Steve Dunford
GALATIA-For the second game in a row the Thompsonville Tigers faced their conference rivals and neighbors the Galatia Bearcats, and both times fell to defeat.
Last night it was a see saw battle and The Tigers had a three rim in and out in the final seconds to fall to defeat 47-44.
I know I say this time and time again but free throws and turnovers hurt the Tigers again. They took much better care of the basketball the last three quarters. They coughed the ball up 10 times in the first quarter but only ended up with 19 on the night. They were 6/14 from the free throw line and the Bearcats were 10/15.
Here is what Tiger Coach Pete Gordon had to say about last night’s game, ” We still had too many turnovers. The fact we had a decent look at a three to win was a positive. Free Throws, breakdowns, and just an overall understanding of how to attack a zone is disappointing. I am still happy that my players play hard and compete. We just have to still learn from our errors and try to improve. We will continue to get better and I know we can compete with anyone on our schedule and we need to find ways to win some of these games.”
Galatia Coach Rod Wallace described it as a very good defensive game by both teams.
Cory Wilce led the Tigers with 10 points on the night and led with three steals. Corbin Fitch added nine points, Tyson Kessler eight and led the Tigers with five assists. Jared Payne also added eight points. Anthoney Darge led the Tigers with five rebounds and four blocks.
For Galatia, Luke Lawrence led all scorers on the night with 15 points, Kody Matthews added 11 points with five steals, Austin Stevens scored nine and Will Pulliam won the battle of the boards with 12 rebounds on the night.
The Bearcats improve to 4-11 and 3-2 in the GEC. The Tigers fall to 3-7 and 1-2 in the GEC.
T’ville will be at home for the first time in a month on Friday as play the Hardin County Cougars in a GEC match up. Both games between the two last year were dandies, and I expect another on on Friday night. I smell this young ball club going on a run soon.
Galatia will be at home on Friday playing Agape Christian out of Marion in a non conference game.
Happy Birthday to Coach Gordon’s wife Sarah. I hope it was a great one.
BOX SCORE:
GALATIA (47): Lawrence 4 1 4-6 15; Matthews 3 0 5-6 11;Stevens 3 1 0-0 9; Mattingly 1 1 0-0 5 Pulliam 2 0 1-3 5; Mitchell 0 0 0-0 0; Verbeck 0 0 0-0 0
THOMPSONVILLE (44): Wilce 2 2 0-1 10; Fitch 0 2 3-6 9; Kessler 2 1 1-5 8; Payne 3 0 2-2 8; Darge 2 0 0-0 4; Raubach 0 1 0-0 3; Summers 1 0 0-0 2; Kirkman 0 0 0-0 0
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
GALATIA (4-11)(3-2) 12 7 10 18- 47
THOMPSONVILLE (3-7)(1-2) 11 7 11 15- 44
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