Senior forward Hunter Given poured in 27 points, including 17 in the first half, to lead the Webster County Highlanders to a comfortable 70 to 53 win over the Roane County Raiders on Tuesday evening in Spencer.
The game was close at the start, with Webster holding a slim 15 to 14 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Highlanders outscored Roane 25 to 13 in the second quarter, to lead at halftime 40 to 27. Webster edged the Raiders by 2 points in each of the last two quarters for the 17 point win.
After the game, Assistant Coach Eddie Mazzella summed up the game: "This was a big test for us tonight. Roane County has a really good basketball team. Our role players were big. We have Brett Morris and Hunter Given and everybody thinks we'll stop them, but, hey, our role players were big tonight. Hunter Given had a huge game."
Mazzella praised the efforts of Dalton Davis, Stephen Cogar, and Hunter Williams as some of those role players. "It seemed like everyone we put in the game played well. At one point we had Morris and Given on the bench, and we gained 5 points," he added.
To say that Given had a "huge game" was an understatement. Given made 8 of 12 shot attempts and 11 of 14 free throws. On defense, he had 6 rebounds, 6 steals, and 3 assists. While the Roane defense tried to focus on Morris, Given stole the show. After the game, Given said he "felt good coming into the game" and agreed that Roane's focus on Morris freed him up to score more, which was a "big mistake on their part."
Despite Roane's defensive focus on Morris, Brett contributed 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 blocked shots, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Rounding out the scoring for Webster were: Cogar, 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 assists, 1 blocked shot; Williams, 6 points and 2 rebounds; Logan Taylor, 4 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal; Davis, 3 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist; Tyler Anderson, 3 points and 2 rebounds; and Lance Stout, 2 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds. Others playing for Webster but not scoring were: Guy Cowger, who had 3 rebounds and 2 assists; Rick Holcomb, 1 blocked shot; Jake Thayer; and Joe Collins.
Webster improved to three wins and no losses for the season. They next travel to Princeton for a two game holiday tournament on December 21 and 22.
Mazzella's junior varsity team suffered their first loss of the season, bowing to the Roane JV team by a score of 64 to 53. The JV's are now 2 wins and 1 loss on the season.
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