Gray-Keenan basketball game called early after player’s medical emergency

The anticipated Gray Collegiate and Keenan boys basketball game was called late in the fourth quarter after a scary moment involving Mychael Mitchell.

Mitchell, a Gray Collegiate senior, appeared to take an elbow to the head with 15.9 seconds left in Tuesday’s game. After landing on the floor, his body began to convulse.

Athletic trainers rushed to his aide on the floor and helped Mitchell regain consciousness.

Lexington County fire and safety workers arrived on the scene. Mitchell was sitting in a chair and was then helped on a stretcher and taken to a nearby hospital.

The game was called with Keenan ahead 55-50. It’s unlikely the game will be finished, Gray Collegiate coach Dion Bethea said.

The two teams play again Friday at Keenan in WACH Fox’s Game of the Week.

“Just seeing him like that, it was hard for me because he stopped breathing. That was scary,” Bethea said. “I thought the athletic trainers responded very well and really got out there and got him back.”

Both Gray and Keenan players and coaches were visibly shaken by the moment. Both teams were seen praying as Mitchell was being treated.

“I started praying to the Lord because I saw he wasn’t moving,” Keenan coach Zach Norris said. “My prayers go out to the Gray team. Our kids took it hard. Both teams are going to try to regroup.

“This was one of the toughest games this year. I am sad it ended like this but I am glad their player is OK.”

Gray Collegiate (14-7) entered the game ranked No. 1 in Class 2A, with Keenan (11-7) at No. 3. They are two of the favorites to make it the state championship in March.

In the girls matchup, South Carolina signee MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 24 points to help top-ranked Keenan past No. 2 Gray Collegiate, 57-48. Keenan outscored Gray, 14-3, over the final five minutes of the game.

Tuesday’s scores

Girls

Keenan 57, Gray Collegiate 48

K: MiLaysia Fulwiley 24, Teirra Griffin 12, Kennedy 7, Brown 2, Hicks 6, Price 2, Johnson 4. GC: Kadence Walker-Lee 16, Alyssa Woodlock 13, Maliyah Mason 10, Tattum 6, Mintz 1,

Dutch Fork 76, Chapin 22

DF: Christyonna Jackson 18,Antoinet Cheeseboro 16, Hillary Offing 15, Tayah Anderson 11, Lee 5, Spratley 7, Crumlin 4. C: Wright 2, Palfrey 4, Haggard 5, Holmes 9, Cornelison 2.

Clover 42, Blythewood 36

Lexington 68, Whiite Knoll 27

Heathwood 66, Hammond 45

Lauren Jacobs 37, SaBreya Monsanto 13, Bowers 7, Mullins 5, Gore 2, Spriggs 2. H: Samira Khalil 26, Hyman 7, Adams 6, Stephens 3. Inman 2, Waites 2.

Camden 71, Crestwood 37

C: Joyce Edwards 30, Zyasia Carter 11, Braylin Mungo 10, Harris 8, Jefferson 4, Champion 4, Ellerbe 2, Jackson 2. C: Saniyah Williams 12, London Vaughn 11, Martin 7, Farmer 4, Gillins 3

Spring Valley 61, Fort Mill 53

SV: Green 1, Entzminger 8, JaiDah Liebert 14, Zie’l Ratchford 22, Johnson 2.

Orangeburg-Wilkinson 49, Dreher 37

Lower Richland 54, Swansea 13

Gilbert 50, Brookland-Cayce 24

G: Ahleria Leaphart 20, Spencer 8, Morton 7

King Academy 39, Richard Winn 32

Boys

Dutch Fork 52, Chapin 37

DF: Green 9, Sessions 8, Bryson Taylor 10, Stagg 5, Toney 5, Thornton 5, Smith 4, Johnson 2, Thompson 4. C: Armstead 3, Cooper Raines 10, McCutcheon 4, Highberger 6, Cayman Collins 10, Ray 4,

Lexington 82, White Knoll 45

L: Cam Scott 31, Jose Figueroa 10, Coulter Bell 10, Jaxon Prunty 10, Evans 5, Maxwell 9, Byrd 3, Burgess 2, Rollins 2. WK: Watson 8, Briggman 3, Funderburk 5, Simms 9, Newton 5, Bell 7, Smith 1, Gordon 8.

Hammond 50, Heathwood Hall 34

H: Saunders 3, Epps 1, Amari Evans 11, Jackson Osborne 12, Ross 9, Mike Tyler 14. HH: Nichols 6, Deuce Claxton 10, JD Gardner 14, Frick 4.

Lower Richland 59, Swansea 33

LR: J Orange 13, E Mays 11, Butler 9, Atkinson 8, Brown 5, Patterson 4, Grant 4, James 3, Samuel 2. S: LeBron Fields 13, Donnell Goodwin 10, Tyler 5, Taylor 3, Amaker 2.

Aiken 59, River Bluff 54 (OT)

A: Gordon 7, Corley 1, Tracey 20, Samah 1, Felton 18, Young 10, Jones 2. RB: Omari Caldwell 12, Yasir Cromer 15, Renner 6, Robbins 2, Powell 8, Chapman 3, Pitts 6

Crestwood 74, Camden 55

CAM: Israel Izzy Macklin 18, Dre Wilson 13, Jordan Hunter 10, Doby 8, N. Stratford 3, Crim 2, Sweetenburg 1. C: Nelson 13, Davis 13,, Tindal 12, Steele 10, Johnson 9, Coleman 9, Rembert 4.

Blythewood 47, Clover 46

B: Will Olden 15. C: JJ Mata 13

Brookland-Cayce 72, Gilbert 45

Northside Christian 115, Greenwood Christian 93

NC: Cade Mcneil 10, Drew Kodman 18, Dane Sundell 28, Jeffery 4, Liezewski 4, Beckwith 2, Sully Crider 23, Bohnsack 6, Braden Patterson 17, Judy 1. GC: Whittington 8, Ty Kennedy 35, Patterson 5, Lee Dahlberg 12, Isaiah Scott 30, Poole 1.

Orangeburg-Wilkinson 68, Dreher 44

Fort Mill 70, Spring Valley 37

King Academy 53, Richard Winn 27

RW: Spires 8, Chaisson 5, Stuck 4, Wade 2, Taylor 2, Nicholson 2