Worth County’s boys downed Pattonsburg 60-28 as they finally solved their zone woes for a day and beat the Panthers Thursday night.
Tyler Force cut inside for Pattonsburg’s lone lead before Travis Troutwine’s 3-pointer from Todd Harding put the Tigers back in front. Todd Harding would then score the next seven points to put the Tigers up by eight at 10-2. Travis Troutwine hit him on the left wing and then Jordan Harding and Andrew Mullock fed him in the high post; Harding then got loose in transition and turned it into a free throw.
Pattonsburg came back to cut it to five; Matt Huskey got loose in transition to start the run. Bryce Ross hit two free throws for Worth County, but Force got loose backdoor again for a free throw and then Joel Teel scored from inside early in the second to cut it to 12-7.
But then Worth County scored the next seven points to regain control. Todd Harding started it off again with an up and under move; Bryce Ross then hit him on the left wing. Todd then kept a possession alive by tipping it to Ross for a 3-point play to make it 19-7.
Teel answered for Pattonsburg, but then Bryce Ross got the hot hand, starting off a 6-0 run as he hit one with a hand in his face. Cole Parman got a steal off the press and converted it to two free throws and Ross scored another facial to make it 25-9. Force tried to carry the Panthers, scoring the next seven points for his team to close to within 28-16, but then Troutwine’s and Harding’s free throws left Worth County up 32-17 at the break.
Worth County pushed the margin into the 20’s early in the second half. Parman hit a 3-pointer from the left wing, Bryce Ross hit yet another shot with a hand in his face, and then added a skip pass from Cole Parman to make it 39-17 with 4:54 left.
Force and the Panthers tried to make a run, scoring the next five points, but Cole Parman got a 4th chance score as he converted it to two free throws as Worth County began working the offensive glass to put the game away. Andrew Mullock converted a 3rd chance putback and then Harding hit a free throw. Bryce Ross would then score the next 10 points for Worth County; he got a pair of putbacks, a play where Todd Harding aired it out to him and he flipped it into the hole, another facial shot off a pass from Mullock, and a step-thru shot between two defenders to make it 54-25 with 7:41 left in the game.
Force countered with a 3-pointer, but then Worth County triggered the running clock. Todd Harding got a putback and a steal and then Will Rennells got his first career points as a Tigers, getting a 3rd chance putback with 4:33 left.
No comments:
Post a Comment