Mountain Brook wins coin toss, will host area tournament

Mountain Brook won a coin toss Monday and will host the Class 7A, Area 6 boys basketball tournament.

The Spartans and Spain Park tied for the area title. The area tourney will be Feb. 5 and 7. Spain Park will face Vestavia Hills at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5 and Mountain Brook will host Hewitt-Trussville at 7:30 p.m. The area championship will be Saturday, Feb. 7. 

The third-ranked Spartans dropped a heart-breaker to Hoover 57-55 in overtime Saturday. Dylan Smith’s basket at the buzzer, two of his 15 points, was the game-winner.