COLONY — Southern Coffey County High grabbed an early lead against Crest High Thursday evening on a 3-pointer by Aaron True.
The rest of the first quarter was all Lancers.
Crest responded to the 3-0 deficit by scoring 19 straight points before the Titans could score again, at the buzzer.
The Lancers turned the 19-5 lead into a 58-27 win in the season-opener for both squads.
Crest (1-0) heads to Humboldt next week for a preseason tournament. Southern Coffey County (0-1) is in the Yates Center Wildcat Winter Classic.
“Some teams you need to slow down,” Lancer coach Travis Hermreck said. “With this team, we need to speed up.”
Crest did just that, converting turnovers into fast-break opportunities and hot 3-point shooting by Kyle Hammond, Jordan Morton and Brock Ellis. The trio accounted for seven of Crest’s eight 3-pointers on the night.
Southern Coffey County stayed within shouting distance, 31-17, at the break, before Crest turned on the jets once again in the third quarter. A 20-4 run put the Lancers out of sight, 51-21.
Hammond poured in 21 points to go with five assists and three steals to pace Crest. Morton added 15 points and four assists. Ellis had 11 points, five assists. Jesse Boone led the Lancers with eight rebounds.
Crest was hot from the field, hitting on 8 of 19 3-pointers (42 percent) and 13 of 25 (52 percent) from 2-point range. The Lancers were 8 of 9 from the free throw line.
Aaron True’s 13 points led Southern Coffey County, including three buckets from 3-point range. Walker Harred added seven points.
So. Coffey Co. (5-12-4-6—27)
Crest (19-12-20-7—58)
SCC (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): True 1/3-2-NA-13, Newkirk 1-0-NA-2, Houston 1/1-0-NA-5, Harred 3-1-0-7. TOTALS: 6/4-3-NA-27.
Crest (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Hammond 4/2-7-1-21, Morton 3/3-0-0-15, Ellis 2/2-1-3-11, Boone 0-0-3-0, Stephens 1/1-0-1-5, Green 0-0-2-0, Frazell 0-0-1-0, Brallier 0-0-3-0. TOTALS: 13/8-8-14-58.
Early outburst propels Lancers
