Mountain Lions roar into semifinals
Lycliter tosses in 22 points in quarterfinal victory over St. Joseph’s
Photos courtesy of Marcus Constantino / West Virginia Press Association Tucker County’s Trevan Bonner (10) goes up for a shot as Huntington St. Joseph Central Catholic’s Micaiah Ehirim and Isaiah Sanders defend Wednesday night in Class A quarterfinal action in Charleston.
MARCUS CONSTANTINO / WEST VIRGINIA PRESS ASSOCIATION Tucker County’s Ashton Lycliter (24) goes up for a shot as Huntington St. Joseph Central Catholic’s Nymir Bryant (24) defends during a West Virginia high school basketball game at the Charleston Coliseum, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in Charleston.
Photos courtesy of Marcus Constantino / West Virginia Press Association Tucker County’s Trevan Bonner (10) goes up for a shot as Huntington St. Joseph Central Catholic’s Micaiah Ehirim and Isaiah Sanders defend Wednesday night in Class A quarterfinal action in Charleston.
MARCUS CONSTANTINO / WEST VIRGINIA PRESS ASSOCIATION Tucker County’s Ashton Lycliter (24) goes up for a shot as Huntington St. Joseph Central Catholic’s Nymir Bryant (24) defends during a West Virginia high school basketball game at the Charleston Coliseum, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in Charleston.
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CHARLESTON -- Class A, top-seed Tucker County used 22 points and 13 rebounds from Ashton Lycliter to roar past eighth-seed Huntington St. Joseph's, 66-41, Wednesday night in quarterfinal action at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center.
The Mountain Lions (21-3) will now face Webster County at 11:15 a.m. Friday in the semifinals. The Highlanders, who lost to Tucker County during the regular season, knocked off defending champion James Monroe, 55-53, on a dramatic shot at the buzzer in Wednesday's late game.
Lycliter, a 6-foot-4 senior, hit 11 of 12 of his shots from the floor.
Trevan Bonner followed with 14 points and Garrett Wilfong added 13 off the bench.
Micaiah Ehirim led the Irish (17-7) with 14 points.
The Mountain Lions led 18-11 after one quarter and built a double-digit lead after a jumper by Bonner and a trey from Ethan Rosenau made it 23-11 with 6:29 left in the first half.
St. Joseph's never came within 10 points the remainder of the contest as the lead swelled to 35-15 at the half when Wilfong hit from beyond the arc with less than a minute left in the quarter.
Tucker County held a 43-21 rebounding edge.
Maddox Anderson added nine assists in the win.
Huntington St. Joseph's (17-7)
Grady Paynter 2 3-4 7, Micaiah Ehirim 6 2-4 14, Nymir Bryant 1 0-0 2, Isaiah Sanders 1 2-2 4, Gavin Polan 1 2-2 4, Brody Runyon 1 0-0 3, Brayden McDowell 1 0-0 3, Carter Woelfel 2 0-0 4. Totals 41 9-14 41
Tucker County (21-3)
Trevan Bonner 7 0-0 14, Owen Knotts 2 2-5 7, Ethan Rosenau 2 1-3 6, Ashton Lycliter 11 0-0 22, Mikey Mitchell 1 0-0 2, Garret Wilfong 6 0-0 13, Kobe Bever 1 0-0 2. Totals 30 3-8 66
St. Joseph's 11 4 8 18 -- 41
Tucker County 18 17 13 18 -- 66
3-point goals: SJ 2 (Runyon and McDowell), TC 3 (Knotts, Rosenau and Wilfong)