Williamson, W. Va. — After falling behind by 18 points at halftime the Tolsia Rebels ( 4-6 ) made a comeback for the ages in a 66-63 victory over Wesley Christian, a Prep School out of Kentucky, in the Hatfield/McCoy shootout at the Williamson Field House on Friday night.
Tolsia trailed 31-13 at halftime as they got off to a horrendous start going 3-14 from the line and made only four shots from the field.
In the second half Wesley Christian pushed the lead to 23 points before the Rebels started the comeback behind the hot shooting of Coty Jude, Jared Switzer and a defense that was all over the floor.
Tolsia scored 20 points in the third and then outscored Wesley Christian by 21 points in the final period to complete the comeback.
Jude lead the Rebels with 24 points and Switzer hit 6 three pointers to finish with 21 points. Logan Presley tallied 7 points, Brian Campbell scored 6 points, Brent Setzer had two buckets to finish with 4 points, Jordan Johnson and Jacob Mollette had 2 points each. Tolsia finished 17-33 from the line and hit 9 three pointers in the win.
Wesley Christian 11 20 20 12 – 63
Tolsia 9 4 20 33 – 66
East Ridge 66 Tolsia 54 ( Saturday )
On Saturday afternoon at the Williamson field house in the second day of the Hatfield/McCoy Shootout it was the Warriors of East Ridge getting the win. Tolsia trailed by one at half but couldn’t make the comeback for the second game in a row.
Coty Jude led the Rebels in scoring with 20 points, Jordan Johnson tallied 10 points, Logan Presley chipped in with 7 points, Trey Smith and Brian Campbell had 6 points each, Jared Switzer finished with 5. Tolsia went 6-11 from the line and hit 6 three pointers.
Tolsia will be back in action tonight when the travel to Mingo Central. They will host Teays Valley Christian on Thursday night.
Tolsia Coach Bruce Justice
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Great effort in the second half, our defense was really good. We beat a very good Prep school team that would win a lot of games in West Virginia. Switzer shot the ball well in the second half, we really went hard on the glass and stepped up at the foul line.” It doesn’t get any easier for us the next five games or so.”
