Down To The Wire: Boys Basketball – March 10

The Harper Creek Beavers dominated  two previous battles with the Marshall Redhawks this season, but the opener of the Class B District Quarterfinals at Harper was completely different. The Redhawks used several runs throughout the game to lead by seven at one point. The veteran Beavers crawled back in and would need a three ball in the final seconds to win it.

Khylen Watkins hit the triple with just four-tenths of a second left to give the Beavers a 75-74 victory over the Redhawks. The winning bucket would add to the senior's 22 points on the evening. Senior TraVon Johnson also scored 22, with four buckets from behind the arc and 14 points in the third.

Marshall's strong effort was led by junior Tyler Torry's 21 points, with junior Jake Brubaker chipping in 18 points and Drew DeVine adding 17.

The win puts the Beavers in the District Semifinal Wednesday night, as they host the Pennfield Panthers.

Here are the rest of Monday's action on the hardwood...

Boys Basketball – District Quarterfinals
Game of the Night
Class B at Harper Creek
Harper Creek 75, Marshall 74
Harper Creek 19-2 - Marshall 9-12

Class A @ Loy Norrix (host sites) – Gull Lake (3-18) 58, Mason (2-18) 54
Class A @ Loy Norrix (host sites) – Loy Norrix (12-9) 59, Battle Creek Central (12-9) 51 - OT
Class A @ Loy Norrix (host sites) – Holt (9-11) 68, Lakeview (2-19) 53
Class B @ Harper Creek – Delton (11-10) 65, Parchment (1-20) 46
Class C @ Hillsdale (host sites) – Union City (17-4) 65, Homer (10-11) 60
Class C @ Hillsdale (host sites) – Quincy (20-1) 72, Reading (7-14) 55
Class C @ Hillsdale (host sites) – Bronson (8-13) 44, Jonesville (7-14) 37
Class D @ St. Philip – Marshall Academy (10-4) 42, Tekonsha (5-16) 38
Class D @ Climax-Scotts – Climax-Scotts (17-4) 53, Kalamazoo Phoenix (3-8) 50
Class D @ Climax-Scotts – Calhoun Christian (2-19) over Kalamazoo Lakeside via forfeit