PADUCAH – Region 1 basketball doesn’t usually disappoint on any given night, especially with the region seemingly up for grabs this season, and district wins all too important just to get there and be in the mix.
Tilghman and Marshall have split games this season with the Marshals winning at home and the Tornados taking the win 80-70 in overtime on their home court Friday.
Three of the first five field goals in the game were 3-pointers by Houston Harvey, Matt French and Tilghman’s Joe Workman that gave the Tornados a 7-6 lead. Tilghman led by as much a five before the Marshals tied it 14-14 on a basket by Skyler Smith. Free throws from DeCoven Grubbs put Tilghman back up 16-14 to end the first quarter.
Tilghman stayed out in front of the Marshals throughout the second quarter, the Marshals cut it to one early in the quarter then trailed by as much as eight before finishing the half down 33-26.
Down by 10 twice, in the third quarter, the Marshals began to pull the Tornados back a little on a 3-pointer by Harvey, free throws by Aaron Reed and two straight threes from Smith but still trailed by seven and then back to 10 again on a three from Workman that put the score at 53-43. The Marshals finished out the quarter on a 7-0 run punctuated by a three at the buzzer by Smith to trail by three, 53-50.
Missed free throws and turnovers hurt the Marshals in the first half of the fourth quarter and they fell behind 60-54 when Reed scored and drew the foul adding three more to the Marshals point total to pull them to within three. That was followed by free throws from Dylan Walters that cut Tilghman’s lead to 60-59 with 2:17 left in the game.
Smith grabbed the rebound on a missed three by Harvey and put the ball back up and in for a 61-60 lead with 1:46 to go. Tilghman got another shot at a basket after a miss when the Marshals turned the ball back over into the hands of J.J. Reed whose slam put the Tornados back up by one.
Micheal Laster fouled out sending Walters to the line and he hit one of two to tie the game 62-62 with 45 seconds remaining. The clock ticked down with the final shot taken by Workman for Tilghman that missed sending the game into overtime.
In the four minute overtime period, Tighman controlled possession, scoring 18 points, 12 coming at the free throw line that resulted in four Marshals heading to the bench with five fouls. A three by Matt French cut the Tilghman lead to 76-70 but forced to foul, Tilghman made four straight by Maurice Cooper and Rodriguez Thomas for the 80-70 win.
Smith led the Marshals with 19 points hitting 4 of 5 from three point range. Four other Marshals were in double figures, Walters had 15 points, 14 for Reed and 10 a piece for French and Harvey. Tilghman’s Reed had a quiet first half but ended the night with 17 points and 10 rebounds and 17 points came from Workman.
A full week of games ahead for the Marshals, traveling to Livingston Central Monday, a home game against Muhlenberg County Tuesday, Friday’s Homecoming game against Graves County then to Benton, IL next Saturday to play Edwards County, IL in a Shootout.
SCORING
Marshall: Smith 19, Walters 15, Reed 14, French 10, Harvey 10, Stokes 2
Tilghman: Reed 17, Workman 17, Thomas 15, Laster 8, Cooper 8, Harmon 8, Grubbs 7
Marshall: Field Goals 22/43, 3-pointers 8/20, Free Throws 18/24, Rebounds 20, Fouls 30, Assists 9, Turnovers 13
Tilghman: Field Goals 26/44, 3-ppointers 5/12, Free Throws 23/40, Rebounds 30, Fouls 19, Assists 8, Turnovers 12
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final | |
| Marshall | 14 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 70 |
| Tilghman | 16 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 80 |
