We traveled to Hancock Co. on Friday night to take on the Hornets in our last regular season game of the year. We came away with an 81-56 victory to improve our regular season record to 15-8.
We got off to a tremendous start in this game, something we have been lacking in the last 4 games. Travis Johnston scored 18 points in the first quarter as we took a 29-10 lead. In the second quarter Hunter Gary scored 9 points and Brady Clemons chipped in with 5 as we went to the locker room with a 47-21 lead. We shot 70% in the first half and played good defense with the exception of giving up 4 first half 3 pointers.
In the 3rd quarter Aaron Deviney scored all 8 of his points by going 2-2 from the 3 point line and 2-2 from the foul line. Aaron also led us by pulling down 9 rebounds in 16 minutes of play. In the 4th quarter we played all of the bench. Ethan Saltsman was fantastic in the 4th quarter as he scored 10 points.
For the game we shot 30-52 for 58% and 10-24 from the 3 point line for 42%. We shoot 72% from the line as a team but tonight we managed only 11-18 for 61%. Hancock Co. shot 19-54 for 35% and 10-26 from behind the arc for 38%. We out rebounded the Hornets 43-26
Travis Johnston was chosen as Player of the Game by K105 by scoring 20 points and dishing out 9 assists. He also had 4 steals for the night.
Scoring:
Travis Johnston-20
Hunter Gary-17
Brady Clemons-11
Ethan Saltsman-10
Aaron Deviney-8
Dustin Thomas-4
Rance Whobrey-3
Tyler Saltsman-2
Ethan Meredith-2
Braxton Williams-2
Grant Akridge-2
