On a snowy, below freezing night in front of a rather sparse crowd at the Highlander's gym Thursday evening, Webster played what appeared to be a less than enthusiastic game against the Braxton County Eagles, but won easily 56 to 38.
Except for early in the first quarter, Webster led the entire game. At the end of the first quarter, the Highlanders held a 16 to 6 lead, and led at halftime 27 to 18. In the third quarter, Webster seemed to play in slow motion and at one point allowed Braxton to creep to within 5 points, but the quarter ended with the Highlanders leading 39 to 27. Webster finally broke the game wide open by outscoring the Eagles 17 to 11 in the fourth quarter for the final tally of 56 to 38.
After the game, Assistant Coach Eddie Mazzella best summed up Webster's performance. "You have to realize we haven't played since the 22nd. We beat Roane County last Tuesday. We had four days we couldn't practice because of snow days, last Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We had three days of practice this week and we had some pretty good practices, but when you don't play it's not the same thing. So, we were kind of going through the motions--played good defense, but the offense wasn't quite there," he said.
Mazzella also noted that this is the second time Webster has beaten Braxton this year. He noted that it was a big game because it kept the Highlanders undefeated among the possible teams that Webster could face in the section playoffs, meaning that the sectional playoffs would be played at Webster if they make a run in the playoffs. "We still have a ways to go, we're 11 and 2, and we just got to keep going," he said.
Brett Morris led the Highlanders with 21 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, and 1 blocked shot. Dalton Davis showed once again he can be a force to be reckoned with as he poured in 10 points, and he had 2 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. Others on the stat sheet playing for Webster included: Hunter Given, 7 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals, 1 assist, 1 blocked shot; Hunter Williams, 6 points, 1 blocked shot; Logan Taylor, 5 points, 4 rebounds; Jake Thayer, 4 points, 2 rebounds; Stephen Cogar, 3 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist; Guy Cowger, 3 steals, 2 rebounds, 2 assists; Drew Green, 1 blocked shot, 1 assist.
As a team, Webster made 18 of 42 shots (42%), including 5 of ten 3 point shots (50%), and made 15 of 26 free throws (57%).
Class AA Webster will host the Class AAA Shady Spring Tigers on Friday evening, weather permitting. Shady Spring has played a tough schedule and currently sports an 8 win, 6 loss record, and they feature first team all-state player Chase Connor with a good supporting cast.
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