Boys’ basketball loses its final regular season game, focus turns to postseason play

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Levi Banks surveys the floor

Nathan Schiermeyer, Sports reporter
February 26, 2019
Filed under Sports, Winter Sports

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The Class 5, District 6 tournament bracket. Pattonville (8-16) is the No. 3 seed.

Pattonville boys’ basketball lost against McCluer North (23-3) in a one-sided battle at home on Feb. 21, 77-59.

Now the No. 3-seeded Pirates turn their attention to the Class 5 District 6 postseason tournament.

Pattonville (8-16) will play No. 2 Hazelwood Central (14-12) at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Francis Howell Central.

The winner will advance to play the victor of No. 1 Francis Howell Central (16-9) and No. 4 Hazelwood West (11-12)

Pattonville lost six straight games to end the regular season with an 8-16 record.

The Pirates were down the entire game only chipping away at the Stars’ lead a little at a time. At one point in the third quarter, the Pirates were able to make it a game and trailed by just 2 points but that momentum didn’t last long and McCluer North was able to push ahead for good.

Pattonville’s leading scorers were Julius Erby with 18 points and Levi Banks with 15. Erby was also able to collect 10 rebounds picking up another double-double this season.

Although it wasn’t a good scoring night for Alijah Carter who had just 6 points after shooting 3-for-12, Carter was able to contribute for the Pirates by collecting 12 rebounds, 10 of which were on defense.

Guard Alijah Carter struggled to find his shot

McCluer North was led by A’Tavian Butler with a game-high 25 points and Mekai Ray with 19 points. Patrick Evans for the Stars collected 10 rebounds to go along with 16 points for his second double-double this season.

Stats provided by StlhighschoolSPORTS.com

Teams	1	2	3	4	F
McCluer North	23	13	25	16	77
Pattonville	15	17	11	16	59

McCluer North offensive statistics

#	Name	Pts	FG	FG%	2FG	2F%	3FG	3F%	FT	FT%
22	A’Tavian Butler	25	11-15	73.3	11-15	73.3	0-0	.0	3-4	75.0
3	Aaron Daniels	3	1-6	16.7	0-0	.0	1-6	16.7	0-0	.0
4	Leonard Davie	2	1-3	33.3	1-2	50.0	0-1	.0	0-0	.0
11	Patrick Evans	16	8-14	57.1	8-14	57.1	0-0	.0	0-0	.0
32	Quentin Hall	2	1-1	100.0	1-1	100.0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0
10	Steve Lee	6	2-3	66.7	0-1	.0	2-2	100.0	0-0	.0
23	Jermond Mosley	2	1-1	100.0	1-1	100.0	0-0	.0	0-1	.0
25	Sylvon Mosley-Mull	2	1-1	100.0	1-1	100.0	0-0	.0	0-2	.0
14	Marlon Owens	0	0-1	.0	0-0	.0	0-1	.0	0-0	.0
2	Mekai Ray	19	9-14	64.3	8-10	80.0	1-4	25.0	0-2	.0

Totals

35-59

59.3

31-45

68.9

4-14

28.6

3-9

33.3

Pattonville offensive statistics

#	Name	Pts	FG	FG%	2FG	2F%	3FG	3F%	FT	FT%
15	Levi Banks	15	6-14	42.9	3-9	33.3	3-5	60.0	0-0	.0
5	Alijah Carter	6	3-12	25.0	3-11	27.3	0-1	.0	0-2	.0
1	Jayden Clark-Tate	2	1-4	25.0	1-2	50.0	0-2	.0	0-0	.0
22	Jonathan Cosby	0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0
13	Julius Erby	18	6-14	42.9	5-10	50.0	1-4	25.0	5-7	71.4
55	DeAndre James	2	1-5	20.0	1-5	20.0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0
10	Neno Lee	0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0
23	Savon Smith	0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0
0	Kellen Thames	5	2-7	28.6	1-2	50.0	1-5	20.0	0-0	.0
12	Andre Webb	11	4-9	44.4	3-8	37.5	1-1	100.0	2-2	100.0
14	Zach Williams	0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0	0-0	.0