Concord Academy zone delivers upset of No. 3 Westminster Catawba
Concord Academy and Westminster Catawba didn’t meet in the regular-season. COVID-19 protocols forced both games to be canceled.
But the teams finally met Friday in the Metrolina Athletic Conference championship game at Concord Academy.
Concord Academy won 54-53, switching to a 1-3-1 in the final 4.6 seconds as Westminster Catawba had the ball and a chance to win. After Concord Academy’s Tyler Fearne made two free throws, Westminster’s Asil Hoyle dribbled the length of the floor and scored, but the horn expired before Hoyle released the ball.
Concord Academy has nine straight 20-win seasons and has won the conference tournament three straight years.
CONCORD ACADEMY 54, NO. 3 WESTMINSTER CATAWBA 53
WC: 7 10 19 17 53
CA: 8 12 14 20 54
WC:MJ Collins 18, Black 9, Hoyle 7, Johson 3, Hamrick 16
CA: Javian Cannady 10 Tucker Johnson 7, Trae Benham 21, Tyler Fearne 6, Logan Threatt 8, LA Boyd 2.
Notable: Trae Benham 5 3’s, 7r, 3a, Tucker Johnson 7p, 9r, 3s 1b, Javian Cannady 10p 8r. Concord Academy wins it 20th game for 9th straight season and MAC Tournament for 3 straight seasons.
