{"id":30766,"date":"2026-01-24T18:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T02:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/?p=30766"},"modified":"2026-01-24T18:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T02:07:51","slug":"bulldogs-take-down-skagit-valley-in-north-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/2026\/01\/24\/bulldogs-take-down-skagit-valley-in-north-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulldogs Take Down Skagit Valley In North Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" data-id=\"30759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/IMG_5459-1024x621.jpeg\" alt=\"basketball player\" class=\"wp-image-30759 img-fluid \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/IMG_5459-1024x621.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/IMG_5459-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/IMG_5459-768x466.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/IMG_5459.jpeg 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BC Athletics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"668\" data-id=\"30758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/IMG_5466-1024x668.jpeg\" alt=\"basketball player\" class=\"wp-image-30758 img-fluid \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/IMG_5466-1024x668.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/IMG_5466-300x196.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/IMG_5466-768x501.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/01\/IMG_5466.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bellevue College men&#8217;s basketball did not disappoint in the hype of the NWAC&#8217;s top-two ranked team according to the latest Coaches&#8217; Poll, as number one Skagit fell to the second ranked Bulldogs 75-62 at Courter Family Athletic Pavilion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a near even first half, Bellevue initially fell down out of the gate 4-0 but then went on a 12-0 run led by Josiah Johnson and Will Woodward, putting the &#8216;dogs up 12-4. Skagit Valley would fight back and pulled to 14-13 on a Treyshawn Weatherspoon layup with 10:20 to go in the half. From there on the teams remained in a see saw battle leading up to a narrow 35-33 Bellevue halftime lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skagit Valley came out on the hotter end to start off the second half as Jerry Petty Jr. penetrated through traffic to put the Cardinals up 44-42 at the 16:18 mark before Johnson answered for BC with a layup on the other end. Max Mayo and Sawyer Cottrell nailed back to back three pointers to give the Bulldogs momentum as they pulled ahead by six at 52-46 with 12:21 left in the game. Skagit made attempts to do damage control quickly with three pointers but missed three in a row in addition to two free throws giving BC a double digit lead at 56-46. Skagit had chances late but missed seven free throws down the stretch preventing any sort of comeback. On Bellevue&#8217;s side, Cottrell and Woodward made both ends of their free throws late in the game to give BC cushion down the stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodward led Bellevue with 19 points and 14 rebounds while Johnson added 14. Mayo had 11 points and six rebounds. Skagit Valley&#8217;s seven for 18 (39%) from the line proved to be costly for the Cards, who had an eight game win streak snapped, falling to 5-1 in region play and 19-2 overall. Bellevue continued to add to their 19-game win streak and are 6-0 in region play and 19-2 overall as well. The Bulldogs travel to Whatcom this Wed. Jan. 28 for a 5 P.M. tipoff. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BC Athletics Bellevue College men's basketball did not disappoint in the hype of the NWAC's top-two ranked team according to the latest Coaches' Poll, as number one Skagit fell to the second ranked Bulldogs 75-62 at Courter Family Athletic Pavilion. In a near even first half, Bellevue initially fell down out of the gate 4-0 <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/2026\/01\/24\/bulldogs-take-down-skagit-valley-in-north-showdown\/\">...more about Bulldogs Take Down Skagit Valley In North Showdown<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3358,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[32,8,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-mens-basketball","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30767,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30766\/revisions\/30767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}