Paintsville, Ky. — Lawrence Co. ( 12-5 ) dropped a high scoring affair 101-91 at Paintsville ( 11-4 ) on Tuesday night.
#4 Kaiden Harris hits one of his 6 three pointers versus Paintsville.
The Tigers jumped out to a 12-1 advantage before the Bulldogs evened the score at 16-16 all at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter Paintsville exploded for 29 points and led 45-37 at halftime.
Luke Fetherolf shoots a three pointer over the Tiger defender.
In the second half Lawrence Co. made several runs to keep it close but Paintsville hit 16 free throws in the fourth quarter alone to pick up the victory.
Kaiden Harris led the Dawgs with 37 points including 6 three pointers, Gunnar Woods tallied 15 points, Kaden Johnson netted 14 points, Luke Fetherolf hit 4 three pointers and finished with 13 points, Hayden Perry added 10 points, Braxton Davis chipped in with 3 points.
#5 Kaden Johnson races up court against Paintsville.
Lawrence Co. knocked down 13 three pointers and went 15 of 18 from the free throw line.
Paintsville was led by Ethan Cole with 31 points, Anderson Lauffer had 19 points, Brock Woods 17 points, Jase Kinner 14 points, Colt Short 8 points, Parker Helton 7 points, Maycen Allen 2 points.
The Tigers hit 8 three pointers and went 21 of 33 from the charity stripe.
The Bulldogs will head to Prestonsburg ( 6-7 ) on Friday at 7:30 for a big 58th District game.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Chandler Thompson
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… We are kinda known as a defensive team and right now we are struggling if we don’t turn them over, and struggling to get stops. We tried to funnel things to the middle. Rebounding is an issue for us. We have to control the boards and we didn’t tonight.
“…Two things that we have to work on is taking more charges and rebounding. You play these games right now to learn from them. In my six years here we have seen Paintsville a lot in the postseason so it was good to see them. Would have loved to win, Coach Slone does a great job with them they have a great team. Hopefully we can learn from this and get better.”
