Mustangs and Redstreaks to meet on Tuesday
in battle for top spot
Brabson scores 24 in win
Piketon (9-1, 5-1 SVC) took over sole possession of second place in the league, trailing the first-place Mustangs by a game. Westfall visits Piketon on Tuesday night for a showdown.
Unioto (0-9, 0-7 SVC) led 9-3 only four minutes into the game before the sharp-shooting Streaks got their offense rolling. A 14-2 Piketon run to close the first period gave the Streaks the lead for keeps.
Senior Jordan Brabson led PHS with 24 points and eight rebounds. Senior Cody Smith added 10.
For the Tanks, who actually outscored the Streaks 27-26 after intermission, senior Alex Kimsey hit for 16 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocked shots. Junior Quentin Detillion and sophomore Christian Dunkle tossed in 12 apiece.
Adena overcame a double-figure disadvantage to put themselves in a situation to win it. Down by one with the clock ticking down into single digits, Buddy Barnes attacked the glass, but was unable to get the shot to fall. Westfall secured the rebound and the 56-55 win.
Westfall took control in the third quarter as the Mustangs went to work on the block. Tyler Kritsch scored 10 of his 12 points in the quarter. Kritsch also finished with eight boards. During that stretch, Adena started to fall in love with the three - often times the quick three - and Westfall started getting some chances in transition.
Late in the third quarter and early in the fourth, Adena started to change its mindset. The Warriors started attacking the glass a little more creating some easy chances and getting to the free throw line. Clay Roll had a big second half scoring a game-high 19 points. Roll is now just 11 points shy of 1,000 career points. Zach Skaggs added 17 points and Barnes scored 14 points.
Westfall's Bryant Gibson enjoyed another night of stuffing the stat sheet. Gibson grabbed nine rebounds and dished out eight assists. Tyler Cobb and Travis Burleson each scored 12 points to join Kritsch for the team-high total.
Elam ended with 23 points - 11 coming in that big third quarter spurt - and Willard scored 19 points and ended with 11 rebounds as well. Southeastern also got 13 points from sophomore Tyler Osborne. Southeastern also was solid from the line shooting 12-of-15.
For PV, joining Workman in double-figures was Josh Long with 11 points. Matt Davis addded nine points for the Cats.
On the offensive end, D.J. Merriman scored 18 points and recorded six boards. Kirk Maxwell added another great all-around performance scoring 15 points, grabbing nine rebounds, and dishing out four assits. Sophomore Joel Tripp handed out a team-high six assists as ZT had nine guys score in the win.
For Huntington, Craig Magill continues to play well since he returned last week to the line-up. The senior guard scored 18 points while Corey Cottrill added 16 points for the green and white.