Panthers 1-1 Last Week
Photo by Greg Wells – Panther Braden Purdue puts in the first of the two free throws he sank to put Cumberland County ahead of Metcalfe County last Friday night with less than a minute left in the half. The teams would start the second half 32-32.
Cumberland County’s Panthers had a mirror record and played at home last week dropping on to Barren County 68-60, then taking one 57-65 over Metcalfe County last Friday.
Clinton County 9-0, Cumberland County 6-4, Russell County 4-3 and Metcalfe County at 1-8.
Overall, in the Metcalfe County game the team was 52.1% in field goals, shooting 25% at three-point shots, and 52.4% at the free-throw line.
Leading scorers were Aidan Branham with 26 points, followed by Noah Wood with 15 and Zachary Harwood with 10.
Byren Crawley scored 7 points, Burk Sells scored 5 and Braden Perdue put in 2.
Shooting for three-points, Branham was 75 percent, while Harwood was 75 percent at the free throw line.
Of the 26 rebounds Wood pulled down 8 and Crawley grabbed 6. Rounding out the rebounding was Branham with 5, Harwood with 3 and 2 each for Sells and Perdue.
And the Barron County game team shooting percentages were all under 50 percent.
Individually Gavin Craft was 71% from the field overall and 67% from the three-point line.
Rebounding showed the same aggressiveness that would win them the next game, but Barren County’s deep bench allowed for a hard charging style all 4 periods.
