Man 72, Mercer Christian 64: Jeremiah Harless scored 26 points and hauled down 16 rebounds to lead Class A No. 4 Man to a 72-64 win over Mercer Christian Tuesday night at the Man Memorial Fieldhouse.
Harless made 12-of-17 field goals and recorded 10 offensive rebounds in posting his fourth consecutive double-double.
Man led 40-35 at halftime but seized control of the contest with an 11-2 run to open the third quarter. Man led by as many as 12 points in the second half before Mercer Christian pulled to with five with 3:56 to play on Sam Boothe's 3.
Man was able to pull away late and secure its ninth victory of the season.
Boothe led all scorers with 27 points while Tanner Keathley added 19 for Mercer Christian.
The Cavaliers drop to 13-4 with the loss and will host Jefferson Christian Academy on Thursday.
Caleb Blevins had 23 points and Trey Brown 15 for the Hillbillies who have won five straight games to improve to 9-2 on the year.
The Hillbillies will return to action Thursday when they host Mingo Central. The Miners handed the Hillbillies a 60-56 loss on December 30 at Mingo Central.
Logan 62, Nitro 45: Class AAA No. 1 Logan remained unbeaten on the season with a 62-45 road victory at Nitro Tuesday night.
Logan led 24-18 at halftime but outscored Nitro 24-12 in the third quarter to pull away in the second half.
Scotty Browning led Logan with 16 points while Jackson Tackett added 15 and Garrett Williamson 11 for the victorious Wildcats.
Kolton Painter had 16 and Trevor Lowe 11 for Nitro.
Nitro drops to 5-7 with the loss and will travel to Point Pleasant Friday night.
Logan improves to 10-0 on the year and will host Class AAAA No. 4 South Charleston Friday night at Willie Akers Arena.
Poca 48, Chapmanville 21: Class AA No. 1 Poca outscored Class AA No. 7 Chapmanville 31-11 in the second half to pull away for a 48-21 victory Tuesday night at Allen Osborne Court.
University of Virginia signee Isaac McKneely led all scorers with 18 points as Poca won its 10th straight to improve to 11-1 on the year.
Drew Berry and Isaiah Smith each scored six points to lead Chapmanville.
Poca will return to action Friday at Class AAA No. 5 Winfield while Chapmanville will host Class AA No. 10 Wyoming East Friday night at Danny Godby Gymnasium.