We beat Central Hardin 47-41 last night to move to 2-1 on the season. It was a tough road game for us and a game that was not pretty to watch but was very fun to win.
We never led in the game until the last 3 minutes. We fell behind 11-10 at the end of one quarter and was down 26-20 at the half. At halftime we spent the majority of the time talking about taking Central's zone but the difference in the game was our team's commitment to holding Central to 2 single digit quarters in the second half. We still didn't make many shots but we did win the quarter with a 12-9 margin.
Going into the 4th quarter we trailed 35-32. During the quarter we got some big plays from Brady Clemons, Tyler Saltsman, Hunter Gary and Travis Johnston. Travis scored 11 points in the quarter and also held Nolan Todd to 2 ft's in the quarter. Brady had a big assist to Tyler and also came away with a steal in the last 15 seconds when Central had a chance to tie the score.
For the game we shot 18-52 from the field to Central Hardin's 15-36. We were out rebounded 32-26 but we forced 25 turnovers while only having 11 of our own.
Tyler Saltsman turned in his 3rd good game in a row by contributing 13 points and 8 rebounds. Hunter Gary had 5 points and 6 rebounds, but Travis Johnston was named player of the game. Travis had 29 points, 4 assists and 5 steals.
Scoring:
Travis Johnston-29
Tyler Saltsman-13
Hunter Gary-5
