{"id":80320,"date":"2026-01-07T15:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/80320\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:49:24","slug":"bethlehem-edges-berne-knox-westerlo-in-a-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/80320\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem edges Berne-Knox-Westerlo in a thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERNE, NY (<a href=\"http:\/\/NEWS10.COM\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"NEWS10.COM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NEWS10<\/a>) \u2014 Myles Irvis knocked down the go-ahead triple for Bethlehem with 32 seconds left to give the Eagles the lead for good in a 69-66 win over Berne-Knox-Westerlo in the opening round of the Bulldog Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides traded scores early in a first quarter that was kicked off by a slam dunk from BKW\u2019s George Wright. The Eagles found a rhythm from beyond the arc in response, taking a 19-15 lead after the opening frame. After a tightly contested second quarter, the Eagles carried a 36-30 advantage to the break.<\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem continued the pressure from beyond the arc, quickly extending their lead to double digits. The defending Class C state champs were not going away easily; the Bulldogs closed the frame strong to cut the deficit down to just two points going to the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>The packed house at Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School was treated to a thrilling fourth quarter, the Bulldogs tied the contest in the opening seconds of the frame, sparking a back-and-forth finish to the contest.<\/p>\n<p>The game entered the final two minutes even at 64, Shane Kirker scored on a two-handed slam to put the Bulldogs in front 66-64. Bethlehem\u2019s Kieran Barnes had an answer, driving the lane to even the contest at 66 all with just over one minute remaining. Barnes finished the contest with a game-high 26 points.<\/p>\n<p>After making a stop on defense, Bethlehem had the chance to move in front with just over 30 seconds to play. A chance the Eagles took advantage of when Barnes connected with Irvis for the go-ahead score.<\/p>\n<p>Trailing 69-66, the Bulldogs needed a response in the final seconds, however the Eagles defense forced Blake Terrell into an off-balance 3-pointer from well beyond the arc that just missed the mark.<\/p>\n<p>With the win, Bethlehem advances to the tournament championship game on Saturday against Amsterdam, the contest will be played at BKW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERNE, NY (NEWS10) \u2014 Myles Irvis knocked down the go-ahead triple for Bethlehem with 32 seconds left to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[40744,40745,40746,40747,153,40748,10300,155,154,40749,40750,29375],"class_list":["post-80320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-basketball-tournament","tag-berne-knox-westerlo","tag-berne-knox-westerlo-boys-basketball","tag-berne-knox-westerlo-bulldogs","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-boys-basketball","tag-bethlehem-eagles","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-boys-basketball","tag-bulldog-invitational","tag-high-school-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}