MEDINA, Ohio — Pat Forsythe nearly had a triple double for Brunswick on Friday night. The 6-10 center had 13 points, 10 rebounds and eight blocked shots. Unfortunately for the visiting Blue Devils, Forsythe couldn't block everything Medina tossed up as the Bees cruised to a 61-37 victory in a Northeast Ohio Conference boys basketball game.
MEDINA, Ohio — Pat Forsythe nearly had a triple double for Brunswick on Friday night. The 6-10 center had 13 points, 10 rebounds and eight blocked shots.
Unfortunately for the visiting Blue Devils, Forsythe couldn't block everything Medina tossed up as the Bees cruised to a 61-37 victory in a Northeast Ohio Conference boys basketball game.
Other than Forsythe's shot-blocking, Medina, ranked No. 17 in The Plain Dealer's Top 25, dominated every aspect of the game, improving to 2-0 and 1-0 in the conference's Valley Division. No. 18 Brunswick slipped to 2-2 and 0-1.
"I think this is the best team game we played in years," Medina senior forward Kenny Kaminski said. "We went out and tried to pressure their guards. They're young and everything. We got some steals in the backcourt, and that changed everything."
Kaminski, who led the Bees with 13 points, set the tone early with a steal and a slam dunk for a 7-0 lead in the opening minutes.
Brunswick chipped away at the deficit with a 3-pointer and driving layup by Alex Hartill, but the Bees responded with a 6-0 run to finish the first quarter and led, 16-5.
Forsythe was scoreless in the first quarter. He got rolling with two consecutive baskets early in the second quarter. When Matt Dunning followed with a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 18-12, it looked as though the Blue Devils were going to make a game of it.
But it was as close as they would get.
A layup by John Hudak and a pull-up jumper by Billy Geschke started a 13-2 run to finish the first half and gave Medina a 31-14 lead.
The Bees continued to expand the lead in the third quarter. A driving layup by Logan Winkler gave Medina a 42-20 lead midway through the quarter.
Brunswick committed 18 turnovers to eight for Medina. The Bees won the rebounding battle, 38-25.
"Our guys just did a great job of executing the game plan," Medina coach Jody Peters said. "We felt we really had to go out and pressure their guards. They have some young guards who in time are going to be very good players, but we felt that was something we really needed to try to exploit."
Hartill scored 10 points for Brunswick.
"I'm glad it's over," Brunswick coach Joe Mackey said. "It's one of those games early in the year you just put behind you and try to learn from it. We'll bounce back."
Bob Migra is a freelance writer in Westlake.
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