NATCHEZ — Braxton Shows and Logan Paul finished with 11 points apiece as the No. 1 seed Central Private School Rebels defeated the No. 4 seed Adams County Christian School Rebels 39-33 Friday afternoon in the boys’ semifinals of the MAIS District 5-AAA Tournament at Cathedral School.

The first half was the key to Central Private advancing to the boys’ championship game. Those Rebels led the ACCS Rebels 10-6 at the end of the first quarter and 18-10 at halftime.

ACCS outscored Central Private 8-6 in the third quarter to cut the lead to six points, 24-18, but the upset-minded Rebels were unable to get over the hump despite scoring 15 points in the fourth quarter. That’s because CPS also scored 15 points in the fourth quarter.

Glaston Magee led ACCS with 10 points and Wes Stockstill ended up with seven points.

ACCS (2-19) will take on Cathedral High School game in the boys’ consolation game today at 4:30 p.m.