The Shadow
The fans at the Cougar Den Thursday night went home happy following the Covington Cougars (6-9) varsity basketball teams 58-42 victory over the Eastern Montgomery Mustangs (0-19).
This one wasn’t close.
Led by Purcel Turner’s game-high 21 points, the Cougars picked up their sixth win of the season while keeping the Mustangs winless.
The Cougars had a great balance of offense and defense. The team had had two players in double figures, Turner and Ashton Cook, who was second in scoring for the team with 15 points. The defense did a great job containing the Mustangs as the Cougars forced over 20 turnovers.
The first quarter proved to be the difference maker for the game as Brady Howard, led the Cougars to a 15-point quarter as he scored six of his eight points in the games first eight minutes. The Cougars defense held the Mustangs to just five first quarter points.
Leading by 10 points entering the second quarter, Turner, scored 11 of his game-high 21 points in the quarter as the Cougars lead grew as high as 15 points.
The two teams would trade off baskets for the remaining few minutes of the first half as the Cougars took a 33-21 lead going into the second half.
The Mustangs attempted a come back in the start of the third quarter as they opened the second half by going on a 6-3 scoring run to get the deficit down to 10 points at 37-27. Turner, wouldn’t allow the Mustangs to get any closer as he knocked down back to back layups to put the Cougars lead back up to 14 points. The Cougars went into the final quarter leader 45-31.
With a 14-point lead, the Cougars made sure there would be no comeback from the Mustangs as the Cougars kept up with their offensive attack and brought their lead up to as high as 21 points following a Cook jump shot from the left corner of the free throw line.
Camren Sampson, led the Mustangs with a team-high 16 points, while collecting six rebounds which was tied for game-high with three other players. 13 of Sampson’s 16 points came in the second half as he knocked down a game-high four three-pointers. Eli Brown, chipped in with eight points for the team.
The Cougars were back on the basketball court last night as the team hosted Narrows.
Mustangs at Cougars
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Ttl
EMHS 5 16 10 11 42
CHS 15 18 12 13 48
Mustangs Statistics
Player Pts Reb Ast Stl
Sutphin – – 1 –
Sampson 16 6 3 1
L. Elkins 5 5 1 3
E. Brown 8 1 – 1
Burleson 4 6 – –
A. Elkins 3 2 4 –
X. Brown 6 5 – –
Cougars Statistics
Player Pts Reb Ast Stl
Dressler 8 6 3 2
Maloney – – 1 –
Cook 15 4 1 4
Turner 21 6 3 3
Howard 8 – 1 6
Williams 6 1 4 4
Rodgers – 4 – –
Weinger – 3 – –
On Tuesday, the Cougars, on the road survived a thrilling double overtime game with the Craig County Rockets, winning 57-55.
Dressler, scored a team-high 21 points as he knocked down a game-high five three-pointers.
Turner, finished second in scoring for the Cougars with 15 points.
The Rockets were led by, Matthew Lucas, who scored a team-high 21 points.
