On Friday night the Muhlenberg South Suns came to Leitchfield for a boy/girl doubleheader at the Cougar gym. We played the first game and improved to 2-0 on the year with a 71-52 victory over the Suns.
The opening quarter ended in our favor by a score of 12-9. The first quarter was a sloppy one as we turned it over 6 times and we only hit 5 of 12 shots. The second quarter was much better offensively for us as we put up 20 points and was led by Wes Smith's 10 points in the quarter. The halftime score was 32-20 as our defense turned South over 11 times in the first half. The 3rd quarter was a better offensive quarter for both teams as we outscored South 19-16 in the quarter. In the fourth quarter we outscored South 20-16 to make the final margin 71-52.
Offensively we shot 27-55 for 49% and hit 12-15 from the line for 80%. We hit 5-16 from behind the 3 point line for 31%. Muhlenberg South hit 18-44 from the field for 40% and 12-21 from the line for 57%. The Suns hit 4-16 from the 3 point line for 25%.
We out rebounded the Suns 30-22 including 10 offensive boards, led by Aaron Deviney's 9 rebounds and Wes Smith's 4 offensive boards.
Travis Johnston led the assist attack with 9 and Bennett Skaggs contributed 5 assists as we totaled 17 assists on 27 field goals.
Wes Smith was chosen K105's player of the game by scoring a career high 24 points on 10-14 shooting including 3-4 from the 3 point line. Wes also held South's leading scorer, Michael Civils to 9 points. Wes also contributed 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
Scoring:
Wes Smith-24
Travis Johnston-16
Bennett Skaggs-13
Aaron Deviney-5
Seth Bratcher-5
Tyler Saltsman-2
Lance Buckler-2
Dustin Thomas-2
Brady Clemons-2
To listen to a replay of the game go to: www.k105.com/media Go to cougar sports and click on Dec. 5th. There is also a replay of the Dec. 2nd game at Breckinridge Co.
