BRIENSBURG – Christian Fellowship boy’s team lost to Walden Saturday 81-75 in an exciting overtime game. CFS led 12-8 after the first quarter then the two teams tied it up at 27 a piece at the halftime break.
The Eagles led by one going into the fourth quarter and were out-scoring by Walden by 19-18 in the final frame to send the game into overtime. Walden out-scored the Eagles by six in the overtime period for the win.
Eight Eagles scored in the game, led by Jordan Choate with 18 points. Mike Harris for Walden almost single-handedly won the game for them with 49 of their 81 points, hitting six from 3-point range.
The Eagles will meet Walden again on January 8th in Louisville in a 6:00 (EST) tip-off time.
SCORING
Walden: Field Goals 25/69, 3-pointers 11/33, Free Throws 20/27, Fouls 19, Rebounds 34
CFS: Field Goals 30/77, 3-pointers 9/19, Free Throws 6/18, Fouls 22, Rebounds 48
Walden: Harris 49, Ruby 12, Kinslow 11, Pitchford 5, Sharma 4
CFS: Choate 18, Starkey 16, Etheridge 14, Covey 9, Toth 7, Vaughn 6, Draffen 3, Fleming 2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final | |
| Walden | 8 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 81 |
| CFS | 12 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 75 |