Gallery by Ashley Honaker
Greater Beckley 74, Mercer Christian 70 (OT)
Summersville – Greater Beckley Christian survived a spirited effort from Mercer Christian to take a 74-70 overtime win Thursday in the quarterfinals of the West Virginia Christian Athletic Tournament.
Trailing by nine early in the third period, the Crusaders rallied to take the lead, but could not close the battle out at the line in regulation play.
Freshman Eli Patton knocked down a 3-ball in the waning seconds to send the game to an extra session tied 66-66.
Keegan Davidson hit the first bucket in overtime before he found Aaron Hall free inside for a lead Greater Beckley never relinquished down the stretch.
Four free-throws from Kellen Heffernan closed out the win.
Heffernan led the balanced Crusaders with 24 points, while Hall had 17 and Davidson scored 13. Isaiah Kincaid added 11 and Averyk Woodson chipped in nine.
The tough loss overshadowed a great night from M.J. Patton who poured in a game-high 36 points for the Cavaliers to go along with eight rebounds, five assists and five steals. Eli Patton scored 13 and Isaac Sharp had eight points and 13 rebounds.
Greater Beckley will now play No. 1-seed Cross Lanes Christian at 8 p.m. in Friday night’s semifinal round. Cross Lanes beat No. 8 Calvary Baptist 57-41.
Mercer Christian will play Calvary in the consolation round at 1:30 p.m.
MCA: 17 17 9 23 4 – 70
GBC: 14 13 18 21 8 – 74
Mercer Christian
M.J. Patton 36, Eli Patton 13, Isaac Sharp 8, Kyler Carpenter 7, Chance Watkins 6
Greater Beckley Christian
Kellen Heffernan 24, Aaron Hall 17, Keegan Davidson 13, Isaiah Kincaid 11, Averyk Woodson 9.
Mount Hope Christian 46, Grace Christian 45
Summersville – No. 7-seed Mount Hope Christian shook off a sluggish start Thursday and rallied for a 46-45 upset win over No. 2-seed Grace Christian in the quarterfinals of the West Virginia Christian Athletic Tournament.
After scoring just three first quarter points, the Warriors outscored Grace Christian 19-10 in the second to take a 22-20 lead at halftime.
Senior Josiah McKoy led the Warriors with 21 points including 10 in the second period and seven in the fourth quarter.
Nolan Carney added nine points and Branson Miller scored eight.
David Weibe led Grace Christian with 19 and Jonathan Holderby added 15.
Mount Hope will play No. 3-seed Teays Valley Christian in the semifinal round Friday.
Teays Valley defeated No. 6 Calvary Baptist 73-51 Thursday.
MHC: 3 19 14 10 – 46
GCA: 10 10 12 13 – 45
Mount Hope
Nolan Carney 9, Marshall Dorado 4, Josiah McKoy 21, Branson Miller 8, Luke Snuffer 2.
Grace Christian
David Weibe 19, Brady Johnston 5, Bryce Ray 6, Jonathan Holderby 15.
James Monroe 42, Greenbrier West 31
Charmco – James Monroe held Greenbrier West to just two points in the fourth quarter to secure a 42-31 win Thursday.
Brady Baker led the Mavericks with a game-high and a career-high 19 points and Cooper Ridgeway scored nine.
Brayden McClung paced the Cavaliers with 16 points.
JM: 5 17 8 12 – 42
GW: 8 11 10 2 – 31
James Monroe
Layton Dowdy 2, Cooper Ridgeway 9, Ryan Mann 6, Bannon Goodman 3, Ryan Cole 3, Brady Baker 19.
Greenbrier West
Tanner Hagy 5, Brayden McClung 16, Isaac Agee 4, Chris Davis 6.
Liberty 43, Man 42
Man – Kevin Smith sent Liberty home a 43-42 victor over Man with a 3-pointer to be the buzzer Thursday night.
Riley Marty led the balanced Raiders with 11 points, while Jadon Acord scored eight and Smith had seven.
Jake Endicott led all scorers with 21 points for the Hillbillies.
L: 9 13 9 12 – 43
M: 9 11 10 12 – 42
Liberty
Kris Bowman 5, Riley Marty 11, Jadon Acord 8, Kevin Smith 7, Colten Acord 5, Brayden Hatfield 5, Landon Lusk 2. Totals: 16 8-17 43.
Man
Jake Endicott 21, Blake Hicks 3, Noah Frazier 2, Devon Sanders 3, Trey Ward 9, Micah Gable 4. Totals: 15 11-23 42
Shady Spring 66, Greenbrier East 45
Fairlea – Shady Spring completed the regular season tri-fecta over Greenbrier East Thursday with a 66-45 win inside Spartan Gym.
Ammar Maxwell led four Tigers in double-figures with 21, while Jack Williams added 12 points. Gavin Davis and Jalon Bailey scored 11 points each for the Tigers who host Independence Friday night.
Gabe Patton led the Spartans with 12 points and Nathan Dixon scored 11.
SS: 13 16 17 20 – 66
GE: 11 10 13 11 – 45
SS:
Shady Spring
Jack Williams 12, Ammar Maxwell 21, Brody Radford 4, Gavin Davis 11, Rob Lynch 2, Reid Radford 3, Khi Olson 2, Jalon Bailey 11.
Greenbrier East
Donovan Penn 6, Brody Hamric 4, Peyton Dehaven 2, Darius Burns 2, Nathan Dixon 11, Reed McGraw 3, Gabe Patton 12, Layne Lambert 5.
