Bearcats make most of fast start in rout of SCAA rival Bloomfield

BLOOMFIELD — The Dexter Bearcats held Bloomfield to two points in the first quarter en route to a 74-38 victory Tuesday night.

Dylan Sitze scored eight of his game-high 17 points in the first quarter, and Cole Nichols added eight of his total 16, as the Bearcats took a 19-2 lead into the second.

Bloomfield committed eight first-quarter turnovers.

The Bearcats scored the game’s first five points before Andrew Francis made a midrange jumper to cut the lead to 5-2.

Bloomfield began to click offensively in the second quarter with Jeffrey Jarrell scoring seven of his team-high nine points. However, the Bearcats held a 28-18 scoring advantage behind three 3-pointers by Truman Krapf and eight more points by Nichols to take a 47-20 halftime lead.

Krapf was the third Dexter player to score in double figures, finishing with 11 points. Maddox Miller scored a season-high eight points.

The Bearcats (7-6, 2-0 SCAA) will host Bernie in another SCAA matchup with the junior varsity game starting at 6 p.m. at the Bearcat Event Center.

Bloomfield (3-7, 0-2) will play Malden with the JV game beginning at 6 p.m. at Malden.

Dexter 19 28 11 16 — 74

Bloomfield 2 18 11 7 — 38

DEXTER — Dylan Sitze 17, Cole Nichols 16, Truman Krapf 11, Maddox Miller 8, Brayden Pullum 8, Peyton Boles 6, Logan Josupait 6, Xzander Smith 2. FG 29 FT 7-13 F 18. (3-pointers: Krapf 3, Miller 2, Nichols 2, Pullum, Sitze. Fouled out: none).

BLOOMFIELD — Jeffrey Jarrell 9, Andrew Francis 8, James Barks 4, Christian Hartlein 4, Lucas Dowdy 3, Connor Scott 3, Blake Wagster 3, Kayden Craft 2, Hunter Moore 2. FG 13 FT 11-16 F 13. (3-pointers: Francis, Jarrell, Scott. Fouled out: none).