Pattonville boys’ basketball drops hard-fought game against Parkway Central

Nathan Schiermeyer, Sports reporter|February 7, 2019

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Cory Stringer attempts a left-handed lay-up while being guarded by a Parkway Central player.

Pattonville boys’ basketball (8-12) is now 1-3 in conference play after losing another league match-up game, this time against the Parkway Central Colts (15-5) on Friday night.

The Pirates battled hard against the Colts who were up the majority of the game, but the Pirates were able to take the lead briefly in the third quarter. Pattonville ended up losing 63-57 spoiling Senior Night for its players.

Parkway Central came prepared for this game by bringing along their own student section who battled with Pattonville’s on which school had the most spirit.

Central’s basketball team really showed what they were about when in the first quarter, Devion Harris tried posterizing Pattonville guard Andre Webb but was unsuccessful. Even though Harris was unsuccessful, his attempt really set the tone for the rest of the game.

Pattonville was able to stay close behind Julius Erby’s 22 points and 12 rebounds. Erby who was all over the floor Friday night also clocked in 5 blocks, his second highest total of the season. Guard Andre Webb had 12 points and Alijah Carter added 11. Carter fouled out of the game in the fourth quarter.

Devion Harris and Mello Ball for the Colts had 20-point performances with Harris collecting 10 rebounds for a double-double. Jayden Littlejohn clocked in 16 points with half of his total coming from the free-throw line where he went 8-for-9 for the night.

Stats provided by StlhighschoolSPORTS.com

Teams 1 2 3 4 F
Parkway Central 15 21 17 10 63
Pattonville 12 22 13 10 57

Parkway Central offensive statistics

# Name Pts FG FG% 2FG 2F% 3FG 3F% FT FT%
11 Mello Ball 22 9-16 56.3 6-12 50.0 3-4 75.0 1-2 50.0
33 Michael Carroll 3 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 .0 1-2 50.0
40 Devion Harris 20 9-16 56.3 9-15 60.0 0-1 .0 2-2 100.0
21 Hunter King 0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
23 Jayden Littlejohn 16 4-17 23.5 4-13 30.8 0-4 .0 8-9 88.9
12 Charlie Meier 2 1-4 25.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
32 Cameron Roberts 0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
42 Caleb Tillis 0 0-1 .0 0-1 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
Totals 63 24-55 43.6 21-46 45.7 3-9 33.3 12-15 80.0

Pattonville offensive statistics

# Name Pts FG FG% 2FG 2F% 3FG 3F% FT FT%
15 Levi Banks 2 0-7 .0 0-3 .0 0-4 .0 2-2 100.0
44 Yohance Brown 0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
5 Alijah Carter 11 4-9 44.4 3-5 60.0 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0
1 Jayden Clark-Tate 2 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
22 Jonathan Cosby 0 0-2 .0 0-0 .0 0-2 .0 0-0 .0
13 Julius Erby 22 8-14 57.1 5-9 55.6 3-5 60.0 3-4 75.0
11 Cory Stringer 8 4-9 44.4 4-6 66.7 0-3 .0 0-0 .0
0 Kellen Thames 0 0-3 .0 0-0 .0 0-3 .0 0-0 .0
12 Andre Webb 12 4-8 50.0 4-8 50.0 0-0 .0 4-4 100.0
14 Zach Williams 0 0-2 .0 0-0 .0 0-2 .0 0-0 .0
Totals 57 21-55 38.2 17-32 53.1 4-23 17.4 11-12 91.7