Xavier Brown scored 44 points to lead No. 2 seed Jamestown to a 72-65 home win over No. 7 Heritage in the Class 4 Region A quarterfinals Tuesday night.
The win moved the Eagles (19-3) to within a victory of their first state tournament berth since 2017, when they advanced to the Class 4 final.
The Eagles will play No. 6 Hampton on Thursday at King’s Fork in the semifinals for a state tournament berth and a spot in the region final on Friday. The Crabbers (10-8) beat Grafton 57-37 in the other quarterfinal played on Tuesday in Jamestown’s gym.
The Jamestown-Heritage game was close throughout, tied at 33 at intermission. The Eagles led just 56-55 when Brown scored inside with 4:11 to play to ignite a game-deciding 13-4 run in which he scored eight of his 14 fourth-quarter points.
Dante Howell scored six of his game-high 14 points as the Crabbers began the game on an 11-2 run against Grafton (18-5), which never got closer than four points thereafter.
Jordan King scored 13 points for the Crabbers, while Chandler Swann led the Clippers with 13 points.
— Marty O’Brien
Other Class 4 Region A Tournament games
King’s Fork 89, Churchland 42
Samuel Brannen had 19 points and six assists and George Beale had a double-double — 14 points and 14 rebounds — as the unbeaten and top-seeded Bulldogs rolled.
King’s Fork led by seven points after the first quarter, but Ryan Hite keyed a 27-point second quarter with seven points for the Bulldogs. King’s Fork led 47-21 at the break.
The Bulldogs host Manor in Thursday’s semifinals.
Manor 89, Smithfield 52
Michael Smith Jr. and Tony Goodman Jr. scored 20 points each to lead the fourth-seeded Mustangs.
Smith also had seven assists and four rebounds, and teammate Javon Taylor chipped in 17 points and six boards.
Tidewater Conference Tournament
Peninsula Catholic 86, Nansemond-Suffolk Academy 45
Travon Gray scored 17 of his game-high 28 points in the first half as the third-seeded Knights built an 21-point halftime lead.
Stylz Gardner finished with 14 points for Peninsula Catholic.
In other TCIS quarterfinals Tuesday, top-seeded Catholic defeated Norfolk Academy 59-38, Cape Henry edged Norfolk Collegiate 66-63 and Steward topped Walsingham 63-30.
