Hurley, W. Va. — Parker Watts hit 12 three pointers to break the school record for three pointers in a game as Tolsia routed Hurley ( VA ) 80-38 Saturday afternoon.
Watts finished with a career high 48 points and broke the school record previously owned by Jesse Muncy who hit 10 against West Carter
The Rebels evened their record at 1-1 in the victory as Bray Mollette tallied 13 points, Josh Hofmeister added 8 points, CJ Waller had 4 points, Cameron Perkins had 3 points, Bryson Muncy and Landon Spence had 2 points each.
The Rebels also hit a school record 18 three pointers as a team and went 5 off 5 from the foul line.
Hurley was led by Landon Atkins with 21 points, Kevin Looney had 6 points, Eddie Hurley 5 points, Landon Bailey 4 points, Sheldon Matney 3 points, Kyle Cooper 2 points.
The Rebels hit 1 three pointer and went 8 off 16 from the foul line.
THS 27 28 13 12 = 75
HHS 17 7 5 8 = 38
Greenup Co. 70 Tolsia 53 ( Friday )
The Rebels fell behind early and trailed 39-19 at halftime and the rallied to within seven points before the Musketeers pulled away late in the game.
Parker Watts had a game high 39 points, Robert Evans tallied 5 points, Bray Mollette added 4 points, Evan Ball had 3 points and Cole Blackburn chipped in with 2 points.
The Rebels hit 8 three pointers and went 13 of 18 from the free throw line.
Greenup Co. ( 4-4 ) was led by Kasey Gammon with 17 points, Eli Adkins 16 points, Cohen Underwood 10 points, Bryson Chandley 9 points, RJ Veach 8 points, Ethan Gibson 6 points, Bradley Adkins 4 points.
The Musketeers hit 6 three pointers and went 21 of 25 from the free throw line.
THS 6 13 17 17 = 53
GCHS 18 21 15 16 = 70
The Rebels will return to action on Wednesday with a trip to Van before hosting Mingo Central for their first home game on Friday at Rebel Arena.
Tolsia Head Coach Brian Stacy
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… I knew we would be in for a tough game as a season opener. I think that was like their 6th game maybe. I try to put us in state tournament type atmospheres like playing in a third field house where your shooting is totally different and return to play the very next day as you would if you make it to the big house in Charleston. …We started out really rough but we had a couple freshmen that’s never been in that environment. Evan Ball ended up with an arm injury so we were without our point guard for the biggest part of the game. So we tried a mixture of kids that’s never seen the big floor in a varsity game. We played Cole Blackburn, Josh Hofmeister and Cameron Perkins and they all gave us good minutes. We went in down 20 points at the half and come out cut it to within seven in the fourth quarter. Parker Watts had the hot hand and we kept feeding him the ball. Bray Mollette and Bryson Muncy took care of the boards in the second half. A Lot of people don’t know but we won the second half so I was pleased with the effort in the second half.”
“… We had a quick turnaround the next day as we traveled into Hurley VA., which is a new opponent for us so we went in blind I guess you could say. But if we shoot that way every game, I’ll go in blind into all of them lol. We had to set a team record for 3’s in that game and I think we hit 18 at one time the ref ask did we shoot 2 pointers over in WV. Josh Hofmeister drilled a couple deep 3’s and the rest is history. We went in at the half up big and Parker Watts had 7 threes at the half. I went in and asked the boys did they want to chase the record for Parker which is 10 three pointers in a game and they all was like heck yea we do. So you have a new three point record at Tolsia of 12 in a single game. Never seen team shoot like that.”
