Sunday, January 21, 2018

Lewis County beats Mason County for first time since 1996

The Lewis County Lions beat the Mason County Royals for the first time since 1996.

Tay Offut scored 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and the Lions used to an 18-0 run to beat the Royals 74-58 Saturday afternoon at Lewis County.

There were five lead changes and one tie in the first quarter, but Lewis County scored the final 11 points of the second quarter and the first seven points of the third quarter to build a 21-point lead.

Mason County closed to with seven points with just over three and a half minutes remaining in the game, but Lewis County answered with an 8-0 run.

It's just the Lions' fourth win over the Royals in 39 meetings.

Mason County senior Malkolm Devine made five three-pointers and scored a career-high 21 points.

Caleb Boyd followed with 15 points and Leevi Dunaway added 10 points before fouling out with 5:30 left in the game.

The Royals play at Paris Tuesday night.

LC (10-9) Willis 10, Wright 10, Ruckel 3, Offut 23, O'Keefe 20, Robersion 6, Wallingford 2

MC (11-7) Dunaway 10, Perkins 2, Boyd 15, Steward 7, Jones 3, Devine 21

LC  18 17 18 21- 74
MC 11 10 17 20- 58

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