Bryan Mewbourn Invitational: Beckville wins at buzzer; Brook Hill tops Tatum; Martin’s Mill rolls past Redwater

Published 7:36 pm Thursday, December 15, 2022

BEN WHEELER — A buzzer-beater by Beckville’s J’Koby Williams and Brook Hill rallying past Tatum were among the highlights of the opening day of the Bryan Mewbourn Invitational at Martin’s Mill High School.

In a battle of state-ranked teams, Williams hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Class 2A No. 15 Beckville to a 50-47 win over Class 1A No. 7 Texline inside O’Neal Weaver Gymnasium.

Texline and Beckville were tied at 15 after the first quarter.

Beckville led 27-23 at halftime and 33-23 in the third quarter before Texline went on an 18-0 run that extended into the fourth quarter. Beckville responded with an 8-0 run to tie the game at 41.

Consecutive buckets by Williams put Beckville up 45-43. With the score tied at 47, Williams got the ball at the top of the key, dribbled to the right, inside the 3-point line and then stepped back to nail the game-winning triple at the buzzer.

Williams — a three-star running back in the Class of 2024 — finished with 21 points for Beckville.

In the next game, Brook Hill took a 46-41 win over Tatum

Tatum led 15-8 after the first quarter and 30-21 at halftime. A bucket by Jakub Dluzewski late in the third quarter cut the score to 37-35.

With Tatum leading 41-39 with just more than a minute remaining, Noah Langemeier hit a goa-ahead 3-pointer, and the Guard were able to put the game away at the free-throw line.

Dluzewski had 17 points. Noah Langemeier had 12 points.

Brook Hill — ranked No. 10 in TAPPS 4A — faces UIL 2A No. 1 Lipan at 9:30 a.m. Friday.

Martin’s Mill — ranked No. 9 in 2A — opened its day with a 74-30 win over Redwater.

The Mustangs held the Dragons without a field goal in the first quarter to take a 24-2 lead. Jak Kinder had three 3-pointers and 11 points in the quarter.

Martin’s Mill led 38-21 at halftime. In the third quarter, Elliot Hilliard hit four 3-pointers — all assisted by Kinder — to put the score at 59-27.

Hilliard scored a game-high 19 points with five threes. Kinder had 18 points and four triples. Kinder also had four assists.

Alex Tyner had 8 points, six rebounds and four assists. Travis Baber had 8 points and four assists. Blake Butcher scored 5 points. Isaac Jenkins had 4 points and nine rebounds, and Nate Reiser had 4 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Lane Dollar and Kaegan Godwin each had 2 points.

Riley Orlando led Redwater with 15 points.

Martin’s Mill and Beckville were scheduled to play in the final game on Thursday night.

Some other scores from Thursday were Grapeland 50, Nazareth 45; New Home 65, Waskom 31; Rusk 53, Joaquin 52; Lipan 74, Rusk 35; Commerce 56, West Rusk 39; Timpson 56, Commerce 34; and Rains 62, Harmony 41.

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