BUFFALO — Jaden Solomon led all scorers with 20 points here Wednesday night at The Barn including the game-winning putback with less than a second remaining as Doddridge County stunned Buffalo, 63-62.

In what was a showdown of ranked Class AA programs, the No. 7 Bulldogs (15-3) overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half to punch their ticket to Saturday night’s Little Kanawha Conference championship game versus Parkersburg Catholic set for an 8 o’clock tip inside Glenville State University’s Waco Center.

Buffalo had the ball facing a 61-58 deficit with 11.7 seconds remaining, but Bulldog Malachi Kelley got an inbound plane warning. While Buffalo was attempting to inbound the ball a second time, Kelley’s foot touched the sideline following the second time he leaped up to distract the inbounder and he was assessed a technical foul.

That sent Asher Flanery, who had 13 of his team-high 19 points in the first half, to the free-throw line where he sank both shots.

Now with the ball and a chance to take the lead, the Bison went right back to Flanery, who hit an off-balance jumper to make it 62-61.

DCHS head coach Paul Burnside called timeout and after a short conference the clock was reset to four seconds, but the Bulldogs needed to go the length of the floor.

That didn’t turn out to be a problem as Brysen Dixon, the Bulldogs’ first team all-state quarterback, fired a three-quarter length bomb to Josh DeHaven, who caught it just outside the elbow, took one power dribble and went up for the potential lay-in.

However, the ball rolled off the rim. Solomon, who had set a screen deep in the backcourt on the inbound, hustled the length of the floor and was Johnny-on-the-spot. He grabbed the rebound with 1.1 left on the clock and immediately kissed it home.

Although the Bulldogs jumped out to an 8-2 lead, the hosts led 20-19 after one and 35-29 at halftime.

The No. 6 Bison, now 13-4 with a home game tonight versus Sissonville before taking on Braxton County at 6 p.m. Saturday in the LKC consolation game, stretched their advantage to 49-39 late in the third, but the ‘Dogs clawed back to make it a 49-45 affair entering the fourth.

Wesley Mallett finished with 18 markers and scored all 14 of Buffalo’s points in the third. Caleb Cales added 10 points in the setback.

The Bulldogs, who generally go at least 10 deep with their rotation, got eight points from Heston Hayes, seven from Kelley, six by Jerod Trent along with five counters apiece by DeHaven and Landon Thomas.

Southern 72, Warren 42

RACINE — Warren couldn’t stop the Southern duo of Andre Chandler and Reed Brinager as the Tornadoes breezed to a 72-42 victory Wednesday.

Chandler scored a game-high 25 points while Brinager added 24 for Southern, which led 25-10 after one, 37-18 at halftime and 58-23 entering the fourth. Kase Nelson added eight points for SHS, which improved to 18-2 and visits Belpre on Friday.

Warren (12-9) got 10 points from Blake Grimes, nine from Hudson Elzey and six from Shawn Adams. The Warriors conclude regular season play Friday at home against John Glenn before opening the postseason with a trip to Marietta on Tuesday.

Poca 64, Tyler Consolidated 44

POCA — Tyler Consolidated struggled coming out of halftime and watched Poca pull away for a 64-44 win Wednesday.

Down 17-12 after one, the Dots rallied for a 25-24 halftime advantage before outscoring the Silver Knights 23-8 in the third to go up 48-32 with eight minutes to play.

Dylan Eisel’s game-high 22 points led the Dots, who also got 10 points each from Mike Overbaugh and Jakob Potter, nine from Austin Gillag and six apiece from Jack McClanahan and Rylan Left.

TCHS was paced by Garrett Bordenkircher’s eight markers. Cam Strode pitched in seven.

GIRLS

Eastern 54, Parkersburg South 43

PARKERSBURG — Lindsey Logston scored a game-high 19 points, but Parkersburg South struggled offensively in the second half en route to a 54-43 loss to Eastern Wednesday.

The Patriots (15-4) trailed 15-11 after one but outscored the Eagles 16-4 in the second to take a 27-19 halftime advantage. However, South went into a slump coming out of halftime, scoring just five in the third and watching Eastern take a 38-32 advantage into the fourth.

Quinn Bolyard added nine points while Emilee Owens chipped in six. Kenna Mace and Grace Dotson grabbed six rebounds each for South, which plays Spring Valley at noon Saturday in the MSAC third-place game at South Charleston.

Emeri Lloyd led Eastern with 16 points. Mackenzie Robertson and Braelynn Simpson tallied 13 each while Kyrstin Fackler and Ashlynn Thomas pitched in six apiece.

Gilmer County 46, Ritchie County 40

ELLENBORO – Ritchie County girls basketball coach Dave McCullough described Wednesday night’s meeting with Gilmer County as one of his team’s best defensive performances despite losing 46-40.

Playing their sixth game in nine days, the Rebels (14-7) played Gilmer on even terms by halftime at 21-21. The Titans outscored Ritchie 15-9 in the third quarter and held on to improve to 17-2.

Ava Dobbins led Gilmer with 12 points, while her twin sister Blair added nine points.

For Ritchie, Elsa Law led the team with 22 points, seven rebounds, six steals and four assists.

During this recent stretch of games for the Rebels, which includes another game on Thursday against Robert C. Byrd, four were rescheduled due to the weather.

St. Marys 74, South Harrison 23

LOST CREEK — St. Marys jumped all over South Harrison early and never looked back for a 74-23 win Wednesday.

The Blue Devils (15-4) led 26-4 after one, 43-13 at halftime and 59-18 going into the fourth.

Brynnley Bulluck poured in a game-high 30 points for SMHS to go along with eight rebounds, seven assists and five steals. Laney Watkins added 12 points, nine boards, four dimes and four steals, Anna Bennett tallied nine points, eight rebounds and three steals, Rylee Renner scored eight points, Landrey Riggs netted seven points and seven assists and Lauren Pritchett chipped in six points.

Abby Louk led the Hawks (2-13) with nine points.