In our season opener we came away with a 68-48 win over the Butler Co. Bears. This was an important game for us not only to get our season off to a great start but to put us at 1-0 in district play. We got off to a fast start and won the 1st quarter 18-11. We had six players score in the quarter led by 6'4 junior forward Ethan Saltsman's 6. Our good defensive effort continued as we built a 35-22 lead going into the locker room at the half.
We were a little sluggish coming out of the locker room but won the quarter to go up by 16 points, 53-37. We pulled away in the 4th quarter by again holding the Bears to just 11 points in the final quarter and we won by 20.
For the game we shot 57% from the field and 8/19 from the 3 point line. We struggled from the free throw line shooting just 50% but fortunately with the big lead it didn't come back to hurt us. Butler Co. shot 17/53 from the field for 32% and just 4/23 from the 3 point line. We won the rebounding battle 35-30 but we did give up 13 offensive rebounds. We committed 16 turnovers to Butler Co.'s 14.
We were led in scoring by junior guard Trey Tinsley's 19 points and followed by Ollie Roberts, Brady Clemons, Ethan Saltsman and Ethan Meredith, all with 12 points. Leading rebounder was Ethan Saltsman with 10. Ollie Roberts led with 9 assists and the team had 20 for the game. The McDonald's Player of the Game was 6'5 senior Ollie Roberts who had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals.
