On Tuesday we traveled to Hartford to play Ohio Co. The girl's team got things off to a great start for us by defeating the Lady Eagles. It was big win for our girls and we made it a perfect night for our school by beating the Eagles 58-51.
In our game, we got off to a slow start against Ohio County's 3-2 zone and trailed 9-7 at the end of the first period. The second period things heated up quite a bit for both teams and we led at the break 30-28. In the second period we got 3 point baskets from Tyler Saltsman, Hunter Gary and Travis Johnston. Travis scored 13 second quarter points after being held scoreless in the first quarter.
We went on a 10-2 run at the start of the 3rd quarter. Tyler Saltsman scored 7 of those 10 points by hitting a 3 scoring on two post up moves. We led 50-41 going into the 4th period. We did not score a field goal in the 4th quarter but made 8-9 free throws to hold on to the victory.
For the game we shot 18-49 for 37% and 14-16 from the line for 88%. Ohio County shot very well from the field by hitting 18-32 for 56%. The difference in the game was we forced 24 turnovers in our half court man defense while we committed 12 turnovers. Although our shooting percentage was not good, we did make 8-19 from the 3 point line for 42%. Travis Johnston hit 3 3's as did Tyler Saltsman and Hunter Gary chipped in with 2 3's.
We out rebounded Ohio Co. 22-19 and we only gave up 2 offensive rebounds while getting 12 of our own. Lance Buckler led the team with 9 rebounds and Travis Johnston pulled down 5 boards.
Player of the Game was Travis Johnston, who scored 29 points.
Scoring:
Travis Johnston-29
Tyler Saltsman-13
Bennett Skaggs-6
Hunter Gary-6
Lance Buckler-4
