On Friday, Feb. 20th we had our last regular season home game against Hancock Co. We won the game 79-45 and our seniors all played a big part in our win. We will graduate 5 players from this year's team and they are: Bennett Skaggs, Wes Smith, Lance Buckler, Seth Bratcher and Ryan Grubs. The 5 seniors were our starters for this game but unfortunately with Wes Smith still hobbled by his severely sprained ankle he was just in for the tip off and then immediately taken out of the game. It is still unclear when Wes will return.
Seniors:
Bennett Skaggs had 5 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds. A typical game from Bennett has he is our "jack of all trades." He also had 2 steals in his 19 minutes of playing time.
Lance Buckler pitched in with 14 points on 6-8 shooting including 2 of 3 from the 3 point line. Lance had 3 rebounds and 2 steals on the night as well.
Seth Bratcher scored 10 points and had 5 rebounds and 3 steals on the night.
Ryan Grubs was chosen as the Player of the Game for his career high 7 points on 2 of 3 shooting, including 1 of 2 from 3 point line and 2 of 2 from the foul line.
Wes Smith was only in for the tip off but his contributions have been numerous throughout this season. He is our second leading scorer and best defender. He hope Wes can make it back for the district and regional tournaments.
For the game, we shot 25-52 from the field for 48% and 17-24 from the ft line for 71%. We hit 12-26 3 pointers on the night for 46%. Hancock Co. shot 17-40 for 43% and 3-9 from the 3 point line. They also hit 8 of 15 ft's for 53%.
We won the rebounding battle 32-26 including a 14-7 advantage on the offensive boards.
Travis Johnston scored 24 points in the first half on 6-8 3 point shooting. He got us off to a great start and everyone else picked us up the rest of the game. When Hancock Co. went box and 1 on Travis, it opened up many opportunities for the other players and they took advantage of those opportunities.
Scoring:
Travis Johnston-24
Lance Buckler-14
Seth Bratcher-10
Ryan Grubs-7
Bennett Skaggs-5
Hunter Gary-4
Tyler Saltsman-3
Daniel Buckles-3
Tyler Mullins-3
Evand Donald-3
Dustin Thomas-2
Dylan Vaught-1
