The St. Joseph Christian basketball teams each won their Class 1 sectional game at the MWSU Fieldhouse to advance to the quarterfinals Saturday afternoon.

The Christian girls rallied to defeat Southwest Livingston, 44-38, while the Lions won the boys game over Braymer, 53-36.

Both teams will play Jefferson in their quarterfinal matchups that is hosted by Bishop LeBlond Saturday.

In the girls game, St. Joe Christian used an 8-0 run to end the third quarter to tie the game at 32 and they outscored Southwest Livingston 12-6 in the fourth to win the game.

Danielle Beard led the Lions with 15 points and eight rebounds, while Courtlin Osborn added 11 points.

In the boys game, Christian fell behind 7-3 after the first quarter, but they ended the first half on a 16-4 run and led 24-20 at halftime.

Braymer never got closer than three points the rest of the way and the Lions outscored the Bobcats 14-3 in the fourth to pull away.

Forrest Hicks had 26 points and eight rebounds for Christian, while Jordan Morrison added 10 points.

Both St. Joseph Christian teams improved to 22-6 this season.

The Christian/Jefferson quarterfinal doubleheader will take place at Bishop LeBlond Saturday as the girls tip off at 1:00 p.m. and the boys will start around 2:45 p.m.