Bucks Best Rams 55-45
BLOOMSBURG – The Bucks traveled east for a Heartland Conference road win of the Columbia-Montour AVTS, 55-45.
Bucktail found themselves trailing 26-18 and rallied in the third out-scoring the Rams 17-6 in the third quarter to put them in front 35-32 in going into the final period.
The Bucks continued their pace in the fourth to stretch the lead to 10 over the hosts before the final buzzer.
Josh Knauff and Ryan Fantasy led the charge with 18 points each, followed by Ryan Prebble with 9 and Derrick Long with 8 while Collin Burrows contributed 2 points.
Next up for the the Bucks is a road trip to Belltown to take on rival St. John Neumann Friday evening at 7:30 p.m.
| Jan. 5, 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | TOTAL |
| BUCKTAIL | 11 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 55 |
| CMVT | 10 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 45 |
BUCKTAIL 55. COLUMBIA-MONTOUR 45
CMVT (45)
L. Halya 5 1-2 11, D. Heidler 1 0-2 3, L. Pitanyak 5 2-2 16, T. Musselman 0 1-4 1, O. Petry 5 0-2 10, P. Six 0 0-0 0, T. Welsh 0 0-0 0, H. Cameron 2 0-0 4, Total: 18 4-12 45.
BUCKTAIL (55)
Derrick Long 3 0-0 8, Tristen Schelb 0 0-0 0, Josh Knauff 6 5-12 18, Ryan Fantaskey 5 7-10 18, Collin Burrows 1 0-2 2, Ryan Prebble 4 1-2 9, Total: 19 13-26 55.
3-point goals: CMVT 5 (Heidler, Pitanyak 4), Bucks 4 (Long 2, Knauff, Fantaskey)
JV: CMVT 48, Bucktail 49 OT
High scorer: CMVT: Duncan Heidler 28. Bucks: Mike Casper 49
Records: Bucks: 3 – 6
Next game: Friday at St. John Neumann, 7:30 p.m.
