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The Paint Valley Bearcats could not overcome a 15 point halftime deficit, but certainly made it interesting at games’ end as the Unioto Shermans fought off the furious comeback effort for a 66-62 win at home.
The Unioto victory leaves them alone at the top of the SVC standings, handing Paint Valley their first conference loss, while Westfall also dropped from the SVC unbeatens’ with a 63-39 loss at Zane Trace.
Paint Valley’s biggest lead came early at 12-7, but the Shermans finished the quarter on a 12-2 run for a 19-14 lead.
Unioto led at each stop: 19-14, 34-19, 47-39, 66-62.
Unioto’s halftime lead was their largest of the game at 34-19, but PV fought back to within 6 points- twice in the third quarter and within 51-45 at 6:10 of the fourth quarter.
Unioto built that lead back up to 10 points, before the Bearcats closed to within 64-62 with 6 seconds to play, but Blake Hoops sank two free throws to seal the victory at 66-62 for the Shermans.
Unioto Scoring Recap:
DeSean Branson 29 points
Blake Hoops 11 points
Newt Hoops 8 points
Evan Park 6 points
Ben Spetnagel 6 points
Braxton Platt 3 points
Paint Valley Scoring Recap:
Cordell Grubb 22 points
Dax Estep 18 points
Cole Miller 11 points
Blaine Parker 4 points
Trent Mettler 4 points
Connor Free 3 points
Unioto improves to (3-0/5-1) while Paint Valley drops to (2-1/4-4)
To close conference play prior to the Christmas break, Unioto travels to Adena on Saturday, December 18th. Paint Valley travels to Piketon.
Elsewhere on Friday:
(BOYS BASKETBALL)
Zane Trace 63, Westfall 39
Adena 51, Huntington 38
Piketon 52, Southeastern 47
Lucasville Valley 79, Eastern Pike 58
Portsmouth West 67, Wheelersburg 63
Vinton County 58, River Valley 54
Nelsonville-York 47, Athens 40
Alexander 67, Meigs 56
(GIRLS BASKETBALL)
Bloom Carroll 54, Amanda 41
Fairfield Union 65, Logan Elm 15
Circleville 53, Liberty Union 25
Teays Valley 50, Hamilton Township 13
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