On Tuesday, Feb. 16th, we played our last home game of the season against the Ohio County Eagles. The Eagles defeated us 91-71 in a game that saw us get behind early and we were never able to dig out of the hole.
The Eagles jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead and lead 18-13 at the end of the 1st quarter. The second quarter much better for us as we continued to give up easy points to the Eagles. We were down 37-29 at the half.
We were able to cut the lead to 49-46 with 3.8 seconds in the 3rd quarter but Ohio County made a 3 at the buzzer to push the lead to 6 points. Ohio County had the ball at the beginning of the 4th quarter and completed a 4 point play by making a 3 and the subsequent free throw. The game changed completely on two possessions. We began trapping, pressing and fouling, which were all unsuccessful in our attempt to cut into the lead. Ohio Co. scored 39 points in the 4th quarter to our 25.
Travis Johnston was chosen as Player of the Game for his 34 points.
Scoring:
Travis Johnston-34
Hunter Gary-10
Aaron Deviney-9
Tyler Saltsman-7
Brady Clemons-6
Braxton Williams-2
Dustin Thomas-2
Ethan Saltsman-1
