Mason Co, and Augusta win in region semifinals; meet in finals Tuesday night

The Mason County Royals and the Augusta Panthers were winners in the semifinals of the 10th Region Tournament tonight and will meet in the finals Tuesday night at the Montgomery County High School Arena. 

It's a rematch of the 39th District Tournament championship game. Augusta won that game 63-61.

Mason County 67, Paris 63

The Paris Greyhounds led 27-8 with 7:48 left in the second quarter of the first semifinal game. Mason County switched to a zone and the Royals outscored the Greyhounds 25-16 in the second quarter and 20-8 in the third quarter and held on for a 67-63 win.

Mason County led by as many as nine points in the fourth quarter and was up 64-58 with one minute to play. Paris closed to within two at 65-63 and had a chance to play for the last shot, but a held ball in the lane gave the ball to Mason County with four seconds left. 

Antwavon "Pig" Williams hit two free throws with 1.9 seconds on the clock to seal the win. Williams had a game-high 25 points including his 1,000th career point. Isaiah Garrison scored 21 points. 

Eric Johnson led Paris in scoring with 17 points. Jekobi Wells had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

MC (22-10) A. Williams 25, Garrison 21, Lofton 3, Sweeney 6, Williams 8, Dunaway 2, Perkins 2

P (24-6) Ashford 6, Clark 3, Johnson 17, Garrard 7, Wells 14, Cunningham 3, J. Davis 4, R. Davis 9

MC 08 25 20 14- 67

P     24 16 08 15- 63

Augusta 63, Montgomery Co. 49

Augusta shot 60% percent from the field in a 63-49 victory over the Montgomery County Indians in the lower bracket semifinal game.

Augusta spread the floor and drove to the basket for numerous layups. After leading by six at halftime, the Panthers scored the first six points of the third quarter. 

Augusta led by eight at the end of the third quarter, then, opened the fourth quarter on an 11-3 run to lead 53-37 with three minutes to play. Montgomery County tried a full court press, but the Panthers broke it for several easy baskets.

Montgomery County would get no closer than eight points. 

Augusta has won 11 straight games.

Connor Maddox led Augusta with a game-high 25 points.Jared Shoemaker tossed in 13.

Casewell Fuller led Montgomery County in scoring with 17 points. Jerryd Jones added 13.

A (24-6) Crawford 7, Maddox 25, Pugh 6, Snapp 8, Shoemaker 13, Staggs 4

MC (21-12) Fuller 17, Walker 7, Combs 7, Jones 13, Parsley 3, Barbour 2

A    15 16 11 21- 63

MC 12 14 08 15- 49