We traveled to Whitesville on Tuesday, Feb. 24 to play in the opening round of the 12th District Tournament. We beat the Butler County Bears 64-37 to advance to the 3rd Region Tournament next week.
We started the game very sharp offensively and led 22-9 at the end of the first quarter. Lance Buckler scored the first 9 points of the game using his skills to score inside and outside. As a team we made 11-15 shots in the opening period. We stretched the lead to 33-16 at halftime but weren't nearly as sharp offensively hitting only 2 of 14 shots. Bennett Skaggs went 4-4 from the foul line in the second quarter and Hunter Gary hit a 3 pointer to lead us during the second period.
During the second half we stretched the lead out again and lead by 20 going into the fourth period. We played a lot of our younger players in the fourth quarter but still outscored Butler Co. 18-11 in the final period.
For the game we shot 22-49 from the field and 15-21 from the foul line. We pulled down 26 rebounds and committed 8 turnovers and had 15 assists. Butler County shot 11-23 from the field and made 12-24 free throws. They also committed 20 turnovers and pulled down 17 rebounds.
Bennett Skaggs was chosen as Player of the Game by scoring 15 points, pulling down 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
Our next game will be Friday night at Trinity in the championship game vs either Edmonson Co. or Trinity. The game will start at 7:00. We will need a big crowd on hand to help us bring home our 4th straight district championship.
Scoring:
Bennett Skaggs-15
Lance Buckler-12
Tyler Saltsman-9
Travis Johnston-7
Hunter Gary-7
Seth Bratcher-4
Aaron Deviney-4
Daniel Buckles-3
Evand Donald-2
Ryan Grubs-1
