Green leads Keyser rally over Berkeley Springs, 65-53

Mineral Daily News Tribune

BERKELEY SPRINGS -

Jeremy Green keyed a big third-quarter comeback as the Keyser Golden Tornado rallied to defeat the Berkeley Springs Indians, 65-53, on Friday evening at Berkeley.

Keyser (10-9) erased an 11-point halftime deficit with a 22-point third quarter, with Green scoring 11 of his 15 points in that period.
Keyser trailed 11-9 after the first quarter and was outscored 20-11 in the second frame to trail 31-20 at the half.

The Golden Tornado then held Berkeley to just 5 points in the third quarter as Keyser took the lead late in the period.
Trailing 34-33 at the 2:57 mark, Green scored on a layup to give Keyser its first lead of the evening.

Just seconds later, Green took a pass from Jarell Ross and converted another bucket for a 37-34 Keyser lead at the 2:40 mark.

Ross then came up with a steal and assisted on another Green basket to make it 39-24, and a free throw by Green made it 40-34 with 2:16 remaining in the period.

Ross then made a basket of his own and Berkeley’s Lenny Roach countered to make it 42-36 entering the fourth quarter.

The Golden Tornado would not relinquish the lead after that.

Preston Hartman led Keyser with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals, while Matt Wilmer added 10 points and Green had 8 rebounds and 3 blocked shots to go with his point total.

Freshman point guard Wes Washington contributed 6 points, 6 assists and 4 steals.

Joe Wright led Berkeley with 18 points and Ryan Redick added 12.

Berkeley won the JV game, 54-52.

Robert Willard led the Indians with 20 points, while Wes Stullenbarger led the Golden Tornado, also with 20 points.

R.C. Pratt added 15 points and Daniel Zinn had a team-high 9 rebounds.

Keyser will return to action the Monday for a home makeup game against Northern at 7:30 p.m.