Story byGreenville NewsTodd Shanesy, Greenville NewsSat, February 28, 2026 at 5:24 AM UTC·2 min readGreenville senior guard Keshun McCoy emerged as a scorer in the boys basketball playoffs and had a career-best 17 points in the quarterfinals. That was not his job in the Class 5A Division 2 Upper State championship. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMcCoy’s focus on Feb. 27 was on defense, and that’s how he helped Greenville beat Riverside, 55-47, in the state semifinals game at Wofford. PLAYOFFS BRACKETS: SCHSL boys basketball playoffs brackets 2026 updated to state semifinalsHis job was to make life as difficult as possible for Riverside’s high-flying senior all-state star, Sebi Boyogueno, who averages 28.0 points per game and was coming off a 38-point performance. McCoy and the Red Raiders held Boyogueno to one basket in the first half, a put-back rebound off a teammate's miss, to build an 11-point lead they never looked back. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementGreenville (23-6) will play for a second straight championship 8 p. m. March 5 against Westwood (25-3) at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia.“Early in the game, Keshun McCoy did an amazing job of defending Sebi,” Greenville coach Yerrick Stoneman said.