Davison boys hold tight to second place in Big Nine

Davison’s Lance Arnold went for a perimeter shot against Flint Powers earlier this season. Photo by Dan Nilsen MIDLAND — The Davison boys’ basketball team swallowed a two-point, 61-59 loss against Midland Dow on the road Tuesday. Davison remains at 4-1 Big Nine, 10-7 overall in second place behind Carman-Ainsworth, 5-0, 11-5. Flint Powers is 1-4, 5-10 and Flushing is 0-5, 1-15, in the last season of the Big Nine.

Midland led by six, 20-14, after the first quarter, but Davison cut the deficit to 33-31 at the half. Midland Dow returned the favor in the third, though, regaining the lead, 50-45. The two teams battled hard with Davison outscoring Dow, 14-11, in the final frame, but still came up just short.

Lance Arnold led wtih 26 points, while JC Carrizales and Jacob Moreno each had nine points.

Last Friday, the Cardinals edged out Flushing, 47-43, with Arnold leading the charge with 16 points, Carrizales reached double figures with 11 and Moreno had seven.

Davison led, 13-6, after the first quarter and 21-11 at the break. An even 10- 10 third quarter left Davison with a comfortable 10-point lead, 31-21, which it would need as Flushing staged a late comeback charge with a 22-16 fourth quarter, but it just wasn’t enough.

Davison is back in action on Feb. 24 when it takes on Carman-Ainsworth at Carman-Ainsworth.