By Jim Muir
The Egyptian Pharaohs left no doubt on Tuesday night that they are the team to beat in the 38th Annual Christopher Turkey Tournament as they defeated Zeigler-Royalton 75-41.
Zeigler-Royalton’s Brandon Stubblefield looks for an open teammate against Egyptian on Tuesday night. (Christopher Kays / Franklin County News)
Behind a combined 53 points from Justin Prewett and Devantae Price the Pharaohs raced to a 20-11 first quarter lead and then outscored Z-R 23-8 in the second quarter to take a commanding 43-19 halftime lead. The second quarter surge was keyed by the play of Prewett, a 6-feet-3-inch junior who scored 14 of his game high 33 points in the second frame. Price added seven in the quarter as the pair of Egyptian standouts combined for 21 of the 23 points scored.
Z-R was led in scoring by Nick McPhail and Brandon Jones with seven points each.
In the first game Tuesday night the Thompsonville Tigers defeated a scrappy Webber Township team by a score of 50-46. The Tigers were led in scoring by Brady Householder with 20 points – 12 coming in the first quarter. Householder hit 11-12 free throws in the win. Also scoring for Thompsonville was Ryan Darnell with eight, Jake Williams with seven, Quint Henson with six and Lance Darnell with four points.
Thompsonville led 19-12 at the end of the first quarter and 27-22 at the intermission. Thompsonville could never pull away from Webber who never led in the ballgame. The Trojans were led in scoring by Ty Henderson with 23 points.
In tonight’s action Cobden will meet Wayne City at 6:15 in a consolation bracket match up with the host Christopher Bearcats squaring off against Waltonville in the 7:45 winner’s bracket game.
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