| Knoxville falls short of a consolation championship berth |
| For
three straight years, the Knoxville Blue Bullets
have been a fixture in the Consolation
Championship game of the Macomb-Western Holiday
Basketball Tournament. This year, things will be
different as the Canton Little Giants eliminated
Knoxville 57-44 in the opening game of day two
action. Canton (2-8) jumped out to a double-digit first quarter lead and was able to hold off a late Knoxville (3-6) charge behind 70 percent free throw shooting (21-of-30). Jordan Rader scored 14 to pace the Little Giants while teammate Jeremy Ball scored nine while pulling down 11 rebounds. Kyle Grady led the way for the Blue Bullets with 12 points. Canton moves to the consolation semifinals Friday morning at 9:00 where they will face the winner of Pittsfield and Brown County. |
| The bracket: |
A
larger version of the bracket can be found on the
tournament website by visiting this page. |
| Next game: |
| Game 10: Pittsfield vs. Brown Co. (10:30 a.m.) |
| Game 9 boxscore: |
| Canton vs. Knoxville |
| Canton Little Giants |
| team info |
| Knoxville Blue Bullets |
| team info |