Some nights, the statsheet doesn’t really do a basketball game justice. On Tuesday, however, you really didn’t have to examine it too hard to get a proper story of how the game turned out.

The Bradford Owls forced 22 turnovers and held DuBois to just 16 shot attempts en route to a 58-45 D9 League victory.

The Owls jumped all over DuBois early, scoring 18 points in the first quarter and getting right into their game plan on the defensive end. Bradford’s Tyler Gigliotti had the game’s first seven points, and all five of Bradford’s starters had at least two points in the quarter.

DuBois began to find some offense in the second quarter, and Bradford held a 30-19 lead at halftime. And while the game was still very much in reach for the Beavers after 16 minutes, they really only had themselves to blame for the deficit. DuBois missed all 11 of their free throw attempts in the first half, and shot an abysmal 39 percent (9-for-23) for the game. With the Beavers holding their own in the second half, the game might have had a much different outcome had DuBois been able to make anything at the charity stripe.

Donny Pattison led the Owls with nine points in the second half, and Bradford really put the game out of reach with a 17-point third quarter. The Owls emptied the bench in the fourth to polish off their second straight victory.

For Bradford, the offense has looked in sync during both of those games. Much of that offense again ran through Gigliotti on Tuesday. The point guard led the Owls in scoring with 19 points, and led the team in assists with four and steals with three as well. After being sidelined with an injury earlier this season, Gigliotti still may not be completely at 100 percent, but his coach admits there isn’t much more he can ask from the sophomore.

“He just plays solid,” Owls’ head coach Brian Hobbs said. “He never loses his cool and he just keeps his composure. We are happy to have him and he is almost back to 100 percent. I don’t know how he could play much better but he still is banged up, but he does a lot of good things.”

Senior Deondre Terwilliger had another big night for the Owls, as well. Terwilliger had 12 points as Bradford’s backcourt continues to give opposing teams matchup nightmares.

Most of the success that the Owls had on the offensive side was caused by their defensive intensity on the other end of the court. DuBois’ 22 turnovers featured plenty of errant passes that went right into the hands of a Bradford defender and turned into two points on the other end of the court.

“I’ve been saying for the last little while our defense is fueling our offense,” Hobbs said. “We are scoring in transition and that’s a good thing. When the ball goes in the hole, it makes the game easy.

“We forced 22 turnovers. We knew that we could probably pressure them a little bit. When we played them earlier in the year we kind of did the same thing. We just stuck with our game plan. I thought Donny did a nice job of jabbing at their guy and getting them to pick up their dribble or to pick it up. That was the game plan and it worked pretty well.”

Tuesday marked Bradford’s second victory over DuBois of the season. The Owls bested the Beavers 65-34 in early January as part of Bradford’s five-game win streak. The latest loss sent DuBois (8-10 overall, 2-5 D9 League) to its sixth loss in the last eight games.

The Owls (10-8, 5-2) meanwhile have just three games remaining in the regular season. Bradford hits the road for the next two games, including a stop to take on Elk County Catholic — who Bradford fell to in double overtime the last time the two teams met.

The Owls are nearly at full strength heading into the season’s final games, with just one exception.

“We are still missing Brice (Whelan) and he’s another big body for us,” Hobbs said. “Donny (Pattison) and Danny (Manion) both got in foul trouble tonight and that kind of shrunk us down in size a little bit. But we are hoping to get Brice back to be that sub that can go back in for those guys.”

Whelan, a senior, is the tallest player on Bradford’s roster and should really give Bradford another weapon come playoff time.

With the team gearing up for this final stretch of games, Hobbs likes where things are with his team and how his core group of players are playing as a team.

“These guys are coming together and playing well with one another,” Hobbs said. “They are believing in one another. They are really buying into that all-in team concept that we’ve been preaching all season.”

AT BRADFORD

DuBois (45)

Justin Manduley 6 2-7 14, Alex Beers 4 2-4 13, Cruz 3 0-2 7, Sharp 2 0-0 4, Garvey 0 3-6 3, Husted 1 0-0 2, Barnett 0 2-2 2. Totals: 16 9-23 45

Bradford (58)

Tyler Gigliotti 7 3-3 19, Deondre Terwilliger 5 1-3 12, Pattison 5 1-1 11, Boyer 3 0-0 6, Kuzmeskas 2 0-0 6, D. Manion 0 2-4 2, Knowlton 1 0-0 2, P. Manion 0 0-1 0, Nuzzo 0 0-2 0.  Totals: 23 7-14 58

DuBois   6 19 32 45

Bradford 18 30 47 58

Three-point goals: Bradford 5 (Kuzmeskas 2, Gigliotti 2, Terwilliger 1), DuBois 4 (Beers 3, Cruz 1); Total fouls: Bradford 21, DuBois 17; fouled out: none

JV: Bradford won 46-34