Ashley Barnes’ fourth 3-point bucket of the game came at the buzzer to lift Walsingham Academy’s girls basketball team past TCIS foe Bishop Sullivan, 43-40, Tuesday night on the road.
Barnes led the Trojans (7-1) with a game-high 18 points while Charnissa Chillers, who assisted Barnes on the game’s final play, chipped in with 17.
Walsigham 43 Bishop Sullivan 40
Walsingham – 11 11 11 10 – 43
B. Sullivan – 10 13 8 9 – 40
Walsingham (7-1)- Barnes 18, Chillers 17, DeBlass 6, McBeath 2.
B. Sullivan (3-8)- Burt 11, Fant 10, Dober 8, Petrovich 4, Krath 4,Goldsmith 3
Walsingham’s boys also won in impressive fashion Tuesday night, defeating host Tabb High of the Bay Rivers District 65-43.
The frontcourt tandem of Charles Blaha (17 points) and Braden Sutton (16 points) led a balanced scoring attack for the Trojans (13-1), who also got 10 points from Brandon LaRose and eight from Billy Barnes.
After falling behind 17-11 in the opening quarter, Walsingham outscored the host Tigers 54-26 the rest of the way. Daniel Schiele (13 points) and Kaleb Mitchell (11 points) led Tabb in scoring.
Walsingham 65 Tabb 43
Walsingham – 11 16 18 20 – 65
Tabb – 17 7 6 13 – 43
Walsingham (13-1)- Blaha 17, Sutton 16, LaRose 10, Barnes 8, K. Brown 6, Kissoon 5, Krass 2, Chisam 1
Tabb (7-5)- Schiele 13, Mitchell 11, Horton 8, Fessehai 6, Myatt 2, Jansen 2, Candusso 1
