White has 16 to lead JV Bucs past Grafton, 58-51

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TENNERTON – Three Buckhannon-Upshur junior varsity Buccaneers reached double digits in a 58-51 victory over the Grafton Bearcats Saturday evening.

Damion White tallied 16 points while Jacob Frye and Brody McDaniels each had 13 to lead the Buccaneers to the seven-point victory.

B-U led by a 13-12 score after one quarter with Frye scoring seven points and White six.

Buckhannon-Upshur won the second quarter by a 16-14 count with White and McDaniels scoring four points each, Frye three, Xavier Robinette and Colten Warner two each and Riel Figueroa one.

That put the Bucs up by a 29-26 score at the break.

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Buckhannon-Upshur saw their lead shrink in the third canto dropping it by a 15-13 margin.

White had six points, Seth Allen four, Robinette two and McDaniels one as they went into the fourth quarter with a 42-41 advantage.

The Bucs won the fourth quarter by a 16-10 count holding on for the win.

In that final quarter, McDaniels had eight points, Robinette four, Frye three and Kadyn Baisden one.

Jonathan Maier led Grafton with 12 points.

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The win lifted the Bucs to 4-5 on the season.

They will return to action Wednesday visiting Philip Barbour for a 5:45 p.m.

The boxscore:

Grafton 12  14  15  10 – 51

Buckhannon-Upshur 13  16  13  16 – 58

Grafton 51

Jonathan Maier 5 0-1 12; Brayden White 5 0-2 10; Ethan Dotson 3 0-0 7; Owen Nestor 3 0-2 6; MJ Niggemyer 2 1-2 5; Tyler Clemm 1 2-3 4; Greyson Ramezon 1 0-0 3; Daniel Casteel-Jarman 1 0-0 2; Colton Shahan 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 3-10 51.

Buckhannon-Upshur 58

Damion White 6 4-8 16; Jacob Frye 4 4-8 13; Brody McDaniels 6 1-2 13; Xavier Robinette 4 0-0 8; Seth Allen 2 0-0 4; Colten Warner 1 0-0 2; Kadyn Baisden 0 1-4 1; Riel Figueroa 0 1-2 1; Jimmie Green 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 11-24 58.

Three-point field goals – Grafton: Maier 2; Dotson 1; Ramezon 1. Totals 4; Buckhannon-Upshur: Frye 1. Totals 1.

Fouls – Grafton: 22; Buckhannon-Upshur 17.

Free throw percentage – Grafton: 3-for-10 for 30.0 percent; Buckhannon-Upshur: 11-for-24 for 45.8 percent.

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