BAINBRIDGE – The Bainbridge-Guilford Bobcats boys’ basketball team hosted Walton/Downsville in a down-to-the wire matchup for their 2024 home opener. With both teams tied at 44 at the end of regulation, Walton/Downsville came away with a 55-53 win in overtime, handing B-G their first loss of the season in MAC league play.

Walton/Downsville led 26-17 at the half with both teams fired up to have an intense second half. However, B-G could not stop Walton/Downsville’s top leading scorers; Tyler Reed and London Gardner, who secured the team’s victory in overtime.

B-G battled all the way through and knocked in a total of nine three’s in the contest. Cyrus Megale led the team with 12 points, all four three-pointers. Declyn Marshfield went 6-for-8 at the free-throw line and finished with 10 points, along with Michael Lipani, who knocked in two three’s.