Marshall County hosted Mayfield on Tuesday in the first of their final three games of the regular season schedule and they improved to 25-1 with their 68-43 win over the Cardinals.
Saturday will be the final regular season home game against Mt. Vernon at 6:00 and they will wrap it up before post season play on Tuesday at Caldwell County.
Alex Staples scored the first two baskets for the Marshals but they were sandwiched between a couple of 3-pointers by Mayfield’s Owen Byrd. Tied 6-6 on a basket by Tommy Robertson, Isaac Power put Mayfield up by two but it proved to be the last lead the Cardinals would have the rest of the night.
A steal and lay in by Robertson, 3-pointer from Kaden Mohler and Matthew Langhi free throws gave the Marshals a 15-13 lead to end the first quarter.
The Marshals offense kicked into high gear in the second quarter, outscoring Mayfield 23-11 to take a 14-point lead at halftime. Scoring came from five different players led by Kyzer Phillips with eight points.
Langhi scored 17 of his team-leading 21 points in the second half. Twelve coming in the third quarter to push the Marshals lead to 20 before finishing out the quarter on a 54-37 lead.
The Marshals held Mayfield to six fourth quarter points on their way to the 25-point win and 25th win of the season.
Phillips led the Marshals from behind the arc hitting two of the teams five 3-pointers. They were 15-of-17 at the free throw line, led by Langhi who hit 6-of-7.
Marshall County 15 38 54 68
Mayfield 13 24 37 43
Marshall County (25-1): Matthew Langhi 21, Kyzer Phillips 13, Tommy Robertson 11, Ryan Stokes 8, Alex Staples 6, Kaden Mohler 5, Neyland Jezik 3, J.T. Hall 2
Mayfield (17-8): Owen Byrd 12, Owen Webb 11, Isaac Power 8, Gray Robbins 6, Ashton Flint 6, Isaac Byrd 3