Glenhayes, W. Va. — The Tolsia defense smothered Mingo Central in the second half to secure a 54-42 victory on Friday night at Rebel Arena.
Tolsia trailed 27-22 at halftime and clamped down in the second half and held the Miners to 15 points.
#32 Bray Mollette went 7 of 10 from the free throw line against Mingo Central.
Bray Mollette and CJ Waller tallied 15 points apiece to lead the Rebels, Dorian Reece added 9 points, Cole Blackburn netted 8 points, Robert Evans had 5 points, Brady Smith chipped in with 2 points.
CJ Waller puts in 2 of his 15 points against Mingo Central.
Tolsia hit 1 three pointer and went 9 of 20 from the free throw line.
Aiden Burke led the Miners with 12 points, Canean Porter had 7 points, Logan Barker, Kenden Trent and Colton Smith had 6 points each, Maddox Sartin had 5 points.
The Miners 7 three pointers and went 7 of 12 from the charity stripe.
MCHS 10 17 6 9 – 42
THS 16 6 16 16 – 54
#20 Dorian Reece blows by the Miner defender.
The Rebels will return to action on Wednesday with a trip to Man and then to Sherman on Friday night.
Tolsia Head Coach Brian Stacy
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Once we got ahead we were going to make them foul us and we knocked them down. Bray Mollette did a great job at the line. We have had a tough couple of days with a few players out for disciplinary reasons and went with 6-7 guys. CJ Waller, Bray Mollette, Cole Blackburn and Dorian all played 32 minutes. Brady Smith gave us all he had and Robert Evans did a good job in the second half..”
“… We let them know during practice on Thursday that 50% of the offense was going to run through CJ. I thought we controlled the paint and that is what we wanted to do. I think we only took 5 three point shots and pounded the ball inside and that is what we need to do from now on. I thought we played a good team game all together.”
