Bynum lifts Tigers to win over Cardinals on sideline trey

L-K 68, Maud 65

The Linden-Kildare Tigers faced a familiar foe Jan. 8, in the Maud Cardinals.

L-K faced Maud in Nov. and were able to come away with a, 55-46, victory in a non-district match.

The Tigers started out fast behind the streaky shooting of Mason Johnson with three first quarter threes, but would find themselves trailing at the end of the first quarter by three, 19-16.

The second quarter would be closely contested. The Tigers were able to even the score at 29 on a Jonathan Owen floater before the Cards closed the half on a 5-0 run to take a, 34-29, lead at the half.

After another evenly played first seven minutes of the third quarter, the Cardinals got a layup and two quick 3-point baskets, one as the time expired to complete an 8-0 run and take a, 52-42, lead into the fourth.

Maud maintained momentum into the final quarter and stretched its lead to 12 at, 57-45, with five minutes left.

From that point on, L-K scrapped and clawed themselves back into the game creating a series of turnovers and converting them into scores thus regaining momentum.

Owen went on a personal 5-0 run that closed the lead to seven at, 57-50.

After a Maud 3-point basket, the Tigers went on a 7-0 run with baskets from Puff Peters, a Mason Johnson three pointer and a Chase Bynum layup to close the deficit to three at, 60-57.

The Tigers still had to find a way to get over the hill.

After a number of Maud free throws and a couple of buckets by the Tigers, L-K found themselves down by three points with possession of the ball and under 40 seconds to play.

Bynum knocked down a clutch 3-point basket from the corner to knot the game at 65 with a chance to convert it to a 4-point play but missed at the charity stripe.

The next sequence of events led to the climax of the night. The missed free throw resulted in a scrum on the floor for the ball.

The possession arrow gave the ball to Maud, but the Cards turned it over, giving the ball back to L-K.

The Tigers were fouled in its front court with 2.48 seconds left in regulation but unfortunately weren’t in the bonus.

After a timeout to regroup, the Tigers closed the game when Bynum curled back to the ball and banged a 35 footer off of the backboard from the sideline giving the Tigers a, 68-65, victory.

L-K was led in scoring by Johnson with 22 points, Jordan Swanson with 15 and Bynum’s 13.

The Tigers got significant contributions from reserves Critter Palmer and Tawin Patterson as well.

The win put the Tigers at 12-3 overall and 4-1 in District 16-2A.

L-K 60, Detroit 24

Linden-Kildare’s varsity boys’ basketball team opened up its 2021 portion of the basketball schedule at home Jan. 5, versus the Detroit Eagles.

Tigers came out firing with Chase Bynum connecting on two early treys. The Tigers never trailed, leading by six at the end of the first (14-8) and 12 at half (29-17).

The lead ballooned to more than 30 points in the third frame.

In the fourth quarter reserves got in some work and did a great job of closing the game out to a final score of 60-24.

Bynum led all scorers with 18, Jordan Swanson added 14, Jonathan “JO” Owen had a season high of 13 and Mason Johnson chipped in with eight.

L-K also had solid defensive contributions from Critter Palmer, Tawin Patterson and Puff Peters.

The win pushed L-K’s season record to 11-3 overall and 2-1 in the district.