The Bishop Carroll Eagles used a stout defense to hold Junction City to a shooting percentage of just 35-percent from the field enroute to a 58-45 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday in the third-place consolation game of the McPherson Invitational.

Junction City ( 5-7 ) trailed throughout the ballgame.

Blue Jay coach Pat Battle thought going into the contest it might be a physical type game. “To make a football analogy offensively for sure we were able to move the ball between the 20’s but we had problems in the red zone.” Junction City missed a number of shots in the lane near the basket.

Tyrone Poole led the Blue Jays with 16 points, while Ricardo Erans had 13. Bishop Carroll had a 50-percent shooting field goal shooting percentage for the game.

Junction City finished fourth in the tournament. McPherson captured first place with a 63-54 win over Lawrence Free State in the championship game.