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Five Bossier Parish Community College players scored between 10-13 points and three more added nine apiece Tuesday night at Billy Montgomery Gym as the Cavaliers cruised by the Barksdale Bombers 113-69.

Barksdale’s Simon Pruhs scored a game-high 20 while Christian Tolbert and Larry Williams each added 10 for the Bombers.

“It was an honor to have the real heroes in our gym – the men on the Barksdale Air Force Base Team!” said first-year BPCC coach Jeff Moore. “My father served in the Army before he played college basketball – so nothing but respect for those that serve our country, and appreciation for these patriots to take the court and help us develop our team.”

Drew Cooper and Tony Montgomery each scored a team-best 13 points for the Cavaliers (3-1). Dustin Welch added 12, Zequan Lewis 11 and Mazi Lumori 10. Contributing nine points were Antonis Kalavros, Drin Tafilaj and Darnell Morris.

Tafilaj was the top rebounder with six. Yoav Botzer had five assists to lead the Cavs and suffered only one turnover. Lewis recorded seven steals.

BPCC (4-1) opened a 63-36 halftime lead. A dozen Cavaliers scored as all but one of the 14 on the roster got extensive playing time.

“Our guys really came out tonight with a lot of energy,” said Moore, whose team rebounded from its first loss on Saturday to Southern-Shreveport. “We made steps forward at improving on parts of the game we worked on and watched on film the last two days.”

BPCC continues a homecourt-heavy first month under Moore, a former LSU and Northwestern State assistant, when the Cavs play host to Southwest Mississippi Community College Friday night at 6:30.

Next Monday and Tuesday, Bossier Parish will play as it hosts the Fourth Annual Decari Markray Classic. Region XIV competition begins Dec. 3 at Paris JC.