BUCKHANNON – White reeled off two more victories last week to stay atop the Upshur County Men’s Summer Basketball League with a 4-0 mark.

The loop pace-setters thrashed Red by a 61-45 spread and eked out a 68-65 decision over Green.

Orange was idle and remained in second place with a 2-0 record.

Red rolled through a busy four-game week, going 3-1. After falling to White, the Red cagers downed Black (76-71), whipped Gray (76-60) and slipped past Moose, formerly Carolina Blue (74-67).

In other clashes, Green trounced B-UHS Blue (70-49), Moose clouted Gray (69-49) and Black knocked off B-UHS Blue (59-50).



The boxscores:



White 36 25 — 61

Red 19 26 — 45

White 61

Travis Foster 0 1-2 1, Jason Westfall 9 2-4 21, Yves Moliva 8 7-8 23, Zach Norman 0 0-0 0, Joe Maxwell 0 0-0 0, Michael Burgess 0 0-0 0, Tyler Critchfield 4 2-2 1, Jimmy Egress 0 0-0 0, Tim Floyd 2 0-0 5. Totals 23 12-16 61.

Red 45

Travis Dowell 4 0-1 10, Mike Walker 2 0-2 4, Grant Burton 2 1-2 6, Seth Callison 5 2-4 13, Billy Childers 2 4-4 9, J. D. Lister 1 1-2 3. Totals 16 8-15 45.



Three-point field goals – White: Westfall 1, Critchfield 1, Floyd 1; Red: Dowell 2, Burton 1, Callison 1, Childers 1.

Free throw percentage -- White: 12-for-16 for 75.0; Red: 8-for-15 for 53.3.



Red 35 41 — 76

Black 38 33 — 71

Red 76

Travis Dowell 6 0-0 15, Mike Walker 5 0-0 11, Grant Burton 6 0-0 12, Seth Callison 5 0-0 10, Billy Childers 9 2-2 21, J. D. Lister 3 1-2 7. Totals 34 3-4 76.

Black 71

John Howard 3 0-0 6, Chris Prescott 6 1-2 13, Mo Kamara 5 0-0 14, Travis Sinclair 103-3 23, Derek Hotsinpiller 6 0-0 15. Totals 30 4-5 71.



Three-point field goals – Red: Dowell 3, Walker 1, Childers 1; Black: Kamara 4, Hotsinpiller 3.

Free throw percentage – Red: 3-for-4 for 75.0; Black: 4-for-5 for 80.0.



Gray 25 35 — 60

Red 42 24 — 76

Gray 60

Jeremy Strader 6 0-0 13, Joey Baxa 0 0-0 0, Linn Baxa 4 0-0 8, Brian Hollen 0 0-0 0, Troy Short 2 2-2 6, Micah Feathers 0 0-0 0, Nathan Smarr 4 1-2 9, Jake Poling 8 0-0 19, Steve Hollen 2 0-0 5. Totals 26 3-4 60.

Red 76

Travis Dowell 6 0-0 17, J. D. Lister 7 0-0 14, Grant Burton 9 0-0 19, Seth Callison 8 1-4 17, Billy Childers 5 0-0 10. Totals 35 1-4 76.



Three-point field goals – Gray: Strader 1, Poling 3, S. Hollen 1; Red: Dowell 5.

Free throw percentage – Gray: 3-for-4 for 75.0; Red: 1-for-4 for 25.0.



B-UHS Blue 15 34 — 49

Green 38 32 — 70

B-UHS Blue 49

Ethan White 4 3-5 11, Brandon Bennett 1 0-0 3, Tanner McGrew 3 0-2 6, Tyler Corder 2 0-0 4, Justin Hollen 5 0-2 11, Chris Skinner 4 0-0 11, Garrett Riley 1 0-0 3. Totals 20 3-9 49.

Green 70

Devin Delauder 1 0-0 2, Wes Bell 8 2-4 21, Josh Allen 1 1-2 3, Teddy Edison 2 0-0 4, Mark Summerfield 12 2-2 26, Chris Everson 6 0-0 14. Totals 30 5-8 70.



Three-point field goals – B-UHS Blue: Bennett 1, Hollen 1, Skinner 3, Riley 1; Green: Bell 3, Everson 2.

Free throw percentage – B-UHS Blue: 3-for-9 for 33.3; Green: 5-for-8 for 62.5.



Moose 38 31 — 69

Gray 24 25 — 49

Moose 69

Jay Harper 5 0-0 10, Dave Hamner 2 0-2 4, Jimmy Anderson 7 2-6 16, Connor McCauley 11 3-4 26, Tim Trent 5 0-0 13. Totals 30 5-12 69.

Gray 49

Brian Hollen 0 0-0 0, Steve Hollen 5 0-0 10, Jake Poling 3 0-0 7, Linn Baxa 0 0-0 0, Jamie Greene 2 3-3 7, Troy Short 7 0-0 14, Jeremy Strader 3 0-1 6, Nathan Smarr 2 0-0 5. Totals 22 3-4 49.



Three-point field goals – Moose: McCauley 1, Trent 3; Gray: Poling 1, Smarr 1.

Free throw percentage – Moose: 5-for-12 for 41.7; Gray: 3-for-4 for 75.0.



Black 31 28 — 59

B-UHS Blue 21 29 — 50

Black 59

Chris Prescott 8 1-2 18, Travis Sinclair 7 6-8 20, Mo Kamara 3 1-2 8, Bobby Prairie 0 0-0 0, Tony Sotelo 2 0-0 4, John Howard 4 1-4 9. Totals 24 9-16 59.

B-UHS Blue 50

Chris Skinner 1 1-2 3, Ethan White 3 0-0 6, Storm Workman 3 0-2 7, Tanner McGrew 2 0-0 5, Brandon Bennett 8 0-1 17, Justin Hollen 3 0-0 7, Garrett Riley 2 0-0 5, Tyler Corder 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 1-5 50.



Three-point field goals – Black: Prescott 1, Kamara 1; B-UHS Blue: Workman 1, McGrew 1, Bennett 1, Hollen 1, Riley 1.

Free throw percentage – Black: 9-for-16 for 56.3; B-UHS Blue: 1-for-4 for 20.0.



Green 29 36 — 65

White 29 39 — 68

Green 65

Mark Summerfield 6 0-0 13, Josh Allen 13 3-3 32, Teddy Edison 1 2-4 4, Wes Bell 4 0-0 10, Devin Delauder 3 0-0 6, Chris Everson 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 5-7 65.

White 68

Travis Foster 0 0-0 0, Jason Westfall 5 1-6 13, Zach Norman 1 0-0 2, Yves Moliva 14 13-14 43, Tyler Critchfield 3 3-4 10, Michael Burgess 0 0-0 0, Jimmy Egress 0 0-2 0. Totals 23 17-26 68,



Three-point field goals – Green: Allen 3, Summerfield 1, Bell 2; White: Westfall 2, Moliva 2, Critchfield 1.

Free throw percentage – Green: 5-for-7 for 71.4; White: 17-for-26 for 65.4.



Red 28 46 ­— 74

Moose 34 33 — 67

Red 74

Grant Burton 5 0-0 10, Travis Dowell 6 1-1 16, Seth Callison 3 0-0 6 Billy Childers6 2-2 14, Mike Walker 4 0-2 8, Derek Patsy 9 1-5 20. Totals 33 4-10 74.

Moose 67

Tim Trent 4 0-0 10, Connor McCauley 14 0-1 30, Dave Hamner 5 3-6 13, Jimmy Anderson 24 1-1 10, Rob Kimble 2 0-0 4. Totals 29 4-8 67.



Three-point field goals – Red: Dowell 3, Patsy 1; Moose: Trent 2, McCauley 2, Anderson 1.

Free throw percentage – Red: 4-for-10 for 40.0; Moose: 4-for-8 for 50.0.



STANDINGS

Team W L Pct.

White 4 0 1.000

Orange 2 0 1.000

Red 3 1 .750

Moose 3 2 .600

Green 2 2 .500

Black 1 3 .250

Gray 1 3 .250

B-UHS Blue 0 5 .000



Coming Week’s Schedule

Today

Red vs. Blue, 7 p.m.; Moose vs. Orange, 8 p.m.

Thursday

White vs. Gray, 7 p.m.; Green vs. Orange, 8 p.m.

Monday

White vs. Orange, 7 p.m.; Moose vs. Green, 8 p.m.

Tuesday

Black vs. Gray, 7 p.m.; Red vs. Green, 8 p.m.





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