Mount Vernon captures GHSA boys 1A-D1 basketball state title

Mustangs overcome Paideia with a big third quarter surge

Gary Adornato | Mar 9, 2024

Mount Vernon captures GHSA boys 1A-D1 basketball state title /

MACON, GEORGIA – The Paideia boys basketball entered the third quarter of Saturday's GHSA Class 1A Division boys basketball state championship game, at the Macon Centerplex, on a run.

It didn't last.

After outscoring Mount Vernon 16-9 in the second quarter to build a 23-18 lead, the Pythons went cold from the field and got out-scored 17-4 by the Mustangs in the pivotal period and Mount Vernon was able to make the eight point working margin stand up for a 48-40 victory.

The Mount Vernon Mustangs surged past Paideia with a huge third quarter and captured the 2024 GHSA Class A Division boys basketball state championship, on Saturday in Macon. — The Mount Vernon Mustangs surged past Paideia with a huge third quarter and captured the 2024 GHSA Class A Division boys basketball state championship, on Saturday in Macon

Mount Vernon got double-digit points from three of its five starters, led by 18 from Xavier Shegog, who also had 7 rebounds.

KJ Harris and Harrison Sha'Yah Goba each scored 10 points and Harris had a game-high 8 rebounds. Dennis Scott III added 9 points and 5 rebounds for the Mustangs, while Gabe Alterman had 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Tristan Mitchell was the high-point man for Paideia, scoring 16 points, while CJ Harper and Jayden Clay combined for 12 points.

Published Mar 9, 2024

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.