Bulldogs win big

Brady Powers delivers a bounce-pass to Eastside post Gavin Lewis (00) during Monday night?s game. Lewis led the Bulldogs to victory with 16 points.

During the first three minutes of the opening period the two teams exchanged baskets as Robert Harris and Justin Woodlee hit for the Tigers. But in the final two minutes Gavin Lewis and Caleb Northcutt took charge as the two hit for six points each to give Eastside a 12-4 lead at the end of the period.

Eastside took the game over in the second, running off 16 unanswered points as Northcutt, Lewis and Adam Hollandsworth ripped the net. Lee Wade put the Tigers on the board at the 1:55 mark after hitting 2-of-2 from the charity stripe, and added another pair of free throws with just under a minute to play in the half. Eastside continued to run the floor with Brady Powers and Hollandsworth adding a pair of baskets during the final minute as the Bulldogs took a 36-8 lead into the half.

Eastside built a 46-9 lead after running off 10 points in the opening minutes of the third period. Irving College?s Dustin Moran, Harris and Wade hit as the Tigers added nine points to the board. But by the end of the period Eastside held a 49-18 advantage.

In the final period Irving College added nine points to the board after going 3-of-8 from the line, as Harris added a basket and Moran hit for two. Eastside open the period with a basket from Logan Underhill and closed out the game with a 3-pointer from Luke Hillis.

Lewis had 16 points to lead the Bulldogs. Northcutt added 10, Powers and Hollandsworth added nine points each. Hillis added three, Gage Myers, Jesse Carlson and Underhill had two points each and August Palombo added one point.

Harris had nine, Wade added six, Woodlee, Zach Rubley and Jonathan Burton had two points each and Tim Delong added one point.