Boys Basketball: Tuesday Dec. 15 Round-up

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Freedom 54, Loudoun County 47
South Riding - The Ealges were winless at 0-5 coming into Monday night and then they defeated Brentsville in overtime. Freedom rode that win into Tuesday's AA Dulles District contest with Loudoun County and came away with a 57-52 win.

Freedom (1-1, 2-5) was deadly from the foul line, going 15 of 16 including 13 of 14 in the fourth quarter. Brian Orr led the eagles with 17 points.

Loudoun County (1-1, 2-3) got 20 points from Mahir Mrkonjic but could never quite catch up after trailing, 38-36, entering the final quarter. Twice the Raiders hit big 3-pointers to cut the lead to one, with 2:51 left and 1:24 remaining, but each time Freedom answered and the Eagles iced the game by making four free throws in the final seconds.

FREEDOM-SOUTH RIDING 57, LOUDOUN COUNTY 52
L (2-3, 1-1) — Mrkonjic 20, Mays 13, Campbell 7, Pratt 6, Gibson 4, Parker 2. Totals 17 11-17 52.
F (0-5, 0-1) — Orr 17, Hawkins 9, Miles 9, Barton 8, O'Rourke 8, Muhlenberg 4, Conde 2. Totals 19 15-16 57.
Halftime: Freedom-South Riding, 28-21.
Three-point goals: L 7 (Mrkonjic 4, Mays, Campbell 2); F 4 (Miles 2, O'Rourke 2).

Broad Run 69, Dominion 64
Ashburn - Kevin McGaughey paced four Spartans in double figures with a game-high 17 points as Broad Run won this rematch of last year's Dulles District tournament finals. Broad Run, at 1-0 and 5-0, is one of three remaining basketball teams in the area still undefeated.

Ahmad Zafar scored 12 for BR and Eric Hiatt and DaDa Johnson each had 10.

DeAndre Reaves and Derrick Lewis led the Titans with 16 and 15, respectively. Kevin Conboy scored 11 for Dominion as last year's defending district champion fell to 1-1 and 1-5 overall.

Broad Run led 31-23 at the half.

Broad Run: McGaughey 17, Zafar 12, DJohnson 10, Hiatt 10, TJohnson 8, Salgado 8, Janjua 4.
Dominion: Reaves 16, Lewis 15, Conboy 11, Lidral-Porter 7, Huff 6, Evans 5, Chinn 2, Coleman 2.3-Pointers: BR 6 (DJohnson 3, McGaughey 2, Hiatt), Dominion 2 (Reaves, Evans)

Potomac Falls 65, Briar Woods 55
Ashburn - Leading 52-50 after three quarters, the Panthers went on a 9-0 run, led by three baskets in a row by Lukas Mihailovich, to start the fourth quarter to open their Dulles District season with a victory.

The Panthers are 1-0 and 4-1 overall. BW drops to 0-2 and 3-2.

Mihailovich finished with 17 points for PF and Brendon Chesson added 10.

Corey Faciane led the Falcons with 16 and Philip Hardy added 14 with Myles Tate taking home 10.

PF: Milhailovich 17, Chesson 10, Graves 7, Hobby 6, Curran 6, Simoneau 5, Hoover 4, Wagenhoffer 4, Owens 2, Hansen 2.
BW: Faciane 16, Hardy 14, Tate 10, Calder 6, Kuame 4, Burcak 3, Roush 2.
3-Pointers: PF 1 (Simoneau), BW 4 (Faciane 3, Burcak)

Freedom's First-year coach Derek Gaunt after his first Dulles District win