Bogota Basketball

 24-December-2021

     On Thursday-23-December the Basketball teams from Bogota would play those from Palisades Park.  The Men's team would travel to Palisades Park to play the Tigers. The Bucs would score the first ten points of the game.  After the Tigers made their opening basket, Bogota would account for the next 14 points and have a 24-2 after the opening quarter.  The Bogota defense shut-out the home time in the second quarter and have a 45 to 2 lead at half time. The game would finish with Bogota posting a 60-15 win.

 Bogota's Evan Meberg would lead all scores with 37 Points. The Tigers' Andrew Her had 7 points for his team. Mr. Her and John Kang both had 1 Three Point Basket for Palisades Park. The Bucs Vincent Ducut scored a game high with 3 Three Point Baskets.

 Bogota's record is now 1-1.  They are next schedule to compete on Monday-27-December in the Garfield Holiday Tournament. Their opening game is against Garfield with a tip-off time of 2:30p. Their next league game is on Tuesday-4-January-2022 at Hawthorne Christian Academy. Tipoff time is scheduled for 6:00p

  The Bogota Lady Bucs opener their season hosting the Lady Tigers on the Jay Mahoney Court in Speary Gym.  The game would remain scoreless for close to three minutes. Then Kaylin Torres, and Ashley Bautista would convert 2 out four Free Throws to give Bogota an early lead.  Seniah Burrell double the score with the first basket from the field. Mindy Yoon cut the lead in half with a basket for Palisades Park. The first quarter ended with Bogota holding a 4-2 lead. The Lady Bucs defense held their opponent to 1 Point, while scoring 6 themselves and took a 10-3 advantage into the locker room.

  After the restart Bogota widen the margin scoring 12 points to the Lady Tigers 6. This put the Lady Bucs in front 22-9 at the three quater mark. Bogota would go onto win the game by a score of  31-17. 

  Seniah Burrell had a game high of 8 Points for Bogota. The Lady Tigers' were lead by Eldns Lova with 6 Points.

  The Bogota's record is now 1-0. The  Lady Bucs tournament game at Wallington has been canceled. They are next scheduled to play on Tuesday-4-January-2022 against Hawthorne Christian Academy. This will be held on the Jay Mahoney Court in Speary Gym, with a tipoff time of 4:00p

            Due to the current health situation all game are subject to change or cancellation.

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