Marshall County’s second of three games in the Kentucky Lake Showcase produced a 57-47 win over Sebring, Fla. It was Sebring’s second loss after falling Friday evening 105-76 to #1 Louisville Ballard. Ballard followed up their win over Sebring with an 85-50 win over Franklin County, Tenn., Saturday morning and in the final game of the day, held off a fourth quarter surge by the Marshals to win 76-61, hitting 8/8 free throws in the closing minute.
In the morning win over Sebring, the Marshals were led by Tyler Stokes with 20 points and nine rebounds that earned him Player of the Game honors, and never trailed from the opening tip to the final buzzer. They led by 11 points late in the first quarter following a basket by Tyler Powell and a Stokes’ free throw. It was cut to 19-11 to end the first quarter on a 3-pointer by Sebring’s Marshall O’Hern.
O’Hern’s three was the start of a 7-0 run for Sebring that cut the Marshals lead down to four points. The run ended on a basket by Stokes who drew the foul, dropping in the free throw for a 22-15 lead. Those three points from Stokes was the start of a 9-0 run for the Marshals that stretched their lead out to 13 points, going on to lead 32-20 at halftime on a final basket of the half by Zion Harmon.
Sebring out-scored the Marshals 13-10 in the third quarter behind six points from Mike Shultz to trim the lead to nine points heading into the fourth quarter.
An opening three from Kevion Hester for Sebring made it a six point game before Harmon’s streak of 11 straight points put the Marshals up 53-40 and they took their largest lead of the game at 55-40 on free throws by Powell. Sebring rattled off the next seven straight to trail by eight in the closing seconds, the Marshals finishing off the 10-point win with two free throws from Bryce Flatt.
Sebring was led in scoring by Alvin Tumblin with 15 and Shultz with 14. They went on to win 71-45 over Franklin County, Tenn. in their second game on Saturday.
Sebring 11 20 33 47
Marshall County 19 32 42 57
Scoring:
Marshall County: Tyler Stokes 20, Zion Harmon 18, Tyler Powell 8, Bryce Flatt 8, Kaden Driver 3
Marshall County: 2FG 16/26, 3 Pt 4/13, FT 13/16, Reb 25, Ast 9, TO 10, PF 12
Facing Ballard (8-1) in the final game of the Kentucky Lake Showcase, the Marshals battled a deep, talented Bruins team and after falling behind by as many as 21 points in the third quarter, they pulled to within 10 points in the fourth quarter with a few opportunities to cut the Ballard lead to single digits.
Seven of the Bruins first 10 points to start the game came from freshman Gabe Sisk to put Ballard up 10-6. Trailing 17-9, a three by Powell cut the lead down to five points, only to stretch back out to an 11-point lead for Ballard before a 3-pointer to end the quarter by Brady Miller cut it to eight at 23-15.
Six straight by Ballard to open the second quarter by Terrance McDaniels, Josh Minkins and technical free throws by Maker Bar gave the Bruins a 29-15 lead. Threes in the quarter by Stokes and Powell were not enough to keep up with four dropped in by Ballard, but the Marshals kept within reach with five of six from the line by Flatt and a reverse lay-up to end the quarter by Harmon to keep within 15 at halftime.
Ballard’s largest lead of the game came in the third quarter at 55-34 before a 6-0 run on a basket by Powell and two straight by Stokes cut it back to 15 points. They finished out the quarter with five straight points by Harmon on a nice assist from Stokes and 3-pointer to trail by 12.
Harmon started the fourth with a full court trip to score and cut the Ballard lead down to 10 points and following four points from the Bruins, Powell with a wide open lane kept the Marshals within 12. Trailing 68-57 with 1:50 remaining, the Marshals had fouls to give and with 1:06 to go, the Bruins made good use of their trips to the line hitting 8/8 to win by 15.
Powell had a great game for the Marshals, leading all scorers with 23 points, was 3/6 from 3-point range and a perfect 6/6 from the free throw line. Ballard was led by Sisk and McDaniels both with 16 points and Sisk had four of the Bruins 10 threes on his way to a Player of the Game selection.
Marshall County 15 27 45 61
Ballard 23 44 57 76
Scoring:
Marshall County: Tyler Powell 23, Tyler Stokes 15, Zion Harmon 14, Bryce Flatt 6, Brady Miller 3
Ballard: Gabe Sisk 16, Terrance McDaniels 16, Maker Bar 11, Jack Edelen 10, Josh Minkins 9, Lewis Richards 9, Jalen Buford 3, DJ Tilford 2
Marshall County: 2FG 12/30, 3 Pt 7/15, FT 16/21, Reb 22, Ast 8, TO 12, PF 15
Ballard: 2FG 15/27, 3 Pt 10/19, FT 16/20, Reb 27, Ast 15, TO 9, PF 21
The Marshals will get a few days off from competition after a packed two weeks of games. Friday they will play Callaway, Miss. at 5:30 in McCracken County’s Mustang Madness and follow that up with a noon game on Saturday against Lyon County.
Kentucky Lake Showcase results:
Minnesota Prep 83, Prodigy Prep 64
Player of the Game: Amahn Decker, 34 points, 20 rebounds
Wesley Christian 86, Surge Christian 70
Player of the Game: Madit Lueeth, 23 points, 13 rebounds
Life Christian 66, Phhoenix Prep 61
Player of the Game: Kenard Richardson, 27 points
Marshall County 66, Franklin County 50
Player of the Game: Zion Harmon, 30 points
Louisville Ballard 105, Sebring 76
Player of the Game: Josh Minkins, 20 points
Louisville Ballard 85, Franklin County 50
Player of the Game: Maker Bar, 17 points
Marshall County 57, Sebring 47
Player of the Game: Tyler Stokes, 20 points, 9 rebounds
Minnesota Prep 81, Surge Christian 77
Player of the Game: Lu’Cye Patterson, 19 points
Life Christian 110, Prodigy Prep 105 (2 OT)
Player of the Game: Ikechi Chantilou, 49 points
Phhoenix Prep 62, Wesley Christian 43
Player of the Game: Anthony Garza, 15 points, 10 rebounds
Sebring 71, Franklin County 45
Player of the Game: Ryan Brown, 18 points
Louisville Ballard 76, Marshall County 61
Player of the Game: Gabe Sisk, 16 points