HAMBLETON – The Tucker County Boys’ Basketball team hosted Trinity for the final regular season game on Wednesday February 22nd. The Mt. Lions had a cold night of shooting and could not complete a comeback to fall in the contest 63-52.

The first quarter showed both teams battling back and forth as Trinity pulled ahead after one quarter 15-11. Trinity would then extend their lead in the second quarter as they outscored the Mt. Lions 17-10 to make the score 32-21 at the half.

Tucker County made a run in the third quarter, but the visiting Warriors fought right back to outpace Tucker County 17-14 in the third to push the Trinity lead to 49-35. The Mt. Lions would fight back again in the fourth quarter as they held a 17-14 advantage in the quarter, but that was not enough as Trinity took home the victory by the final score of 63-52.

Ethan Crosten led Tucker County with 25 points, 6 steals and Kordell Fulton followed with 12 points. Josh Kincaid added 10 points, 5 rebounds and Jakob Cousin pulled down a team high 15 rebounds in the loss for Tucker County. The Mt. Lions JV team fell in their final game of the season 58-53.

Tucker County(13-9) was scheduled to host Harman on Monday February 27th for a Sectional Playoff game. If the Mt. Lions win on Monday they will host the winner of East Hardy / Paw Paw game tonight Wednesday March 1st at 7pm. The winner of tonight’s contest will play in the Sectional Championship at Keyser on Friday March 3rd at 7pm. For more info or complete schedules go to TuckerCountySports.Com.