By TOMMY REZAC
St. Joseph Post
FAUCETT - The Lafayette boys' basketball team got off to an 11-2 start, locked down on defense all night and rolled to a 58-25 win at Mid-Buchanan on Tuesday night.
Leading 15-7 at the end of the first quarter, the Irish (3-2) outscored the Dragons 14-2 in the second to go up 29-9 at the break.
Things never got closer after that, as Mid-Buchanan (4-4) was held to just nine made field goals offensively. The Dragons also turned the ball over 16 times.
"I thought we played pretty good," Lafayette senior Camden Bennett said after leading his team Tuesday with 19 points. "We ran out in transition and got easy buckets. We played really good defense tonight, and I'm just proud of my team for that."
Lafayette, now on a three-game winning streak, spread the scoring out among seven different players. Sophomore Antonio Williams came off the bench and scored 15 points. Senior Mikey Thomas finished with 10.
"All around, we played really good," Williams said. "It started with defense, really. We got a lot of traps and a lot of deflections to turn into offensive points. On the offensive side, we passed the ball a lot and everyone got to touch it. Our offense was just flowing really good. Everyone was knocking down shots and stuff."
Mid-Buchanan was led in scoring by junior Jackson Sauvage, who logged 10 points, including a pair of made three-pointers. The Dragons suffered a tough injury midway through the second quarter when freshman Raife Smith was helped off the floor with an apparent left foot injury.
After playing their first five games in eight days, Lafayette will get an eight-day break before returning to action on December 21 against St. Joseph Central at Civic Arena in the inaugural St. Joseph Area Sports Hall of Fame Holiday Hoops Classic.
"We just want to keep gradually getting better and getting better," Lafayette coach Kevin Bristol said. "I think we took another step tonight of getting better and reaching the goal we want to get to."
Mid-Buchanan stays home to host North Platte on Friday.
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