MURRAY – The Marshals snapped a three-game losing streak Friday in their 56-48 win over Calloway County, a team they will meet again in the first game of the 4th District Tournament.
D.J. Pigg led the Marshals in the win with 21 points and was a perfect 8 of 8 at the free throw line, scoring seven of the Marshals 11 first quarter points. Dylan Walters rounded out the scoring with four points in the quarter for an 11-9 Marshall lead.
Calloway took their first lead of the game on a three from Jeremy Darnell to open the 2nd quarter followed by a three from Pigg that put the Marshals back up by two. Kamden Price scored to tie the game at 14-14 but a basket by Pigg put the Marshals back on top by two and they would continue to lead until the final buzzer, finishing out the first half with a 31-18 lead.
Price scored first for the Lakers to open the second half of play that was followed by a 7-0 run from the Marshals from Matthew French, Aaron Reed and a three from Pigg for a 38-20 lead. Calloway answered by out-scoring the Marshals 15-5 to close out the 3rd quarter down by eight.
The Lakers would close the Marshals lead to 49-45 with 54 second left to play. Two free throws by Skyler Smith put the Marshals back up by six which was cut in half on a three from Price with 45.1 second left on the clock to make it a one possession game.
Pigg hit two free throws, Walters hit one of two and a steal by Pigg that resulted in a foul with 6.3 seconds to go sent him to the line to complete his perfect night from the stripe and a 56-48 Marshall win.
SCORING
Marshall: Pigg 21, French 10, Walters 9, Jolley 7, Reed 4, Riley 3, Smith 2
Calloway: Price 19, Darnell 6, Dawson 6, Eastwood 5, Johnson 5, Benson 3, Brannon 2, Butler 2
Marshall: Field Goals 17/32, 3-pointers 3/7 (Pigg 3), Free Throws 19/26, Rebounds 29 (Reed 9, French 8), Fouls 21, Assists 8 (Walters 6), Turnovers 13
Calloway: Field Goals 16/38, 3-pointers 6/17, Free Throws 10/18, Rebounds 21, Fouls 23, Turnovers 10
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
| Marshall | 11 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 56 |
| Calloway | 9 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 48 |