Sissonville 46, Independence 45
Sissonville – Ben Smith scored a game-high 20 points to lead Sissonville past Independence Thursday. Jalen Breckenridge added 10 for Sissonville and Tanner Griffith scored nine.
Corey Shumate had a double-double for the Patriots with 13 points and 13 rebounds.
Michael McKinney had nine for Indy before missing the second half with an ankle injury. Cyrus Goodson scored eight and Carter Adkins had 7.
Independence travels to Liberty Monday.
I: 14 11 12 8 – 45
S: 5 15 15 11 – 46
Independence
Michael McKinney 9, Logan Phalin 4, Carter Adkins 7, Cyrus Goodson 8, Corey Shumate 13, Jordan James 4.
Sissonville
Ethan Taylor 2, Jalen Breckenridge 10, Tanner Griffith 9, Ivan Jackson 5, Ben Smith 20.
3-pointers – I: 2 (Adkins, Goodson); S; 8 (Breckenridge, Griffith 3, Smith 4).
Nicholas County 56, Summers County 49 (OT)
Summersville – Nicholas County bested Summers County 56-49 in overtime Thursday. The Grizzlies outscored the Bobcats 11-4 in the extra period to grab the win.
Colby Pishner scored a game-high 24 points for Nicholas County, while Jaxson Morriston added 10.
Bryson Keaton led Summers County with 12 points and Cruz Testerman scored 10. Brandon Isaac added nine for the Bobcats.
Nicholas County (9-10) travels to Braxton County Friday, while Summers County (7-12) hosts Richwood Monday.
SC: 15 7 12 11 4 – 49
NC: 14 8 15 8 11 – 56
Summers County
Bryson Keaton 12, Sonny Whitt 2, Brandon Isaac 9, Cruz Testerman 10, Duke Dodson 5, Ethan Erenberg 5, Ferrell Mann 6. Totals: 16 10-16 49.
Nicholas County
Colby Pishner 24, Travis Smith 3, Briar Bailes 7, Ethan Collins 2, Gage Groggs 2, Wesley Hill 4, Jaxson Morriston 10, Austin Altizer 2, Bryson Phipps 2. Totals: 18 20-27 56.
3-pointers – SC: 7 (Keaton 4, Isaac, Mann 2); NC: none
Wyoming East 69, Charleston Catholic 52
Charleston – Tanner Whitten poured in 30 points as Wyoming East crushed to a 69-52 win over Charleston Catholic Thursday evening in Charleston.
Garrett Mitchel added 15 points in the win while Tucker Cook chipped in 11.
JayAllen Turner led Catholic with 15 points.
Wyoming East will host Chapmanville on Friday, honoring the 2002 state championship team beforehand.
WE: 16 15 15 23 – 69
CC: 15 11 7 21 – 52
Wyoming East
Tanner Whitten 30, Garrett Mitchell 15, Chandler Johnson 5, Cole Lambert 6, Tucker Cook 11, Jacob Howard 2
Charleston Catholic
Gio Cinco 5, Kelan Swan 3, JayAllen turner 15, Jon McComas 13, Max Wilcox 3, Farris Marad 10, Jeff Reynolds 3
PikeView 69, Midland Trail 62
Gardner – Dylan Blake poured in 19 points on senior night as PikeView defeated Midland Trail 69-62 in Gardner on Thursday.
Drew Damewood added 12 points while Kameron Lawson pitched in 10 for the Panthers in the victory. Jared Vestal rounded out the double-figure scorers with 14.
John Paul Morrison paced Trail with 19 and Matt Light added 14.
MT: 12 19 15 16 – 62
PV: 17 11 22 19 – 69
Midland Trail
Matt Light 14, Cody Harrell 9, Zach Baird 7, John Paul Morrison 19, Eli Campbell 9, TC Perry 4
PikeView
Peyton Greer 4, Nate Riffe 4, Kameron Lawson 10, Drew Damewood 12, Kaleb Dunn 4, Dylan Blake 19, Zach Rose 2, Jared Vestal 14
3-point goals – MT: 9 (Light 2, Harrell 1, Morrison 5, Campbell 1); PV: 4 (Lawson 2, Damewood 2)
Mercer Christian 50, Victory Baptist 48
Institute – Sam Boothe scored 28 points Thursday as Mercer Christian squeezed by Victory Baptist 50-48 Thursday at West Virginia State in the first round of the WVCAT.
Micah Thomas led Victory Baptist with 15 points in the loss.
The Cavaliers improve to 21-8 and will play Greater Beckley on Friday at State.
VB: 21 11 9 7 – 48
MC: 19 19 11 3 – 50
Victory Baptist
Bret Cormican 13, Micah Thomas 15, Ethan Hunt 6, Isaac Conaway 8, Landon Cormican 6
Mercer Christian
MJ Patton 8, Briar Lucas 4, Sam Boothe 28, Shaye Basham 4, Tanner Keathley 6
3-point goals – VB: 1 (Thomas ); MC: 2 Patton, Boothe)
