We improved to 3-0 on the year with a 67-31 victory in Morgantown over the Bears. It was not a very well played game at all on either side but our defensive pressure was the difference in the game.
Travis Johnston scored 8 of his 10 points in the first quarter to give us a 21-5 lead going into the second quarter. We forced 10 Butler County turnovers in the first quarter. In the second quarter we had 7 cougars contribute points, led by Tyler Saltsman 5 to take a 40-13 lead at halftime. Things were rather sloppy in the second half as we tried to maintain our intensity in such a lopsided game. We only scored 27 points in the second half but held Butler County to 18 in the 3rd and 4th quarters.
We shot 24-60 from the field for 40% and 16-28 from the free throw line for 57%. Butler County shot 11-28 from the field for 39% and 8 of 22 from the foul line for 36%. The rebounding was tied at 28 a piece but that stat is a little misleading because Butler Co. only attempted 28 shots, therefore there was not many chances for us to get rebounds. We had 10 offensive boards to Butler County's 3. We committed 7 turnovers and forced 35 turnovers. We also had 24 steals in the game and was led by Travis Johnston's 6 and Hunter Gary's 5. Our leading rebounder for the night was Lance Buckler with 8.
All 11 players dressed for the game scored including Ryan Grubs' first 2 varsity points. Seth Bratcher continued his fine play off the bench with 9 points on 4-5 from the field.
Brady Clemons did not play and will miss the rest of the season with a compound fracture of his left arm. He was injured in a freshman game on Saturday morning and had 2 plates and 8 screws placed in his arm Saturday afternoon. Brady was the only freshman dressing varsity and will be missed at all 3 levels of play.
Scoring:
Travis Johnston-10
Tyler Saltsman-10
Seth Bratcher-9
Wes Smith-7
Bennett Skaggs-7
Lance Buckler-7
Hunter Gary-6
Aaron Deviney-4
Daniel Buckles-3
Brent Basham-2
Ryan Grubs-2
