Ohio boys fall to West Virginia in BACF

St. Marys’ Luke Powell makes a transfer with the ball throughout Friday’s Battle Towards Cystic Fibrosis Basketball Basic at Rod Oldham Athletic Heart.
(Photograph by Mike Morrison)

PARKERSBURG — The West Virginia boys All-Stars saved their perfect for final within the twentieth Annual Battle Towards Cystic Fibrosis Basketball Basic Friday evening on the Rod Oldham Athletic Heart.

Main by simply two factors on the finish of the third quarter the Mountaineer squad erupted for 42 factors within the last quarter to blow issues broad open and snap a five-game shedding streak with a 124-103 victory.

West Virginia led by six on the half however couldn’t shake the Buckeye squad as they clung to an 82-80 lead into the ultimate quarter of play.

WV really trailed by some extent late in third earlier than Ritchie County’s Ethan Haught canned a triple for the ultimate bucket of the third quarter.

A 7-2 run to open the ultimate quarter gave West Virginia a seven-point lead however Ohio answered with a two-pointer adopted by a triple from Federal Hocking’s Iden Miller.

The West Virginia All-Stars answered with eight straight factors keyed by a steal and bucket from Parkersburg South guard Cyrus Traugh to take their first double-digit lead of the evening at 97-87.

A lay-up from Frontier’s Tice Curtis briefly slowed the momentum the West Virginia workforce had constructed however they regained it fairly shortly as they scored 11 of the following 13 factors to take a commanding 20-point lead and by no means look again from there.

South Harrison head coach Tom Sears coached the winners and the veteran head coach noticed three of his personal gamers contribute together with 6-foot-4 inch guard Corey Boulden who led all scorers with 28 factors and claimed the Most Helpful Participant award for the West Virginia squad.

“It’s good to get the win again on the West Virginia facet as a result of it’s been a number of years since we’ve been in a position to do this,” mentioned Sears. “It’s an incredible occasion, a fantastic crowd, nice power for a fantastic trigger and it was nice to educate my boys another time.”

Becoming a member of Boulden on the West Virginia facet had been teammates Noah Burnside and Austin Peck who made their presence felt with 12 and 6 factors respectively.

Boulden had an enormous evening as he not solely knocked down 4 three-pointers within the sport itself, he edged Matthew Carte from Ravenswood to win the three-point contest at half time of the women sport.

“It’s simply superior to come back out and have some enjoyable with the fellows and lift some funds for such a fantastic charity,” mentioned Boulden. “It was an honor to get to play for Coach Sears on final time as a result of he has been with me since day one.”

Carte had an impressive sport in addition to he canned three triples of his personal to complete with 20 factors.

Traugh and Haught additionally reached double figures for the winners with 14 and 13 factors respectively.

Parkersburg South’s Austin Reeves simply missed a double-double as he yanked down a team-high 10 boards to go together with 9 factors.

Belpre’s Tucker Liston led the Ohio facet in scoring with 20 factors together with 4 from behind the arc.

The Ohio facet tallied 15 3-pointers within the sport with Miller connecting on three whereas Gallia Academy’s Jance Lambert and River’s Evan Jarvis added a pair apiece.

Liston garnered MVP honors for the Ohio facet and felt lucky to get to resume some outdated acquaintances in a sport for such a fantastic trigger.

“Truly I performed extra via the years and was extra acquainted with a whole lot of guys on the West Virginia facet so it was a whole lot of enjoyable,” mentioned Liston. “It’s a enjoyable occasion and I used to be glad to get to be part of it.”

Becoming a member of Liston in double figures for the Ohio squad was Miller with 17 whereas huge (6-8) Isaac Clary from South Gallia added 16 and River’s Evan Jarvis 11.

South Gallia’s Brody Fellure led all rebounders with 11 whereas Thompson and Clary yanked down eight apiece.

The win was the thirteenth total for the West Virginia squad towards seven losses and the primary since 2015 with the sport not being performed in both 2020 or 2021.

River’s River Thompson gained the slam dunk competitors over St. Mary’s huge man Luke Powell.