By Dave Helmick
TuckerCountySports.Com
GLENVILLE – The Mt. Lions traveled to Gilmer County for a varsity only contest on Tuesday February 13th. Tucker County pulled away in the third quarter to capture the road win by the final score of 56-26.
The Mt. Lions led after one quarter by the score of 12-8. Tucker County controlled the second quarter at Gilmer County 18-9 to put the halftime score at 30-17 Mt. Lions.
The third quarter was dominated by Tucker County 16-2 to give the Mt. Lions a commanding 46-19 lead after three quarters of play. The Titans were outscored in the final quarter 10-7 to make the final score of the game 56-26 Tucker County.
Ethan Rosenau led Tucker County with 26 points and Ashton Lycliter added 6 points, 13 rebounds. Garrett Wilfong and Cole Carr contributed 6 points each in the Mt. Lions victory.
HAMBLETON – The #1 Tucker County Boys’ team hosted #2 Tug Valley on Saturday February 17th. The Mt. Lions pulled away late in a close contest throughout the game to capture the 56-50 victory.
In the first quarter both teams competed hard in front of a packed gym as Tucker County led after one quarter 19-12. The visiting Panthers fought back in the second to outscore the Mt. Lions 20-11 in the period to give Tug Valley the 32-30 halftime lead.
Tucker County came out in the third quarter and battled back as they took the low scoring third quarter 7-4 to put the score at 36-35 as they started the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter the score went back and forth until the Mt. Lions built a 40-36 lead with 6:20 left in the game. Tug Valley then cut the lead to 40-38 with 5 minutes left in the contest. Then a 5-0 run by Tucker County with under 3 minutes left gave the home team a 48-40 lead with 2:09 left. The Mt. Lions would hold off the Panthers the rest of the way as they outscored Tug Valley 19-14 in the final quarter to secure the 56-50 victory.
Tucker County was led in scoring by Ethan Rosenau with 19 points, while Trevan Bonner and Ashton Lycliter added 12 points each for the Mt. Lions. Lycliter pulled down a game high 13 rebounds and Maddox Anderson dished out 5 assists for Tucker County in the win. The Mt. Lions JV team got the win in the first game with a come from behind win 55-54.
#1 Tucker County(16-3) will return to action on Friday February 23rd at Tygarts Valley, the JV game will start at 5:45pm. The Mt. Lions will start Sectional play on Monday February 26th at home. For more info go to TuckerCountySports.Com.
