West Liberty-Salem’s boys basketball came up big in crunch time Thursday to beat Greenon 60-55 in a Division III sectional tournament game at Northmont High School.
The 12th-seeded Tigers are now 13-10 on the season and advance to play second-seeded Preble Shawnee at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Northmont.
Greenon finishes its season with a record of 6-17.
The Knights proved to be a pesky opponent for the Tigers.
Greenon led 15-10 after the first quarter and the Knights held a one-point advantage (25-24) at halftime.
WL-S was able to tie the scored at 42-42 after three quarters.
The Tigers then outscored the Knights 18-13 in the fourth quarter to secure the win.
Taran Logwood led the Tigers with a game-high 20 points. Miles Hostetler had 18 points, Brevin Louden scored 10 points and Matt Jones added eight points.
Griffin Turner led the Knights with 19 points.
WL-SALEM 60, GREENON 55
WL-SALEM (13-10)
Jones 3 1-2 8; Hostetler 6 4-5 18; Louden 3 3-4 10; Poppe 2 0-1 4; Logwood 8 3-6 20. Totals: 22 11-18 60.
GREENON (6-17)
Bowman 4 0-0 10; Goodbar 1 0-0 2; Pacura 7 1-1 15; Turner 7 0-0 19; Spangler 3 0-0 9.
Totals: 22 1-1 55.
Tigers 10 14 18 18 — 60
Knights 15 10 17 13 — 55
Three pointers: WL-S 5 (Hostetler 2, Jones, Louden, Logwood); Greenon 10 (Turner 5, Spangler 3, Bowman). Team fouls: WL-S 9; Greenon 14.