Although the Roaders are still having problems winning games they are vastly improved on the offensive end but in the end they were still outmanned as Tri-Village went on to record a 65-41 win.

Bradford got on the board first with a free throw by Emmanuel Hill. The Patriots looking somewhat sluggish and finally got on the board at 5:23 by David Barger inside and he followed up with another score at 4:56 to give the Patriots a 4-1 lead.

Hill would score two more times for Bradford but T-V would get a jumper by Logan Brubaker and two by Sam Lindamood to extend their lead to 10-5. Mark Wheeler sank 2 free throws (7-for-8 in the game) and Lindamood finished out the quarter with an old fashioned 3-pointer to give T-V a 15-6 lead.

In the second period Bradford came storming back nailing 3 treys in the quarter and when Aaron Szilggyi drained one at 5:15 the lead had shrunk to 17-14. Tri-Village would get five-points in the quarter from Daniel Foreman, four from Lindamood, two from Wheeler and Derrick Chowning off a stickback to take a 28-23 lead into the half.

The Railroaders came out charging in the third quarter scoring the first four points drawing within one point 28-27 at 6:34. A Foreman free throw and Logan Brubaker running jumper made it 31-27 but… Emmanuel Hill answered with a rainbow jumper from 10’ to make it 31-29 at 4:27. Bradford had a few opportunities to regain the lead or tie it but each time it drew close the PATS would make a key stop.

Sam Lindamood would score the next 7 points and Mark Wheeler 3 to give T-V a 10 point lead 41-31 at the end of the third quarter.

In the final stanza the Patriots would drop 24 more points on Bradford most of them by Mark Wheeler 14, Sam Lindamood 6 and Logan Brubaker 4 as the Patriots got the ball out and ran with many points off the break. T-V then cruised to victory 65-41.

“I thought we were a bit sluggish tonight,” said Coach Josh Sagester. “We finally got rolling in third quarter and finished the game strong.” “Sam Lindamood really started to take charge and Mark Wheeler had a good game as well.” “Mark has good offensive skills and can put the ball in the hole for us… when he does it makes us that much better.” “Bradford is a scrappy team and they play hard I was impressed with them,” concluded Sagester.

Sam Lindamood led T-V with 24 followed by Mark Wheeler with 21 points. Tyler Greer dished out 9 assists to help get the fast break offense flowing down the stretch.

At the halfway point of the regular season Tri-Village sports a 7-3 record overall and 5-0 in the conference. They are back in action next Friday hosting National Trail. It is Pork Chop Charlie night hosted by the music boosters. Serving starts at 4pm – till it runs out.

Also the game will once again be broadcasted over the web and listened to on www.tvpatriots.com

Scoring By Quarters:
Tri-Village …15……13….…41……24 – 65
Bradford………6……17……..8……10 – 41

Tri-Village
M. Wheeler - 21
T. Greer - 0
D. Foreman - 6
T. Brubaker - 0
L. Brubaker - 21
S. Lindamood - 24
D. Barger - 4
D. Chowning - 2
Totals 65

Bradford
D. Miller - 8
E. Hill - 11
Z. Barga - 2
A. Szilggyi - 5
C. Hill - 6
C. Anderson - 8
E. Fine - 1
Totals 41