-pointers). The Bulldogs also were able to get off second shots off misses from three-point range as they 19 offensive boards.<\/p>\n
Redshirt freshman Jett Briceno had 11 points in the first half while Maui Sze tossed in 8 points while dishing out 5 assists to give BC a 54-51 halftime lead.<\/p>\n
In the second half, O’Landa Baker had 14 points and controlled the boards with 7 rebounds. He had a pair of steals and was assisted on Bellevue’s strong defensive front in the second half by 3 steals apiece by Briceno and Ben Oleson.<\/p>\n
The game was tight throughout the second half with multiple lead changes and each team within one basket of the other. The Tritons took the lead on a few occasions in the second half including an 86-85 lead at the 3:11 mark which stood for over a minute until Baker nailed one to put Bellevue back up 87-86 with less than a minute to go. Baker would then make a pivotal steal with :37 left which forced Edmonds into foul mode. Sze was promptly fouled and made the first of two free throws to give BC an 88-86 lead but missed the second before BC newcomer Nate Johnson delivered big for BC with an offensive board to prevent Edmonds from a last second chance. Sze was immediately fouled with 23 seconds remaining and this time came through on both ends sinking two free throws to seal the win.<\/p>\n
Bellevue is now 3-1 on the year and hosts Everett this Saturday April 17 at 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
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