PETERSBURG, Va. — The Catawba Valley Community College men's basketball team had its season ended on Saturday in the first round of the Region X tournament by Guilford Tech.

The eight-seeded Titans used a 23-0 first-half run to surge into the lead for good against the ninth-seeded Red Hawks in a 103-79 victory at Statesman Hall on the campus of Richard Bland College.

Eric Peaks paced the Titans (13-15, 6-14 in Region X) with a season-high 35 points, helping Guilford Tech advance to Sunday's quarterfinals where they will face top-seeded Louisburg (25-4, 18-2 in Region X).

Tyrell Oglesby and Isayah Johnson powered the Red Hawks in Saturday's tournament game. Johnson recorded a career-high 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Oglesby also registered a double double with 17 points, 11 rebounds and four assists.

Catawba Valley (10-20, 5-15 in Region X) kept pace with Guilford Tech in the game's opening stages before the Titans used their 23-0 run, including 10 points from Peaks, to grab control for good in the contest. The Red Hawks were scoreless during a six-minute, 45-second stretch from the 8:58 mark to the 2:13 mark of the first half during that run.

Down 53-29 at halftime, Oglesby and Johnson tried to power the Red Hawks back in the second half. The duo combined to score 29 of their 43 total points in the second half.

Despite those performances, Catawba Valley only kept pace with Guilford Tech in the second half with both teams scoring exactly 50 second-half points.

Saturday's game was the final in the careers of four Catawba Valley sophomores — guards Caleb Bryson, Myles Williams and Dante Starr and forward Steve Ruszala.