boys go to 2nd round of state playoffs

1st round

Boys Varsity team goes to second round to the state playoffs for the 2nd year in a row! Round one defeated Owen handily 66-38 . Cougars shot 24- 42 from the floor. Brandon Brown hit 3 three pointers. 

Cougars grabbed 30 rebounds .Will Buckner and Austin Taylor combined for 9 rebounds 27 Pt's. Cougars had 7 blocks Tim Hensley had 4 Tim also led team with 5 assists , team had 18 assists and only 10 turnovers. Cougars defeat the warhorse's easily for the 4th time this year.

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2nd round

Boys traveled to the state 2a football champions EAST LINCOLN .Where they got to see the phenom Chazz Surratt . Surratt and the rest of the Mustangs shot the lights out the 1st period opening an 7-0 lead then a 19-5 lead. Cougars had 10 turnovers in the first half alone Cougars clawed they're way back in the game slowly when the Mustangs cooled off. Kaleb Mccurry came off the bench to hit off the glass 3 to settle the nerves of the rest of the team.

 Avery Austin( had 11pt's)  played the best he had in many games hitting several jumpers before the half pulling the Cougars to 5 at one point. Trailing the Mustangs 25-18 at the half. Both teams were cold in the start of the third but the Cougars where colder. Cougars could not take advantage of second chance points .Will Buckner did not hit his first bucket until until 5 Min's in the 3rd period. 

Taylor and Buckner only had a combined 6 Pt's. Taylor and Grant Buckner lead  team with 6 rebounds each. 15-48 shooting doomed the Cougars in the end.

 As Cougars fall 74-43

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