Pickerington Central 80, Teays Valley 68
ASHVILLE — Pickerington Central found another gear in the fourth quarter as the Tigers beat host Teays Valley 80-68 Tuesday.
The game played fairly close through the first three quarters with the Vikings leading 21-17 after one period, 36-33 at the half and 52-50 after three.
The Tigers turned up the pressure in the fourth and as they scored the first six points of the period. After a three from TV’s Owen Hoffhines, the Tigers scored the next eight to lead 65-55 three-and-a-half minutes into the quarter.
Down the stretch, the Tigers hit nine of 12 free throws to keep the Vikings at bay.
“In the fourth quarter, they smacked us, we bobbled a little bit, we just couldn’t get anything going,” TV coach Brian Barnett said. “I don’t know what they took between the third and the fourth quarter, but my goodness, it was a totally different team for them in the fourth quarter.”
TV came out with a good start to the contest in getting up 21-17.
“I thought our kids came out with energy and effort. We talked yesterday and today that we’ve got to come out, we’ve got to have a good start. It doesn’t have to be a fast start, but it has to be a good start with our effort, our attitude, our enthusiasm and we have to play for each other,” Barnett said. “I thought our first quarter, we did that really well. We hit some big shots but the reasons we hit big shots was they were easy shots because we moved the basketball, and people did what they were supposed to do.”
Brody Fields had 12 points in the opening period and had 28 through the first three quarters. When Pickerington ramped up the pressure, the Tigers limited him to a single basket in the last quarter.
Fields finished with 30 points and Jayden Morrison put in 11 for the Vikings.
Central (5-6, 4-2) had four players reach double figures with Aaven Snyder scoring 18, Ryan Donovan 16, Landon Evans 13 and Ayden Snyder 12.
The Vikings (3-9, 2-5) are back in action Sunday at Ohio Dominican University to play Watkins Memorial. The game tips at 12:30.
Pickerington Central 80, Teays Valley 68
Pickerington Central — Albee Moore 2-4-9, Titus O’Neal 1-0-2, Jordan Sanders 3-2-8, Aaven Snyder 7-3-18, Ryan Donovan 6-0-16, Denze Osang 0-2-2, Ayden Snyder 6-0-12, Landon Evans 4-4-13. Three-point goals — Moore, Snyder, Donovan (4), Evans. Totals — 29-15-80.
Teays Valley — Tanner Smith 3-0-8, Brody Fields 8-10-30, Luke Burgett 2-0-6, Owen Hoffhines 2-0-6, Karter Kowlowski 0-1-1, Hayden McCray 1-0-2, Jayden Morrison 4-1-11, Lane Struckman 1-0-2, Gideon Dixon 1-0-2. Three-point goals — Smith (2), Fields (4), Burgett (2), Hoffhines (2), Morrison (2). Totals — 22-12-68.
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 F
Pickerington Central 17 16 17 30 80
Teays Valley 21 15 16 16 68
Westfall 75, Huntington 63
WILLIAMSPORT — A big fourth quarter propelled Westfall to a 75-63 win over visiting Huntington Tuesday night.
The Mustangs entered the fourth quarter trailing 51-46 but outscored the Huntsmen 29-12 in the final eight minutes. A big part of that came at the line where they converted 12 of 16 free throws in the period with Joe Wray hitting seven of nine shots.
Overall, the Mustangs got themselves to the line 30 times, hitting 19, Tuesday.
Bryan Craig was 6-9 at the line on the way to leading all scorers with 28 points.
Wray finished the night with 19 and Jacob Hicks had 11.
Kalvin Manson led Huntington (2-10, 1-7) with 19 points, Gabe Beardsley had 17 and Frankie Hirsch had 14.
The Mustangs (6-6, 6-2) travel to Unioto Friday.
Westfall 75, Huntington 63
Huntington — Seth Throckmorton 1-0-2, Carson Henneberger 0-1-1, Frankie Hirsch 6-2-14, Brennan Smith 1-0-2, Ell Ary 3-0-8, Kalvin Manson 6-5-19, Gabe Beardsley 7-3-17. Three-point goals — Ary (2), Manson (2). Totals — 24-11-63.
Westfall — Ethan Rose 2-2-6, Joe Wray 5-8-19, Bryan Craig 11-6-28, Nate Wolfe 1-0-2, Haden Rigsby 2-3-7, Brock Williams 1-0-2, Jacob Hicks 5-0-11. Three-point goals — Wray, Hicks. Totals — 27-19-75.
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 F
Huntington 14 10 27 12 63
Westfall 10 18 18 29 75
New Hope 73, Cristo Rey 38
CIRCLEVILLE — New Hope got out in front early and never let visiting Cristo Rey back in the game on the way to a 73-38 win.
Nathaniel Ames converted three of the five three-pointers he had in the first quarter as the Statesmen got out in front 24-11.
Ames added seven more in the second and Xander Rink added six as New Hope improved its lead to 45-19 at the half.
Ames finished as New Hope’s leading scorer with 19 points while Rink had 15 and Hunter Cavanaugh and Tyler Cook each had 11.
Nate Getahun led all scorers as he hit seven threes as part of a 23-point night for Cristo Rey.
New Hope 73, Cristo Rey 38
Cristo Rey — Jordan Croom 2-2-8, Henley Francois 1-0-2, Nate Getahun 8-1-23, Dayshawn Stanford 2-0-4, Daniel Mensah 1-0-2. Three-point goals — Croom (2), Getahun (7). Totals — 14-2-38.
New Hope — Hunter Cavanaugh 4-1-11, Judson Pollock 3-0-6, Gavin Ludens 2-2-6, Xander Rink 7-1-15, Landen Parker 2-0-5, Nathaniel Ames 7-0-19, Tyler Cook 4-0-11. Three-point goals — Cavanaugh (2), Parker, Rink (5), Cook (3). Totals — 29-4-73.
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 F
Cristo Rey 11 8 7 12 38
New Hope 24 21 21 7 73
Pickerington Central 67, Teays Valley 35 (girls)
Teays Valley — Amelia Brumfield 1-0-2, Kylie Burgett 1-0-3, Cami Robins 1-5-8, Areyana Karshner 1-4-6, Avery Mann 4-2-10, Tessa Horsley 2-2-6. Three-point goals — Burgett, Robins. Totals — 10-13-35.
Pickerington Central — Plair 1-4-7, Johnson 7-0-16, Coleman 6-1-14, Frimpong 0-2-2, Gordon 3-0-6, Wallace 3-0-7, Asamoah 2-2-6, Jenkins 3-1-9. Three-point goals — Plair, Johnson (2), Coleman, Wallace, Jenkins (2). Totals — 25-10-67.
Quarter scores 1 2 3 4 F
Teays Valley 6 12 7 7 35
Pickerington Cen 16 23 14 14 67