Bellevue College men’s basketball broke open a game that was tied at 68 after regulation with a 15-4 run to beat host Skagit Valley 83-72 in overtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After leading 42-35 at halftime, the Cardinals held the recently hot-shooting Bulldogs to only 26 second half points as the ‘dogs shot an ice-cold 27% from the field. The momentum swing allowed Skagit Valley to lead by as much as six deep into the game 66-60 before the Bulldogs made a late run to tie the game. A steal and layup by Prophet Johnson cut the lead to 68-66 with 1:37 left which was followed up by two huge free throws by Aydan Janssan with :48 remaining to tie it up. Neither team could get a basket to fall in the closing seconds which led to the overtime scoring spree by the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bishop Tosi dominated the overtime scene with nine points and six rebounds. His tip in off an Owen Moriarty shot put Bellevue up 74-70. He then came through with a big three-pointer and two free throws to give Bellevue a commanding 79-72 lead with 1:07 left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johnson led Bellevue with 27 points and 10 rebounds while Tosi had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Janssan had 14 points and rebounds as the threesome combined for 70% of the team’s points and rebounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The huge road win keeps Bellevue right in the thick of things in the North Region playoff race as they move to a tie with Everett for third place at 7-5 (17-9 overall). They are one game behind second place Edmonds with two games to play. The ‘dogs host Shoreline this Sunday Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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