The McCallie basketball team hit 8 of 11 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off MBA 42-41 Saturday night. Eric Rivers finished with 16 points. McCallie led 23-20 at the half. McCallie's defense held MBA to just five field goals in the game.
MBA hit seven three pointers and were 10 of 16 from the free throw line. Hunter Burch had 18 points for MBA including four three pointers.
Scoring Summary:
MCCALLIE 10 13 6 13 - 42
MBA 9 11 8 13 - 41
MCCALLIE (42) Eric Rivers 16, Dickey 8, Ragland 6, Walker 5, Jackson 2, Watkins 2, Tober 2, Shulman 1
MBA (41) Hunter Burch 18, Johnson 7, Versa 5, Jackson 4, Freeland 3, Taylor 3, Fancis 1
Three pointers: MBA 7 (Burch 4, Johnson 2, Freeland 1); McCallie 3 (Walker 1, Ragland 1, Rivers 1)