HS Basketball: Beavers Hold Off Streaking Redhawks At Home

The Interstate 8 Conference race had already determined its champion, but a rivalry between the two top teams in the conference had no records attached.

It was the Harper Creek Beavers that would get off to a quick start and use a fourth quarter run to pull away with a 78-71 victory over the Marshall Redhawks Friday night. The win for the Beavers (12-7) would be their fourth straight and end a red-hot Redhawks squad that had won 15-in-a-row.

Junior guard Jeremiah Davis had 19 points to lead the Beavers, who had four players in double figures. Senior Brandon Settles would add 18 points, with senior David Thompson earning a double-double with 14 points and 15 boards.

A game-high 32 points from senior Jacob Brubaker would not be enough to lead the Redhawks (15-3). Marcus Waters would put in 17 on the night.

Here are the rest of the scores from Friday night and Saturday...

Game of the Night
Harper Creek 78, Marshall 71
Harper Creek 12-7 (10-5 Interstate 8) - Marshall 15-3 (11-2 Interstate 8)

Battle Creek Central 60, Loy Norrix 42 (BC Central 13-6)
Gull Lake 64, Lakeview 52 (Lakeview 6-11, Gull Lake 2-16, Lakeview 6-12)
Pennfield 62, Jackson Lumen Christi 52 (Pennfield 11-7)

Jonesville 62, Athens 57 (Athens 3-14)
Cassopolis 81, Bronson 57 (Bronson 3-15)
Climax-Scotts 62, Colon 56 (Climax-Scotts 13-6)
Schoolcraft 74, Delton 49 (Delton 8-10)
Lawton 48, Galesburg-Augusta 40 (Galesburg-Augusta 4-14)
Union City 55, Homer 45 (Union City 14-3, Homer 10-8)
Olivet 76, Maple Valley 66 (Olivet 11-8, Maple Valley 1-17)
Concord 64, Quincy 61 (Quincy 11-8)

Girls Basketball
Battle Creek Central 56, Loy Norrix 38 (BC Central 4-16)
Gull Lake 53, Lakeview 51 (Gull Lake 11-7, Lakeview 10-8)
Marshall 43, Harper Creek 34 (Marshall 19-1, Harper Creek 14-5)
Pennfield 56, Jackson Lumen Christi 38 (Pennfield 8-10)

Jonesville 62, Athens 40 (Athens 13-7)
Climax-Scotts 56, Colon 14 (Climax-Scotts 18-2)
Schoolcraft 49, Delton 36 (Delton 4-16)
Galesburg-Augusta 32, Lawton 28 (Galesburg-Augusta 14-6)
Parchment 45, Maple Valley 13 (Maple Valley 1-17)
Concord 62, Quincy 30 (Quincy 2-18)

Saturday, February 27
Boys Basketball
Bellevue 66, St. Philip 38 @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
(Bellevue 15-4, St. Philip 7-12)

Girls Basketball
Bellevue vs. St. Philip (Bellevue 14-5, St. Philip 14-5)