We defeated the Eagles of Apollo on Tuesday night at Cougar gym by the score of 63-51. The win moves our record to 7-6 for the season.
Apollo has one of the biggest teams in the state with a 7'1 center and several players around 6'6 or bigger. Another player is a 300 lb center who has signed to play football with the University of Louisville. We knew going into the game that they would have the ability to score a lot of easy points in the paint with their size so we needed to have a good shooting night from the 3 point line to have a chance to win the game.
For the game we shot 22-38 from the field including 10-18 from the 3 point line and 9-12 from the free throw line. Apollo shot 23-46 for the game and 4-13 from the 3 point line but only 1-4 from the foul line. We out rebounded Apollo 28-16 for the game and committed 10 turnovers to Apollo's 7.
Travis Johnston was chosen as the Player of the Game for his 20 points (18 in the first half), 9 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Unfortunately, Travis dislocated the thumb on his shooting hand on the last play of the first half. He did play in the second half but was severely limited in what he could do. We also got outstanding performances by sophomore guard Brady Clemons who pitched in with 11 points (all in the second half). Tyler Saltsman had 13 points and 5 rebounds and Aaron Deviney scored 9 with 5 rebounds. Hunter Gary did a great job on Apollo's leading scorer, holding him to 8 points. Hunter also had 7 points and 4 rebounds.
Scoring:
Travis Johnston-20
Tyler Saltsman-13
Brady Clemons-11
Aaron Deviney-9
Hunter Gary-7
Trey Tinsley-3
