In our first game of the year we defeated the Bears of Butler Co. 82-49 at Cougar gym on Friday night, Dec. 4th.
The game was never very close as we jumped out to a quick 7-0 start causing Butler Co. to call time out. The 1st quarter went much the same as we ended quarter one with a 24-12 lead. In the first quarter, Travis Johnston hit 2 3's and Tyler Saltsman contributed 7 points. We were effective on the offensive glass as well getting 7 offensive rebounds in the first quarter behind Hunter Gary's 3 and Tyler Saltsman's 3. In the second quarter we outscored the Bears 22-14 to take a 46-26 halftime lead.
We outscored Butler Co. 36-23 in the second half to win going away by the score of 82-49. For the game we shot 29-61 for 48%. We were 9-24 from the 3 point line and 15-25 from the foul line. Butler Co. shot 15-33 for 45% and 5-11 from the 3 point line. They also connected on 14-18 free throws. The biggest difference in the game was the turnovers. We committed 11 turnovers and Butler Co. committed 33.
Hunter Gary led us with 6 rebounds for the night and Travis Johnston led us with 5 steals and 5 assists. Daniel Buckles was chosen as the player of the game for coming off the bench and contributing 8 points on 3-4 shooting including 2-3 from the 3 point line.
Scoring:
Tyler Saltsman-15
Travis Johnston-15
Aaron Deviney-9
Daniel Buckles-8
Hunter Gary-7
Ethan Saltsman-6
Ryne Tinsley-4
Brady Clemons-4
Dustin Thomas-4
Dylan Vaught-3
Trey Tinsley-3
Brent Basham-2
Ethan Meredith-2
