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Parkersburg South’s Harry Silvis, who scored a game-high 30 factors throughout the Patriots’ 83-64 Mountain State Athletic Conference victory versus Riverside Saturday afternoon inside Rod Oldham Athletic Center, will get hit on the way in which to the outlet by Rocco Terry. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

PARKERSBURG – Mother Nature turned Saturday basketball inside Rod Oldham Athletic Center right into a Mountain State Athletic Conference twinbill for host Parkersburg South and the Patriots didn’t disappoint as the women turned again Huntington, 52-44, earlier than the boys handed Riverside an 83-64 setback.

Harry Silvis pumped in 18 of his game-high 30 factors after intermission as teammate Taj Joyce, who bought into foul bother, tallied all 15 of his counters in a gap half the place the Warriors trailed 21-8 after one and 35-17 on the break.

Although the Warriors put up 19 within the third, South delivered a 27-point stanza that was bookended by 3s from Logan Graham and Silvis to forge a commanding 65-46 edge coming into the fourth.

Graham completed with 10 factors whereas the hosts additionally obtained 9 markers from Matthew Mullen and eight by Xavier St. Andry because the No. 4 squad in Class AAAA improved to 13-3 with senior night time set for Tuesday versus No. 9 Cabell Midland.

“I think we shot ourselves in the foot I don’t know how many times on turnovers and doing silly stuff. Out of the norm and stuff,” admitted South head coach Mike Fallon. “Those are good studying experiences, particularly with Chase (Offenberger) out and stuff. I instructed (assistant coach) Zac (Grossenbacher) earlier than the sport began.

Parkersburg South’s Drew Blough drives into the paint whereas being guarded by Riverside’s DaVon Brockman throughout the Patriots’ 83-64 Mountain State Athletic Conference victory
Saturday afternoon inside Rod Oldham Athletic Center. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

“We watched them play three or four times and whether they are down 19 or five, they are playing just as hard all the time. They are well coached and he (Jacob Billanti) does such a good job with those guys. We knew they were going to bounce back and come at us and everything. It was definitely a battle.”

Bryer Mullins led the now 5-7 Warriors, who play host on Tuesday to Oak Hill, with 18 factors. Rocco Terry had 16 counters whereas Isaiah Coles and Bryce Slack chipped in 9 factors apiece.

Parkersburg South, which obtained eight rebounds from Silvis and Cam Fallon whereas Terry and Josh Brock additionally grabbed eight caroms, bolted out to a 13-2 result in take management early.

Joyce opened the scoring 64 seconds in with a driving lay-in and that was adopted by a Mullen three-point play after which a trifecta from Joyce, who then added a three-point play of his personal following a St. Andry deuce.

“We had a shootaround this morning,” coach Fallon stated of not having observe on Friday after the sport was pushed again a day. “I think that’s one of the biggest things. We still haven’t played well yet, but we can’t get in a routine because we are in school one out of every 10 days. Hopefully the next couple weeks we get into that routine because we got some big ones coming up now. I still think we got a high ceiling to get to. We’ll get there. We’re not there yet.”

Parkersburg South’s Quinn Bolyard makes use of a crossover dribble to elude the protection of Huntington’s LaLa Sloan throughout the Patriots’ 52-44 Mountain State Athletic Conference victory Saturday afternoon inside Rod Oldham Athletic Center. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

In the lady’s affair that featured the No. 2 Patriots and the No. 9 Highlanders, it was undoubtedly a story of two halves because the hosts dominated the opening quarter, 21-8, and gave the impression to be in additional than stable form with a 35-17 intermission benefit.

However, the 10-7 Highlanders of veteran boss Lonnie Lucas had different concepts and closed the hole to 44-33 coming into the fourth. Ava Gallion, who had a team-high 14 factors and a game-high 5 dimes, drained two 3s within the interval whereas LaLa Sloan and Liz Bohren had a pair of discipline targets apiece.

Parkersburg South, now 12-2 with one other MSAC showdown set for Wednesday at No. 8 Cabell Midland, bought some respiration room to open the fourth when Lindsey Logston assisted on an Emilee Owens make and a Grace Dotson putback made it 48-33 with 6:41 remaining.

Quinn Bolyard, who had 11 factors at halftime, led all scorers with 17. Logston, who had seven boards, three steals as many assists and a pair of blocks, put up all 10 of her factors within the first half whereas Dotson doubled-doubled with 12 factors and a game-high 13 rebounds.

Sloan completed with 9 factors and Bohren had eight to go together with a game-high six blocked photographs. Bohren additionally joined teammate Jahmaeya Harris with 11 rebounds.

Parkersburg South’s Grace Dotson prepares to make the most of a spin transfer in opposition to Huntington’s Jahmaeya Harris throughout the Patriots’ 52-44 Mountain State Athletic Conference victory Saturday afternoon inside Rod Oldham Athletic Center. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

“They are really good. I mean Gallion and Sloan are all-state material and we knew we would have our hands full,” admitted PSHS head man Ed Davis, whose squad will face the Highlanders at 5:30 p.m. Thursday within the Country Roads Shootout at West Virginia State University. “We most likely performed higher within the first half than we had at any level this yr. We had been transferring the ball, attacking and man protection was actually good. Give them credit score.

“The press bothered us and I thought we hurried a little bit. They went to a halfcourt trap, which they played some against us last year, but we hadn’t seen it on film this year. Give them credit. I mean they hurried us up and forced us into some rushed shots and turnovers there. It’s what they’ve done all year. They found a way when things weren’t perfect. Give them a lot of credit for Huntington’s defensive effort in the second half.”

Huntington, which missed 17 of 20 from past the arc, heads Wednesday to top-ranked George Washington.

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