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Bannister needed 14 points to reach 1,000 career points and wasted no time doing so, hitting a pull-up jumper with 1:33 left in the first half to reach the milestone. He now has 1,006 for his career.
"It's pretty exciting," said Bannister, who is averaging 16.6 points this year. "The team was backing me the whole way, which was nice. (Reaching 1,000 points) was a goal of mine ever since I was a freshman."
Behind 15 first-half points from Bannister, who finished with 20 for the game, the Tigers (13-4, 8-3 SHL) were in front 32-18 at halftime and 44-35 entering the fourth period.
"The first half is what won the game," F-M coach Greg Best said. "We came out with a desire I haven't seen all season. It was a total team effort. It was good for Justin to get 1,000 at home, and I think we fed off that energy in the first half."
The Tigers (13-4, 8-3 SHL) played without second-leading scorer Colton Bair. But Fannett-Metal got a combined 20 points from Logan Runk (11) and Taylor Hockenberry while Ryan Dovey pumped in nine points with 11 rebounds.
"Colton couldn't play, so everybody else had to step it up a little bit more," Bannister said. "Taylor had a really good game tonight."
Zach Reed paced the Panthers (10-6, 6-6 SHL) with 19
Fannett-Metal 51, N. Bedford 48
NORTHERN BEDFORD
Andrew Hoover 4 5-5 13, Justin Litzenberger 4 0-0 8, Zach Reed 9 1-1 19, Cody Troy 1 2-2 4, Josh Doverspike 2 0-0 4. Totals 20 8-8 48.
FANNETT-METAL
Justin Bannister 9 2-3 20, Dillan Hampton 1 0-1 2, Taylor Hockenberry 3 3-5 9, Logan Runk 3 4-4 11, Ryan Dovey 4 0-0 9, Cody Weaver 0 0-0 0, Matt Chilcote 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 9-13 51.
Northern Bedford 4 14 17 13 -- 48
Fannett-Metal 12 20 12 7 -- 51
3-point shots -- FM 2 (Runk, Dovey). Shooting -- FM 20-45 (44.4%). Rebounds -- FM 24 (Dovey 11). Assists -- FM 11 (Dovey 3). Steals -- FM 6. Turnovers -- FM 13. Blocked shots -- FM 4 (Bannister 2).
JV: Fannett-Metal 27, N. Bedford 26. Matt Chilcote led F-M with 11 points.
Next game: Friday, at Southern Fulton, 7:30.
SIDELING HILL
Forbes Road 60, Everett 37
Monday, at Everett
Sideling Hill League game
Forbes Road got off to a fabulous start in a 23-point victory over Everett ... The Cardinals (14-3, 10-1 SHL) led 20-2 after one period and cruised to an eighth-straight win ... Trent Black led the way with 16 points, Tanner Henry posted 15 points with 17 rebounds and 4 blocks and Jesse Newman registered 12 points, 12 assists and 3 steals ... Forbes coach Jeff Gelvin said, "We got off to a really good start. Neither team played very good in the middle two quarters and we had a strong fourth quarter. The only bad thing was we shot better from the field than the free-throw line (8 of 22), and we had been shooting them well." ... Everett is 5-11, 4-8 SHL.
Forbes Road 60, Everett 37
FORBES ROAD
Jesse Newman 4 3-6 12, Trent Black 7 2-5 18, Dylan Gelvin 3 0-0 9, Tanner Henry 7 1-3 15, Andrew King 2 1-2 5, Tyler Keller 0 1-2 1, Alex Bookheimer 0 0-2 0, Jared Henry 0 0-2 0, Jordan Sowers 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 8-22 60.
EVERETT
Bulger 3 0-0 6, Duvall 3 1-2 7, Foor 0 5-6 5, LaSalle 4 2-2 10, Royer 2 0-0 4, Smith 1 0-0 3, McEnroy 0 2-2 2. Totals 13 10-12 37.
Forbes Road 20 11 10 19 -- 60
Everett 2 13 15 7 -- 37
3-point shots -- FR 6 (Gelvin 3, Black 2, Newman); Evt 1 (Smith). Shooting -- FR 23-56 (41.1%). Rebounds -- FR 41 (T.Henry 17). Assists -- FR 19 (Newman 12). Steals -- FR 12 (Newman, Black 3). Turnovers -- FR 11. Blocked shots -- FR 6 (T.Henry 4).
JV: Forbes Road 38, Everett 28. Chris Everts led Forbes with 18 points.
Next game: Friday, at home vs. McConnellsburg, 8.
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Southern Fulton 63, Hyndman 17
Monday, at Hyndman
Sideling Hill League game
Southern Fulton came out raring to go in a romp over Hyndman ... The Indians (14-2, 9-2 SHL), coming off a loss to Forbes Road on Friday, got off to a 28-0 lead after one quarter and led 43-5 at intermission ... SF coach Kent Hendershot said, "We came out very focused. Friday night's loss kind of reoriented our minds a little bit. We came out with some fire and really got after it. We took care of the game early tonight." ... Ryan Harper (9 points, 8 rebounds, 6 steals, 3 blocks) had a nice all-around game and Luke Mellott led the Indians in scoring with 18 points ... The Hornets are 2-13 (0-12 SHL).
Southern Fulton 63, Hyndman 17
SOUTHERN FULTON
Seth Hall 3 0-0 7, Dylan Whiteside 3 0-0 7, Ryan Harper 4 1-1 9, Luke Mellott 9 0-1 18, Derek Younker 3 1-1 7, Carlos Calderon 2 0-0 4, Zach Morton 1 0-0 3, Zach Leasure 3 1-2 8, Damon Gordon 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 3-5 63.
HYNDMAN
Stair 1 0-0 2, Clites 0 1-2 1, Kendall 2 0-0 4, Leydig 2 0-2 4, Emerick 1 0-0 3, Wisnewsky 1 1-2 3. Totals 7 2-6 17.
Southern Fulton 28 15 14 8 -- 63
Hyndman 0 5 6 6 -- 17
3-point shots -- SF 4 (Hall, Whiteside, Morton, Leasure); Hyn 1 (Emerick). Shooting -- SF 28-52 (53.8%). Rebounds -- SF 22 (Harper 8). Assists -- SF 16 (Whiteside 5). Steals -- SF 21 (Harper 6). Turnovers -- SF 16. Blocked shots -- SF 6 (Harper 3).
JV: Southern Fulton 47, Hyndman 29. Nick Smartt led Southern Fulton with 15 points.
Next game: Wednesday, at home vs. Hancock, Md., 7:30.
NON-LEAGUE
East Pennsboro 52, Waynesboro 46
Monday, at Enola
Non-league game
East Pennsboro did just enough to hold off Waynesboro ... The Panthers (16-3) led 24-21 at halftime and hit some timely 3-pointers in the second half to keep the Indians (1-16) at bay ... Waynesboro assistant coach Travis Hardman said, "It was a battle. Their biggest lead was nine points, but it was a good game throughout. Whenever they needed to hit a big shot, they did. (Nate) Conrad hit a big 3-pointer in the fourth quarter -- it was one of those threes that gave them back the momemtum." ... Derek Null had a career-high 24 points and 6 rebounds in the loss.
East Pennsboro 52, Waynesboro 46
WAYNESBORO
Tyler Roxby 3 1-2 9, C.J. Miller 1 2-4 4, Corbin Yoder 0 2-4 2, Cole Warrenfeltz 1 5-8 7, Derek Null 9 5-7 24, Johnnie Adgers 0 0-0 0, Brandon Geesaman 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 15-25 46.
EAST PENNSBORO
Nate Conrad 5 4-5 17, Grigoriy Stepanyan 3 1-2 8, Alberto De Los Santos 4 2-4 12, Kelvin White 2 3-6 7, Bryce Wilson 4 0-0 8. Totals 18 10-17 52.
Waynesboro 11 10 12 13 -- 46
East Pennsboro 12 12 15 13 -- 52
3-point shots -- Way 3 (Roxby 2, Null); EP 6 (Conrad 3, Stepanyan, De Los Santos 2). Shooting -- Way 14-37 (37.8%). Rebounds -- Way 21 (Null, Miller 6). Assists -- Way 7 (Miller, Yoder 2). Steals -- Way 7. Turnovers -- Way 14. Blocked shots -- Way 1.
JV: East Pennsboro 44, Waynesboro 22. Patrick O'Brien led Waynesboro with 6 points.
Next game: Wednesday, at home vs. South Western, 7:30.
MASON-DIXON
Heritage Academy 78, Shalom Christian 40
Monday, at Marion
Mason-Dixon Christian Conf. game
Heritage Academy scored at least 21 points in each of the first 3 quarters to defeat Shalom Christian ... "Heritage plays hard and physical and they took it to us," Flames coach Murray Roseman said ... Shalom, which hit 9 threes, got 11 points each from Alex Crilloey and Jeffery McCracken ... Aaron Witman added 5 rebounds for Shalom (1-17, 1-11 MDCC).
Heritage 78, Shalom 40
HERITAGE
Kriner 1 0-0 2, Nye 1 0-0 2, Long 0 1-2 1, Clark 5 0-0 11, Defelice 1 1-2 3, Bartholow 1 1-2 3, Lowry 1 1-1 3, Martin 5 1-1 13, Harrell 8 1-1 17, Cosner 2 0-0 4, Smith 8 0-2 19. Totals 33 6-11 78.
SHALOM
Aaron Witman 2 0-0 5, Jeffery McCracken 4 1-2 11, Johnny Palm 2 0-0 5, Alex Crilley 3 2-2 11, Brandon Crider 2 0-0 5, Matthew Wenger 1 0-0 3, Luke Wingert 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 3-4 40.
Heritage Academy 21 21 24 12 -- 78
Shalom Christian 14 6 13 7 -- 40
3-point shots -- Her 6 (Clark, Martin 2, Smith 3); SC 9 (Crilley 3, McCracken 2, Witman, Crider, Wenger, Palm). Shooting -- SC 15-44 (34%). Rebounds -- SC 17 (Witman 5). Assists -- SC 8. Steals -- SC 5 (Crider 3). Turnovers -- SC 17.
Next game: Today, at Grace Academy, 7:30.
