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Friday, Jan. 6 – Senior Brandon Mays scored a career-high 31 points, sinking six 3-pointers, to lead the Rockbridge County High School boys basketball team to an 82-62 home win over Harrisonburg in the Valley District opener on Friday night in Lexington.
Achieving their highest-scoring point total of the season, the Wildcats (4-7) won their fourth consecutive game, following an 0-7 start to the season. Mays scored 15 points in the first half and added 16 points in the second half.
The Wildcats jumped out to a 22-12 lead after the first quarter, but the Blue Streaks (0-9) cut the lead 41-35 by halftime. RC outscored Harrisonburg 18-8 in the third quarter to extend its lead to 59-43, and the Wildcats stayed comfortably ahead for the rest of the game.
Milo Mulitalo scored 17 points for the Wildcats, while Henry Lambert added 10 points, making three 3-pointers. Also contributing to the Wildcats’ scoring were Andreas Poindexter with eight points, Lincoln Hundley with seven, Matthew Burkhart with six, and Jackson White with a 3-pointer just before the game ended. The Wildcats made 11 3-pointers while holding Harrisonburg to three triples.
Jadon Burgess led Harrisonburg with 18 points, sinking three 3-pointers, as Lambert played strong defense to keep Burgess from taking over the game. Tiberius Fields added 17 points for the Blue Streaks, while Kayden Hottle-Madden scored nine points, and Latham Fields chipped in eight.
The Wildcats will go to Buena Vista on Saturday to take on county rival Parry McCluer. Action will start with the junior varsity girls’ game at 1 p.m., followed by the JV girls’ game at 2:30 p.m., with the varsity girls’ game scheduled for 4 p.m. and the varsity boys’ game slated for 5:30 p.m.
For the full stories and photos from this week’s action, please see our Jan. 11 newspaper.
