Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Brevard downs West

Published: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 11:04 p.m.

BREVARD — The Brevard Blue Devils put away West Henderson on Tuesday night with an 18-10 run in the third period to take a key 63-53 Appalachian Athletic Conference victory.

With the win, Brevard takes sole possession of first place in the league following Pisgah's loss to Tuscola.

Smoky Mountain (15-3, 9-2) cruised by East Henderson on Tuesday, setting up a showdown with Brevard (14-3, 9-1) on Thursday in Sylva.

Brock Frisbee led the Brevard offense with 13 points, three blocks and nine rebounds. Tyree Griffin added 12 points, and Trell Baker had 11.

Other scorers for the Blue Devils were McNeal 2, Roberts 9, Smith 9 and Osteen 6.

Kevin Thomas cut the lead down to nine points in the fourth period with a couple of 3-pointers, but Brevard eventually went up by as many as 16 down the stretch. Thomas led the Falcons with 20 points, and Keenan Young was the only other West player to hit double digits with 13 points.

Other scorers for West were Bernadas 2, Thelan 5, Roberts 4, Grant 4, and Landreth 5.

The Falcons fall to 8-11 and 5-6 and will travel to Tuscola on Thursday.

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