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CEC improves to 4-0 in Upshur County Summer Basketball League play

TENNERTON – CEC ran their record to 4-0 after a pair of wins last Thursday in the CEC Upshur County Summer Basketball League.

CEC downed CPImagery in their first game of the day by a 72-45 score with Jacob Carder scoring a team-high 18 points.

Tanner Collins led CPImagery with 18 points.

In their second outing of the night, CEC defeated High Point Construction by a 72-56 score with Dylan Gearde scoring a game-high 18 points for CEC.

Evan Frankenberry had 17 in a losing cause for High Point Construction.

In the other game on Thursday, High Point Construction bested CPImagery by a 65-50 count.

Tyler Corder led the charge for High Point Construction with 20 points while Collins paced CPImagery with 14 points.

The boxscores:

CPImagery 20  30 – 50

High Point Construction 22 43 – 65

(Incomplete book; only total points kept)

CPImagery 50

Tanner Collins 14; Casey Oleska 11; Chris Winslow 11; Codi Cabrera 10; Bo Kokot 4; Cord Metz 0. Totals 50.

High Point Construction 65

Tyler Corder 20; Travis Minor 10; Evan Frankenberry 11; Brandon Scott 6; Noah Sears 6; Luke Joyce 3. Totals 65.

CEC 45 27 – 72

CPImagery 13  32 – 45

CEC 72

Jacob Carder 6 2-2 18; Praise Chukwudozie 5 0-0 13; Ryan Hurst 4 1-2 11; Dawson Lilly 3 1-4 9; Dylan Gearde 4 0-0 9; Lamar Hurst 2 3-3 7; Vinny Snuffer 2 0-0 4. Totals 26 7-11 72.

CPImagery 45

Tanner Collins 7 3-5 18; Chris Winslow 6 0-5 12; Casey Oleska 3 1-4 8; Codi Cabrera 2 0-0 4; Cord Metz 1 0-0 2; Bo Kokot 0 0-1 1. Totals 19 5-16 45.

High Point Construction 25  31 – 56

CEC 26  46 – 72

High Point Construction 56

Evan Frankenberry 8 0-0 17; Tyler Corder 6 1-4 14; Brandon Bennett 5 0-0 12; Travis Minor 3 0-0 9; Noah Sears 2 0-0 4; Luke Joyce 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 1-4 56.

CEC 72

Dylan Gearde 6 0-0 18; Vinny Snuffer 7 0-2 14; Ryan Hurst 5 0-0 13; Dawson Lilly 3 3-4 10; Jacob Carder 3 0-0 8; Praise Chukwudozie 2 1-1 5; Lamar Hurst 1 2-4 4. Totals 27 6-11 72.

STANDINGS

Division 1

CEC 4-0

Good Times Tattoo Studio 3-1

High Point Construction 2-2

KBAM Builders 2-2

TKS Contracting 2-2

On Point Athletics 2-2

Sweet-A-Licious 0-2

CPImagery 0-4

Division 2

Ralph’s Furniture 4-0

Sam’s Pizza 2-0

Power Alley Cross Fit 2-2

Problem Solver’s Consultants 2-2

AMTC 1-3

Blades & Fades 0-2

Jenkins Automotive 0-2

TLM Management 0-2

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