No. 2 seed Fairmont State ended the game on a 15-5 run over the final five minutes, securing a 96-85 win over Ohio Valley in the opening round of the West Virginia Conference Men's basketball tournament Tuesday in Fairmont.
No. 2 seed Fairmont State ended the game on a 15-5 run over the final five minutes, securing a 96-85 win over Ohio Valley in the opening round of the West Virginia Conference Men's basketball tournament Tuesday in Fairmont.
Malik Stith posted a team-best 19 points for the Falcons (20-7) while Brendan Cooper connected for 18. Jerry Macon Jr. scored a game-high 27 points, including 21 on 3-pointers, for Ohio Valley (3-26) and Ashton Brown amassed 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Fairmont will play No. 7 Seton Hill in the quarterfinals at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Charleston Civic Center.
GLENVILLE 88, SHEPHERD 83: The No. 11 Glenville State went on the road and defeated No. 6 Shepherd.
The Pioneers (13-15) were led by Jamel Morris with 22 points while Kevin Gray and Lamar Mallory both scored 13 points. Shepherd (15-12) was paced by Chad Moore with a game-high 29 points while Austin Cunningham scored 14.
Glenville State advances to face No. 3 Alderson-Broaddus at 1 p.m. Thursday.
WHEELING JESUIT 77, D&E 69: Eric Seifert produced 17 points as No. 4 Wheeling Jesuit posted a first-round win over No. 13 Davis & Elkins.
Joe Prati scored 16 points for the Cardinals (18-9), who will face No. 5 Charleston in the quarterfinals at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. D'Quan Lynch paced D&E (8-19) with 20 points.
PITT JOHNSTOWN 92, CONCORD 82: No. 8 Concord cut a 21-point first-half deficit down to just six points but was unable to complete the comeback against No. 9 Pitt Johnstown at the Carter Center in Athens.
No. 2 seed Fairmont State ended the game on a 15-5 run over the final five minutes, securing a 96-85 win over Ohio Valley in the opening round of the West Virginia Conference Men's basketball tournament Tuesday in Fairmont.
Malik Stith posted a team-best 19 points for the Falcons (20-7) while Brendan Cooper connected for 18. Jerry Macon Jr. scored a game-high 27 points, including 21 on 3-pointers, for Ohio Valley (3-26) and Ashton Brown amassed 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Fairmont will play No. 7 Seton Hill in the quarterfinals at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Charleston Civic Center.
GLENVILLE 88, SHEPHERD 83: The No. 11 Glenville State went on the road and defeated No. 6 Shepherd.The Pioneers (13-15) were led by Jamel Morris with 22 points while Kevin Gray and Lamar Mallory both scored 13 points. Shepherd (15-12) was paced by Chad Moore with a game-high 29 points while Austin Cunningham scored 14.
Glenville State advances to face No. 3 Alderson-Broaddus at 1 p.m. Thursday.
WHEELING JESUIT 77, D&E 69: Eric Seifert produced 17 points as No. 4 Wheeling Jesuit posted a first-round win over No. 13 Davis & Elkins.Joe Prati scored 16 points for the Cardinals (18-9), who will face No. 5 Charleston in the quarterfinals at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. D'Quan Lynch paced D&E (8-19) with 20 points.
PITT JOHNSTOWN 92, CONCORD 82: No. 8 Concord cut a 21-point first-half deficit down to just six points but was unable to complete the comeback against No. 9 Pitt Johnstown at the Carter Center in Athens.Damien Tunstalle led Concord (16-11) with 17 points while Eric Bailey came off the bench to score a season-high 15. Bill Luther scored a game-high 24 points for Pitt Johnstown (15-12) and Nick Novak went over the 2,000 career point mark with 19 on the night.
Pitt Johnstown moves on to play top-seeded West Liberty at 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
SETON HILL 66, WESLEYAN 63: No. 10 West Virginia Wesleyan closed the game on an 8-0 run over the final 78 seconds but could not complete the comeback and fell to No. 7 Seton Hill.Rayond Warren tallied a game-high 24 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for the Griffiths (16-11) while Nate Perry and David Windsor scored 15 points apiece. Kelsey Williams registered 23 points and a game-best 18 rebounds for the Bobcats (12-15).
Seton Hill will face No. 2 Fairmont State at 3 p.m. Thursday.
A-B 84, BLUEFIELD STATE 54: No. 3 Alderson-Broaddus led by 26 points at halftime and never looked back against No. 14 Bluefield State.Kurklin Bohanon and Adam Kline scored 14 points apiece for the Battlers (19-8). Roy Cooper guided the Big Blues (4-23) with a game-high 15 points and Treon Claiborne had 10.
A-B will play No. 11 Glenville State at 1 p.m. Thursday.
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