IRONTON — A late rally by St. Joseph nearly turned the Southern Ohio Conference title picture on its head on Tuesday night. However, the first place Portsmouth Notre Dame Titans made the needed plays down the stretch and were able beat the Flyers 41-40 at the Parish Life Center. The Flyers (7-10, 4-3) took an 8-4 first quarter lead as Carson Willis and Barrett Waginger hit 3-pointers and Zane Dressel added a basket. Garrett Barbarits hit a pair of 3-pointers and Kenady McGraw

GALLIPOLIS — What was an ugly performance turned out to have a beautiful ending. For most of the game, Ironton was sluggish and didn’t shoot well. But the Fighting Tigers picked up their play late and Carson Freeman made everything beautiful at the end. Trailing by as many as 13 points, Ironton rallied in the fourth quarter to get within two points and Freeman drained a 3-pointer with two seconds left to give the Fighting Tigers a thrilling 67-66 Ohio Valley Conference win ov

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