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Zeeland West High School
Boys Varsity West Basketball
Game Summaries & Headlines.
6.0 years ago @ 10:38PM
- Game Date
- Dec 11, 2018
- Score
- : 63
COOPERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL: 59
The Dux traveled to Coopersville on Tuesday night and pulled out a hard fought win by the score of 63-59. West got off to a hot start by going up 16-4 behind 10 first quarter points from Mason Bakker and 4 points from Caleb Smith.. Coopersville chipped away at the lead with the score being 20 to 12 after one quarter. The Broncos continued continued to charge and cut the lead to 32-30 at the half. West added a point to their lead and had a 47-44 lead at the end of the third quarter. The Broncos made a run and took a five point lead with just a few minutes to go in the game. The Dux regrouped and had a couple of key buckets by Bakker and some strong defense from Evan Eding and Tanner Thompson. The Dux finished the game on a 9-1 run and won by 4 points. Coach Klyn said after the game, "We needed some stops in the fourth quarter and a number of guys stepped up. Eding's steal and layup out of the timeout flipped the momentum and got our guys going. Tanner, Eding,and Gulker all took charges in the second half for us." Bakker led the team with a team high 26 points and had numerous key buckets. A number of other players contributed with 11 points from Gulker, seven points from Steffen, six points from Vredeveld and Thompson, and five points from Caleb Smith. The Dux are in action again later this week when they head to Mona Shores for a rare Thursday night game.