In our first game of the season we defeated Breck Co. by the score of 71-58. We got off to a slow start in the first quarter but got a huge lift off the bench from Hunter Gary when Bennett Skaggs committed his second foul 1:25 into the game. Hunter scored 8 of his 14 points in the first quarter and we led 18-15 at the end of the first quarter.
We were much better defensively in the second quarter and outscored Breck 18-9. In the second quarter we were able to get out in transition to get some easy baskets before Breck Co. could set up in their box and 1 defense. Seth Bratcher scored all 10 of his points in the second quarter as our bench gave us a big lift again.
In the 3rd quarter we outscored Breck Co. 15-12 and then got outscored by Breck 22-20 in the 4th quarter. We build a 19 point lead but let Breck cut the lead to 5 at one point early in the 4th quarter but we stayed aggressive and continued to attack their pressure to stretch the lead back up to double digits.
For the game we shot 28-61 for 46%. We only hit 3-17 from the 3 point line but made 12-15 free throws for 80%. We committed 9 turnovers and had 20 assists on 28 baskets.
Breck Co. shot 21-42 from the field for 50% and hit 11 of 19 free throws. They were 5 of 12 from the 3 point line and committed 13 turnovers. We also out rebounded Breck Co. 32-20 led by Tyler Saltsman with 8, Seth Bratcher with 7 and Lance Buckler with 6. Travis Johnston led us with 9 assists and 6 steals.
Scoring:
Lance Buckler-21 (chosen as the player of the game on the radio)
Hunter Gary-14
Travis Johnston-12
Tyler Saltsman-10
Seth Bratcher-10
Wes Smith-3
Bennett Skagss-1
