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KBAM Builders win two games in CEC Summer Basketball League action

TENNERTON – KBAM Builders picked up two wins in their first action in the CEC Upshur County Summer Basketball League last Wednesday.

KBAM Builders started the day with a 95-41 win over Sweet-A-Licious and then downed High Point Construction by a 74-56 score in their second game.

In their opener, Nate Smarr led the team with 22 points while Xavier Robinette paced Sweet-A-Licious with 11 points.

In their second outing, Mitchell Shaw and Logan Bailey each had 13 points to lead KBAM Builders while Tyler Corder led High Point Construction with 518 points.

In the other game of the night, High Point Construction defeated Sweet-A-Licious by a 75-62 count with Corder scoring a game-high 35 points for High Point Construction while Jacob Frye led Sweet-A-Licious with 18 points.

The league was to have wrapped up last week with a trio of games on Thursday and Friday.

The league will be back in action on Tuesday with three games.

The boxscores:

Sweet-A-Licious 17  24 – 41

KBAM Builders 52  43 – 95

Sweet-A-Licious 41

Xavier Robinette 4 0-0 11; Jacob Frye 4 0-0 10; Seth Allen 4 0-0 8; Kellan Wolverton 3 2-2 8; Colton Warner 2 0-0 4; Damien Klema 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 2-2 41.

KBAM Builders 95

Nate Smarr 11 0-0 22; Logan Bailey 9 0-0 19; Shane Belknap 7 0-0 14; Aidan Singleton 5 1-1 13; Hunter Kniceley 5 1-3 11; Brian Webb 5 0-0 10; Mitchell Shaw 3 0-0 6; Dave Hamner 0 0-0 0. Totals 45 2-4 96.

KBAM Builders 34  40 – 74

High Point Construction 18  38 – 56

KBAM Builders 74

Mitchell Shaw 5 0-0 13; Logan Bailey 5 1-2 13; Hunter Kniceley 5 0-5 11; Nate Smarr 4 2-5 11; Aidan Singleton 4 0-0 9; Brian Webb 2 2-2 6; Phil Abel 3 0-0 6; Shane Belknap 2 1-4 5; Dave Hamner 0 0-0 0. Totals 30 6-18 74.

High Point Construction 56

Tyler Corder 7 4-7 18; Chris Prescott 7 0-0 17; Eddie Prairie 4 1-3 9; Brandon Bennett 3 0-0 6; Willy Morgan 2 0-0 6; Kevin Bacon 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 5-10 56.

High Point Construction 42  33 – 75

Sweet-A-Licious 32  30 – 62

High Point Construction 75

Tyler Corder 16 3-6 35; Eddie Prairie 8 0-0 16; Chris Prescott 6 0-0 12; Brandon Bennett 4 0-0 8; Willy Morgan 2 0-0 4; Kevin Bacon 0 0-0 0. Totals 36 3-6 75.

Sweet-A-Licious 62

Jacob Frye 9 0-0 18; Xavier Robinette 6 0-0 13; Kellan Wolverton 4 4-5 12; Colton Warner 4 0-0 9; Riel Figueroa 3 0-0 6; Jimmy Green 2 0-0 4; Seth Allen 0 0-0 0; Damien Klema 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 4-5 62.

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