Kyran Tilley leads Evangel Christian boys basketball into semifinals of All 'A' Classic
Kyran Tilley had 11 points, four rebounds and four assists to lead the Evangel Christian boys basketball team to a 67-36 victory over Todd County Central on Friday in the quarterfinals of the All “A” Classic at Eastern Kentucky University’s McBrayer Arena in Richmond.
Evangel Christian (10-7) reached the All “A” semifinals for the second straight year and will face Pikeville (17-1) at 3 p.m. Saturday. Pikeville beat Murray 46-40 in another quarterfinal Friday.
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Evangel shot 54% (27 of 50) and had 10 players enter the scoring column. Dawson Black, Johnny Djema and Ben Mukadi scored nine points apiece. Djema added 10 rebounds, and Christian Spalding chipped in seven points and seven assists.
Evangel used its size advantage to outscore Todd County Central 38-20 in the paint and win the rebounding battle 37-20.
Jamison Glass scored 10 points to lead Todd County Central, which shot 31% (13 of 42).
EVANGEL CHRISTIAN 16 16 15 20 - 67
TODD COUNTY CENTRAL 8 6 6 16 - 36
Evangel Christian (10-7) – Kyran Tilley 11, Charqwan McCallister 4, Gage Mabry 7, Cyr Malonga 7, Christian Spalding 7, Dawson Black 9, Johnny Djema 9, Davon Martin 2, Ben Mukadi 9, Aaron Taylor 2.
Todd County Central (16-5) – Amari Andrews 4, Perez Whitlock 2, Preston Rager 3, Jamison Glass 10, Preston Moore 8, Mareke Johnson 4, Trayvon Foster 1, Jacob Brandon 4.
Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Twitter: @kyhighs.
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