TENNERTON – The Buckhannon-Upshur junior varsity Buccaneers let their season-finale get away from them in the fourth quarter against East Fairmont Thursday evening in a 65-49 setback.
The Bucs trailed by just one going into the fourth quarter, at 42-41, but were outscored in the final eight minutes by a 23-8 score for a 16-point loss.
The game was tied at 11-11 after one quarter with Jacob Frye putting in five points, Xavier Robinette three, Brody McDaniels two and Damion White one for the Bucs.
The Bucs dropped the second quarter by a 13-9 score with White scoring six points and McDaniels three.
That left Buckhannon-Upshur down by a 24-20 count at the break.
The Bucs erupted for 21 third-quarter points with McDaniels scoring seven, Landon Marple and White five each, Colten Warner three and Frye one.
That left B-U down by just one, at 42-41, heading into the final eight minutes of action.
In the fourth quarter, B-U managed just eight points getting six from White and two from McDaniels.
Austin Taylor led East Fairmont with 13 points.
White had a game-high 18 points for the Bucs while McDaniels added 14.
The Bucs wrapped up their season with a 6-11 record.
The boxscore:
East Fairmont 11 13 18 23 – 65
Buckhannon-Upshur 11 9 21 8 – 49
East Fairmont 65
Austin Taylor 6 0-0 13; R. McCloun 3 4-4 11; Louis Comas 4 2-2 11; Logan Beckman 3 0-0 8; Cole Vangilder 4 0-0 8; B. Bombard 2 0-0 4; Owen Music 1 2-4 4; Hayden Biggie 1 0-0 3; Karson Church 1 1-2 3; Haydyn Dudash 0 0-0 0; Kierman Hood 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 9-12 65.
Buckhannon-Upshur 49
Damion White 6 4-8 18; Brody McDaniels 5 3-4 14; Jacob Frye 2 1-2 6; Landon Marple 2 0-0 5; Xavier Robinette 1 0-0 3; Colten Warner 1 0-0 3; Brody Jeran 0 0-0 0; Seth Allen 0 0-0 0; Kadyn Baisden 0 0-0 0; Jimmie Green 0 0-0 0; Kaiden Marks 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 8-14 49.
Three-point field goals – East Fairmont: Beckman 2; Biggie 1; Comas 1; McCloun 1; Taylor 1. Totals 6; Buckhannon-Upshur: White 2; Frye 1; Marple 1; McDaniels 1; Robinette 1; Warner 1. Totals 7.
Fouls – East Fairmont: 12; Buckhannon-Upshur: 16.
Free throw percentage – East Fairmont: 9-for-12 for 75.0 percent; Buckhannon-Upshur: 8-for-14 for 57.1 percent.
