Basketball Recap: Buckhannon-Upshur Now 4-1 over Last Five Games

If Grafton wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Buckhannon-Upshur, they should've done a better job of containing Brody Mcdaniels. The Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers put the hurt on the Grafton Bearcats with a sharp 54-32 win on Thursday thanks to Mcdaniels, who dropped a double-double with 21 points and ten rebounds. He has become a key player for Buckhannon-Upshur: the team is undefeated when he posts at least 15 points, but 3-5 otherwise.

Jerin Westfall

Points

02/06/25 vs Grafton	15
02/04/25 @ Elkins	15
01/30/25 vs Lewis County	17

Another player making a difference was Jerin Westfall, who went 6-for-11 en route to 15 points and eight boards. The matchup was his third in a row with at least 15 points.

Buckhannon-Upshur has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.2 points over those games. As for Grafton, they dropped their record down to 0-12 with the loss, which was their sixth straight on the road.

Buckhannon-Upshur didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 47-42 defeat against Robert C. Byrd on the 8th. As for Grafton, they have also already played their next match, a 69-46 loss against Ripley on the 8th.