Bath County Basketball Recaps (1/23–1/29)

HOT SPRINGS – Playing in their fifth home game in their last six games on Monday night, January 29th, Bath County rallied from a 14-point fourth quarter deficit to stun Eastern Montgomery 64-63 in a Pioneer District basketball contest in Hot Springs. 

 

Trailing 63-61, Luke Turner received the pass down low in the paint from Andrew Turner and as he turned around to shoot the ball, he was fouled on the shot as the ball bounced off the backboard and through the net to tie the game with 2.3 seconds left. Turner would knock down the game’s biggest free throw to put the Chargers ahead 64-63.

 

Eastern Montgomery (4-12, 3-5 Pioneer District) who once led by 14 points with six minutes left to go in the fourth quarter did not even get a chance to potentially win the game. Following the made free throw by Turner, the Mustangs inbounds pass was intercepted by Frankie DeBoe who ran the final seconds out to seal the win for Bath County.

 

The come from behind win for Bath County (9-9, 2-5 Pioneer District) was the teams ninth overall and their second in the district.

 

The Chargers were led by A. Turner, L. Turner, and Issac Ingram as the trio combined to score 55 of the teams 64 total points. A. Turner led the team in scoring with a team-high 20 points, while L. Turner scored 18, and Ingram added 17.

 

Despite a tough loss for Eastern Montgomery, it was a big night for Talan Bruce as he scored a game-high 22 points, including six 3-pointers. Cam Sutphin added 20.

 

The win was the Chargers second in their last three games and was a redemption victory from an earlier season loss to the Mustangs back on December 12th in Elliston where EMHS were 70-55 victors.

 

Eastern Montgomery 7 20 16 20 – 63

Bath County 12 18 8 25 – 64

 

HOT SPRINGS – Craig County got a little bit of revenge last Friday, January 26th, as the Rockets avenged a loss to Bath County at the beginning of the month in New Castle.

 

Playing their fourth game at home in their last five total games, Bath County could not ride the momentum from their win from one day prior against Richwood (W.Va.) as Craig County was victorious over the Chargers 74-54 in a Pioneer District basketball contest in Hot Springs.

 

Matthew Lucas and Hayden Reynolds combined to score 50 of the Rockets 74 points in the teams bounce back victory over the Chargers. Lucas scored a game-high 30 points, while Reynolds scored 20. 

 

Craig County (5-10, 1-6 Pioneer) finished with four players scoring in double figures as Jaycob Wolfe had 14, while Luke Potter added 10 for the Rockets.

 

The Rockets were able to turn the tables this time around on the Chargers following a 70-59 loss in New Castle on January 4th.

 

Bath County (8-9, 1-5 Pioneer) had now lost three of their last four games after coming off of four straight wins.

 

The Chargers had four in double figures scoring with Andrew Turner and Issac Ingram each scoring 12, while Luke Turner and Greyson Walton each adding 10 a piece. 

 

Craig County 20 13 18 23 – 74

Bath County 9 10 23 12 – 54

 

RICHWOOD, W.Va. – Playing on the road for the first time in over three weeks, Bath County bounced back following two straight losses to pick up a non-district basketball contest victory over Richwood on Thursday, January 25th. 

 

After falling behind early 14-12 in the first quarter, the Chargers defense held the Lumberjacks offense in check by holding them to only two points in the second quarter as BCHS outpaced them 14-2 in the period to take a 10-point halftime lead.

 

Bath County would get a strong second half performance from Andrew Turner who scored 17 of his 19 points as he helped the Chargers build a 16-point lead by the end of the third quarter. 

 

Richwood’s offense struggled mightily in the second and third quarters as the Lumberjacks managed to score only11 points across both periods. 

 

Grant Russell was the only Lumberjack in double figures, scoring with a team-high 13 points as he was one of seven scoring for the team.

 

Luke Turner and Issac Ingram each had big games on the floor for Bath County as both players recorded a double-double. Turner scored 16 points and collected 10 rebounds, while Ingram scored 13 and reeled in 20 rebounds.

 

Bath County swept their season series with Richwood as they previously won 62-52 back in Hot Springs on December 14th.

 

Bath County 12 14 15 17 – 58

Richwood 14 2 9 10 – 35

 

HOT SPRINGS – It had been 11 days since Bath County was on the basketball court with several games postponed due to the weather.

 

The Chargers were back in action in Hot Springs last Tuesday, January 23rd where BCHS lost their second game in a row following a 52-36 Pioneer District loss to Highland. 

 

Despite a sluggish start to the game where they only scored six first quarter points, Highland (5-6, 3-2 Pioneer) picked up their third district win of the season. 

 

Down five points heading into the second quarter, the Rams defense held the Bath County offense in check by holding them to just four points in the eight-minute period. 

 

The game took a complete momentum swing at the end of the first half when Zach Armstrong nailed a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from nearly three-quarters of the court as it put the Rams in front 19-15 after one half of play.

 

In the second half it was all Highland basketball as the team outpaced Bath County 33-21. The Rams pulled away early into the fourth quarter as the team built a double-digit lead.

 

Eli Moore led all scorers with a game-high 18 points for Highland. Moore scored 15 in the second half. Armstrong, who had the first half buzzer 3-pointer finished second in scoring with 15 points, while John Wagener added 12. 

 

Bath County (7-8, 1-4 Pioneer) was led by Wyatt Campbell who was the only Charger in double figures with a team-high 12 points.

 

Free-throw shooting proved to be a big difference as Highland went to the line 33 times and knocked down 19. Bath County only went to the line a total of seven times and made four of their attempts.

 

The Rams swept the regular season with the Chargers, winning both games by a combined 27 points.

 

The 36 points scored by Bath County matched a season low and was the third time this season they were held below 40 points and second straight game.

 

Highland 6 13 13 20 – 52

Bath County 11 4 7 14 – 36

 

 

Bath County (36) – W. Campbell 12, I. Ingram 9, G. Walton 8, A. Turner 7.