Basketball Bucs no match for No. 3 Parkersburg South

Duane Carpenter
January 26, 2022

PARKERSBURG – The Buckhannon-Upshur basketball Bucs dropped a 112-55 road decision to No. 3 Parkersburg South Tuesday night.

Parkersburg South made 16 three-pointers in the win.

Cyrus Traugh led the Patriots with 20 points while Ashton Mooney had 19, and Aiden Blake 18 points.

Lamar Hurst had a game-high 27 points for the Bucs while Sterlin Thropp added 10 points.

The loss dropped the Bucs to 6-6 on the year while Parkersburg South improved to 11-1.

The Bucs will be back in action Friday at Philip Barbour.

The game will begin at 7:30 p.m.

The boxscore:

Buckhannon-Upshur 20 9 12 14 – 55

Parkersburg South 28 30 34 22 – 112

Buckhannon-Upshur 55

Lamar Hurst 10 5-6 27; Sterlin Thropp 4 2-2 10; Zach Calef-Boring 3 0-0 7; Oliver King 2 0-0 5; Ian Strader 1 1-4 3; Shawn Blandino 1 0-0 2; Carter Zuliani 0 1-2 1; Jaden Westfall 0 0-0 0; Luke Yardley 0 0-0 0; Nathaniel Ringer 0 0-0 0. 20 9-14 55.

Parkersburg South 112

Cyrus Traugh 6 4-4 20; Ashton Mooney 9 0-0 19; Aiden Blake 6 3-4 18; Jackson Smith 5 0-0 13; Tristan Walker 2 2-4 8; Austin Reeves 3 1-1 8; Riley Street 2 2-2 8; Seth Meadows 2 0-0 4; Cole Jay 1 0-0 3; Nathan Plonter 1 1-2 3; Brady McMullen 1 0-2 2; Andrew Pierotti 1 0-0 2; Caleb Schaffer 1 0-0 2; Devin Hershberger 1 0-0 2; Miciah Jones 0 0-0 0; Connor Braham 0 0-0 0. Totals 41 13-19 112.

Three-point field goals – Buckhannon-Upshur: Hurst 2; Calef-Boring 1; King 1. Totals 4; Parkersburg South: Trough 4; Blake 3; Smith 3; Walker 2; Street 2; Reeves 1; Jay 1; Mooney 1. Totals 16.

Fouls – Buckhannon-Upshur: 14; Parkersburg South 15.

Free throw percentage – Buckhannon-Upshur: 9-for-14 for 64.3; Parkersburg South: 13-for-19 for 68.4 percent.