Newsuan makes winning basket in double OT for Robert C. Byrd; Wilson scores 30 in Notre Dame girls victory

Off the missed second attempt, Newsuan got the ball at three-quarter court, attacked the rim and scored with 2.2 seconds left.

Preston’s heave at the buzzer was off target.

“I thought Preston played really hard,” Robert C. Byrd coach Basil Lucas said. “That’s two years in a row that we’ve played drag-out, tough, hard-fought contest. We were fortunate to come out on the winning end both times. It is a shame that some team had to lose.”

RCB trailed 40-32 with 6:08 left in the fourth quarter, but out of a timeout, Boyce hit a 3 to jump-start the Eagles, then RCB got a steal and Newsuan’s basket cut it to 40-37.

Boyce went 6-for-6 in the fourth quarter from the line to help the Eagles take a 42-40 lead, but Preston took advantage of missed Eagle free throws to send the game to overtime.

Hayes then scored the tying basket at the buzzer of the first overtime to force a second OT.

“In the first quarter, we came out really hot. The second quarter, they played better and we got in a little bit of foul trouble, so they were able to take the lead at halftime,” Lucas said.

Both teams are 5-3; Robert C. Byrd is home Thursday against Grafton.

NOTRE DAME 64, Hundred 17: Selena Wilson scored 30 points and also grabbed seven rebounds and five steals to lead the Irish.

Piper Fryer added six points, eight steals and five assists.

Addie Murray had nine points and nine rebounds and Isabella Garnek nine points and six steals.

Erica Payton scored six.

Notre Dame (9-2) has won three straight entering a trip to Pendleton County on Feb. 1 at 6 p.m.