Marshall County and Christian Fellowship met in their second district contest of the season at Reed Conder Gymnasium and the Marshals earned the sweep with a 70-42 win. They improve to 18-0 on the season and 4-0 in 4th District play. The loss drops the Eagles to 6-12.
At CFS on January 7, the Marshals held a slight 3-point lead at the end of the first quarter before pulling away from the Eagles in the second quarter. Tuesday’s first quarter played out very differently with the Marshals jumping out to a 9-0 lead before CFS got on the board on a basket by Samuel Grigg and finished out the quarter leading 32-9.
The 23-point lead was fueled by seven 3-pointers. Matthew Langhi drained two from behind the arc and Alex Staples, Neyland Jezik, Kaden Mohler, Tommy Robertson and Kyzer Phillips each had one.
Two more 3-pointers opened the second quarter scoring, the first from Jezik with his second of the game and CFS answered with a three by Jakin Burnett. The Marshals outscored the Eagles 17-13 to take a 49-22 halftime lead.
Langhi scored five more points in the third quarter to finish out his time on the floor with a team-leading 20 points. The Marshals took their largest lead of 35 points at 59-24 late in the quarter to force a running clock the remainder of the game.
Samuel Grigg led CFS with 16 points and the Marshals held leading scoring Elijah Grigg to 13 points. The Eagles hit five 3-pointers, led by Samuel Grigg and Daxton Kite with two each and one from Burnett.
For the game, the Marshals hit 15-of-19 at the free throw line. The Eagles were 3-of-5.
Marshall County will host Paducah Tilghman (9-7) for Homecoming on Friday and a win will tie the all-time best undefeated start at 19-0. Christian Fellowship will head to Murray (6-13) on Friday looking for a chance to pick up a district win over the Tigers.
Marshall County 32 49 65 70
Christian Fellowship 9 22 35 42
Marshall County (18-0): Matthew Langhi 20, Neyland Jezik 11, Kyzer Phillips 11, Alex Staples 7, Tommy Robertson 7, Kaden Mohler 6, Ryan Stokes 3, Carson Lovett 2, Maxson Mitchell 2, Blake Moore 1
Christian Fellowship (6-12): Samuel Grigg 16, Elijah Grigg 13, Daxton Kite 6, Ashton Ramey 4, Jakin Burnett 3
