Fort Gay, W. Va. — It took 40 minutes to settle a showdown of Wayne Co. rivals as Wayne pulled out the 75-68 double overtime victory over Tolsia Monday at Rebel Arena.
The Rebels led 53-47 with under a minute left before Ike Meddings hit a three pointer, Tolsia missed a free throw and Meddings got fouled, he hit the first and missed the second and third was a wild scrum in the paint and a tie was called with Wayne gaining possession with 6 seconds left and after a timeout the Pioneers sent it to OT with a layup at 53 all.
Colton Austin knocking down the game tying three pointer in the first overtime.
In the first OT Colton Austin hit a long three pointer with 20 seconds left to tie it up at 59 all before Wayne missed a three pointer and the game went to double OT.
In the second OT Wayne outscored Tolsia 16-9 and came away with their first ever victory in Rebel Arena.
Freshman Parker Watts with the circus shot versus county rival Wayne.
Tolsia was led by Freshman Parker Watts with 27 points, Colton Austin tallied 17 points, Anthony Lovins netted 9 points, Eli Blackburn scored 5 points, Dylan Dawson had 4 points, David Dingess had 3 points, Julian Vance and CJ Johnson had 1 point each.
Anthony Lovins looks to shoot against Wayne.
The Rebels hit 8 three pointers and went 12 of 30 from the foul line.
Wayne was led by Ronnie Staley with 24 points, Ryan Maynard scored 15 points, Zane Adkins and Ike Meddings tallied 11 points each, Dillon May 9 points, Brayden Eaves 6 points, Braxton Marcum 1 point.
The Pioneers hit 6 three pointers and went 22 of 40 from the foul line.
Man 72 Tolsia 38 ( Wednesday)
The Rebels fell behind early to the defending state champions and couldn’t recover.
Tolsia was led by Freshman Parker Watts with 14 points including 3 three pointers, Dylan Dawson tallied 8 points, Colton Austin 5 points, Anthony Lovins, Josh Hofmeister and John Stewart all hit three pointers and finished with 3 points each, David Dingess chipped in with 2 points.
Tolsia hit 8 three pointers and went 6 of 8 from the foul line.
The Hillbillies were led by Trey Brown with 17 points, Aiden Martin 14 points, James Scites 13 points, Jeremiah Harless 8 points, Caleb Blevins 6 points, Jacob Walls 5 points, Andrew Cozart and Brady Hall-Montgomery 4 points each, Zayden Sherod 2 points.
Man hit 9 three pointers and went 10 for 10 from the foul line.
The Rebels will return to action Friday morning at 10:30 to face Calvary Baptist out of Hurricane at West Virginia St. University. Will host Williamstown Saturday afternoon at 1:00.
Tolsia Head Coach Brian Stacy
COACH’S COMMENTS
“…Tough tough loss for our kids, I thought we battled all game long and finally took the lead in the fourth quarter and were up six with under a minute left and couldn’t hold on. Had some bad luck on the possession arrow and didn’t make enough free throws either. Let them get way to many offensive rebounds as well. I told them in the locker that we do those two things we win this game in regulation.”
“…We have to play with confidence when we are out there on the floor, we are a work in progress and I thought we showed some improvement from the Man game to the Wayne game. It is definitely going to take some time to get where we need to be.”
“.. It doesn’t get any easier for us the rest of this week with Spring Valley, Calvary and the defending Double A champs on Saturday.”
