Olive Hill, Ky. — Junior Gunnar Woods scored 31 points to lead Lawrence Co. to a 81-60 victory over West Carter to open up the regular season Monday at Hop Brown Court.
Gunnar Woods drives to the basket for 2 of his game high 31 points Monday.
Woods went 12 of 19 from the field and knocked down 4 three pointers in the victory over the Comets.
Kaiden Harris who was making his Bulldog debut tallied 16 points, Hayden Perry finished with 12 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds and one thunderous dunk. Braxton Davis hit 2 three pointers for his 6 points, Kaden Johnson added 5 points, Caden Muncy had 4 points and 4 rebounds, Luke Fetherolf had 3 points, Kasen Staniford and Carlo Chicko chipped in with 2 points each.
#4 Kaiden Harris makes a move in the Dawgs season opening victory Monday.
The Dawgs forced 24 turnovers, went 31 of 27 from the field including 7 of 18 on three pointers.
Haden Perry filled the stat sheet on Monday for the Bulldogs.
West Carter was led by Jacob Waddell and Wade Lawson with 12 points each, Brody Boggs and Nate Hale 10 points apiece, Nick Parker 6 points, Austin Esterling and Christian Clark had 3 points each, Eli Hancock and Eian Porter chipped in with 2 points each.
LCHS 14 22 27 18 – 81
WCHS 16 11 16 17 – 60
The Dawgs will return to action on Thursday for their home opener against Morgan Co. before traveling to Betsy Layne on Friday.
West Carter will travel to Fairview on Friday night.
Coach Thompson talks to #2 Luke Fetherolf during a timeout against West Carter.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Chandler Thompson
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… I thought the bench was huge for us, tough to be thrown in the first half of the first game and boy did they respond. Obviously we got into foul trouble, I think I even had two fouls as well. They played well and really believe that we have a deep team and can go 9-10 deep if we need too. They really handled it well.”
“… We will live on points off turnovers and we always have — that’s no secret. And for us to only have 10 turnovers at the pace we play I’m really proud of that. We also had 14 assists which is nice. Hayden Perry had 7 assists and Gunnar Woods played great and right on down the line. Everyone stayed the course and battled throughout the game.”
“… Kaiden Harris is a really good point guard, he looks to get others involved and I think that’s why he has fit in so well. He is not selfish and is a true point guard. Adapted well to our team and program and I’m thankful he is with us.”
