By Jim Muir
The Benton Middle School boy’s basketball team split a pair of games at Marion on Monday night with the eighth grade squad dropping a 62-34 decision and the seventh graders coming away with a 27-26 victory.
In the eighth grade contest the Junior Rangers fell behind 21-8 at the end of one quarter and were never in the game with the talented Marion team, dropping to 5-2 overall with the loss. Marion extended the lead to 33-16 at halftime and 48-23 after three quarters.
Derek Oxford was the only Benton player in double figures tallying 11 in the loss. Also scoring for Benton was Tyson Houghland with 7, Austin Wills with 5, Oliver Davis with 4, Hamilton Page, Scott Mosely, Jordan Richey with two points and Blane Pankey with 1. Gehrig Wynn, Brett Bonenberger, Parker Williams and Tony Tillman played but did not score.
In the seventh grade contest BMS pulled out a hard fought 27-26 win with Brett Bonenberger and Gehrig Wynn conbining for 14 of the team total.
The seventh grade team fell behind 7-3 at the end of one quarter but battled back and took a 10-9 halftime lead. Marion fought back and outscored the seventh grade Junior Rangers 8-6 in the third quarter to take a 17-16 lead into the fourth quarter.
Bonenberger led Benton with 8 points followed by Wynn with 6. Other Rangers in the scoring column included Parker Williams with 4, Drew Owens with 3, Hamilton Page, Blane Pankey and Eldo Owens with 2 points each. Mason Wills and Joey Craig saw action but did now score.
Both BMS teams are back in action Tueday, Nov. 20 when they host Herrin.
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