Hazelwood Central Clinches Conference Title With Win Over Riverview

Having lost back-to-back games for only the second time this season—against highly-ranked CBC and Maplewood-Richmond Heights—the Hazelwood Central High School boys basketball team staved off a rally from Riverview Gardens Saturday night en route to a 63-61 win. 

The win helped the HAwks claim a piece of the Suburban North Conference. 

Hazelwood Central forward Jordan Martin led all Hawks shooters from the floor with 16 points, followed closely by Marcus Hinton (14 points) and Demarco Buchanan (13 points).

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Hazelwood Central saw a 16-point third-quarter advantage nearly disappear in the fourth quarter and then held on as Riverview standout Tyrin Williams’ off-balanced 3-point attempt from the right wing at the buzzer hit the back of the iron and bounced away.

Central moved to 17-6 on the season with a perfect 6-0 conference record. 

The Hawks have just three games remaining on the regular season schedule: Wednesday at Eureka; Friday vs. Hazelwood West; and Feb. 22 at Jefferson City.