The Brandon-Evansville boys basketball team dealt with some injuries that started before the season ever got going when senior Sam Fuller was lost for the year after a torn ACL in football.
Fuller got in for just a couple of minutes on Senior Night for the Chargers, but his team recognized him through its postseason awards by honoring Fuller and sophomore guard Tyler Bitzan with the Best Communicator Award.
Fuller was charged with leading from the bench due to his injury, but Bitzan also helped out on the court with 5.1 points-per game to go along with 72 total rebounds and 39 assists.
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Senior guard Keagan Schiele earned the team’s Lockdown Player Award. Schiele had a team-high 62 steals and 66 deflections, while also averaging 9.7 points-per game.
Senior Jesse Perleberg earned the Chargers’ Most Disciplined Award. He racked up 51 rebounds, 21 deflections and 15 steals.
Junior Kobe Reiland was named the most-improved player for B-E. Reiland scored 105 points (4.0 PPG), and grabbed 49 total rebounds.
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Seniors Andrew Johnson and Andrew Perrin rounded out the team-award winners by sharing the Pillar Award. Brandon-Evansville head coach Trent Hintermeister said he wants his players to be great in the three pillars of communication, discipline and trust.
“We feel if we can be great at these three things, we will give ourselves a good chance to be successful in basketball and in future life situations,” Hintermeister said. “We are trying to build quality basketball players, but overall we want to help young men be prepared for what life throws at them in the future.”
Perrin and Johnson did not see a bunch of minutes on the court, but they were recognized as guys who exemplified those three pillars throughout the season.
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The Chargers finished the year with an 18-9 record overall. They played in two different conferences and racked up league awards in both.
Schiele, senior forward Tanner Bitzan and senior guard Marshall Riedel were All-Pheasant Conference, while sophomore guard Titus Fuller was an honorable-mention selection. In the Little Eight Conference, Schiele, Bitzan and Riedel earned all-league status after helping B-E to an 8-4 record in the conference to finish third.
