Recap of Hopewell Boys Basketball Win Over New Brighton

It’s better to win ugly than to lose pretty and that was the case for the Hopewell Vikings Boys Basketball team on Friday night at New Brighton.

It was one of those nights where they admittedly came out a bit flat as many of the regulars found themselves struggling.

However, the Vikings were able to hang around and eventually two of their top performers, Zach Kovell and James Armstrong got going and they got a huge contribution off the bench from Mike Brown, who sparked the team and game them the energy they needed.

In the end, Hopewell came away with a 67-60 win, which improved their overall record to 4-3.

Hopewell led after the 1st quarter, 15-13, trailed at halftime, 32-31 and the game was tied at 46 after three quarters.

Let’s go inside the stats to see what went right for Hopewell and look at the individual scoring.

HOPEWELL/NEW BRIGHTON TEAM STATISTICS:

Field Goal %: Hopewell 44.6%, New Brighton 41.4%

3-Point Attempts: Hopewell 3 for 7, New Brighton 8 for 20

Free Throw Attempts: Hopewell 6 for 15, New Brighton 4 for 10

Transition Points: Hopewell 9, New Brighton 10

Points off Turnovers: Hopewell 21, New Brighton 13

Second Chance Points: Hopewell 15, New Brighton 15

Points in the Paint: Hopewell 44, New Brighton 26

Offensive Rebounds: Hopewell 16, New Brighton 19

Defensive Rebounds: Hopewell 16, New Brighton 20

Steals: Hopewell 12, New Brighton 9

Turnovers: Hopewell 16, New Brighton 25

HOPEWELL INDIVIDUAL SCORING:

Zach Kovell: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals

James Armstrong: 17 points, 15 rebounds, 1 steal

Michael Brown: 11 points, 3 assists, 1 steal

Brody Rock: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal

Aaron Dickhart: 4 points, 2 assists, 2 steals

Thomas Pipkins: 3 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals

Nick Adams: 3 points, 2 steals

Jeremy Benninghoff: 2 points

Jack Biega: 0 points, 3 rebounds

Hopewell will have two more games this week before going on Christmas break as they travel to undefeated Keystone Oaks (6-0) on Tuesday and then will be at home on Thursday to take on Avonworth in their first section game of the season.