On Friday night we traveled to our biggest rivals' home court and came away with a 60-42 victory in Brownsville. The win made us 2-0 in the district with both wins coming on the road.
The game vs. Edmonson County was a very low scoring game in the first half. The score at the end of the first quarter was 9-6 in our favor. The second quarter was very similar as we led 20-17 going into the locker room at the half.
Some stats that did not bode well for us at halftime was our 7-30 shooting in the first half and we were being out rebounded 22-10 at the half. Even with these lopsided stats in favor of the Wildcats, we felt good to still have the lead. However, we knew a big 3rd quarter could be the determining factor in the game. Travis Johnston scored 7 points and Tyler Saltsman had 5 to lead us to a 40-28 advantage after 3 quarters. Perhaps the biggest shot of the night was Travis' 3 pointer at the end of the quarter to push the lead to 12.
We went to our Spread offense in the 4th quarter and Edmonson County was unable to guard us as we made 7 of 12 shots in the 4th quarter with all 7 makes coming in the lane for easy points.
For the game we shot 22-52 from the field for 42% and hit 14-18 free throws for 78%. Edmonson County shot 15-36 from the field for 41% and 9 of 14 from the foul line for 64%. The rebounding battle was won by Edmonson 28-27. We forced Edmonson County into 17 turnovers and only committed 6 ourselves.
The rebounding for us was very balanced as we were led by Tyler Saltsman, Aaron Deviney and Travis Johnston with 5 a piece, while Bennett Skaggs and Lance Buckler chipped in with 4 boards.
Our bench was again a very important advantage for us. Even though we only produced 9 points out of our bench, Dustin Thomas, Hunter Gary, Seth Bratcher and Aaron Deviney helped keep the pressure on Edmonson County with big minutes and big plays defensively.
Travis Johnston led us with 19 points, 6 assists and zero turnovers as he was chosen the McDonald's Player of the Game on K105.
Scoring:
Travis Johnston-19
Tyler Saltsman-10
Lance Buckler-8
Aaron Deviney-7
Wes Smith-7
Bennett Skaggs-7
Hunter Gary-2
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