Dundee-Crown eases past Jacobs
After not playing much as a junior, Brandon Gordon wanted to make sure his senior season wasn’t sitting on the bench collecting splinters.
Gordon’s hard work in the off season has paid off.
The 6-foot-7 Dundee-Crown senior center delivered 8 points with 6 rebounds off the bench in the second half to help the Chargers to a 49-38 win over District 300 rival Jacobs in Fox Valley Conference Valley Division boys basketball action in Carpentersville Saturday night.
“Coach (Lance) Huber and Coach (Bob) Sweeney really worked with me a lot in the summer,” said Gordon. “They helped me get better as a player. I just want to help the team when the coaches put me in the game. No question, My teammates did a great job of getting me the ball in good position to score.”
D-C coach Lance Huber is trying to get Gordon quality minutes off the bench.
“We had Jamal (Kimbrough) last season at center and Brandon just didn’t play much,” said Huber. “Brandon did a nice job tonight and really contributed. We hope to get him more playing time as the season goes on.”
D-C (8-6, 1-0) seized control of the game in the first half with sizzling shooting from 3-point range.
Led by a 3-of-4 effort from Dylan Kissack from beyond the arc, the Chargers were 4-of-6 from 3-point range and led 28-18 at halftime.
Kissack scored all of his 11 points during the first 16 minutes. Bruce Dantzler added 6 first half points including a 3-pointer.
The closest Jacobs (2-10, 0-1) got was 5, 34-29, after a 15-footer by Johnny Holbrook with 6:22 left in the game. The Golden Eagles, who didn’t shoot a free throw in the game, couldn’t get any closer to the Chargers.
D-C’s went on a 5-0 run spearheaded by a 3-pointer from Kyle Bernhard and a putback by Gordon that gave the Chargers a 40-29 advantage with 4:46 left.
Will Schwerdtman came off the bench to lead the Golden Eagles with 17 points while Bobby Mladenovic added 8. Jacobs was also hindered by 21 turnovers.
“They were the aggressors tonight offensively and defensively,” said Jacobs coach Jim Hinkle. “We didn’t play aggressive enough at either end of the court. It is hard to win when you don’t get to the free throw line. They got all the loose balls and outplayed us.”