Friday, December 18, 2009

Royals suffer first loss at Highlands

Highlands senior point guard Zach Lother scored 12 points in the fourth quarter as the Bluebirds edged the Mason County Royals 48-46 tonight in Ft. Thomas. It's the Royals' first loss of the season. Mason County led by nine points in the first quarter and was up 37-33 early in the fourth quarter. Lother then scored seven straight points to put Highlands ahead 40-37. After Mason County went back in front 44-43, Lother hit a three-pointer and both ends of the one-and-one. He ended up with 17 points. Treg Setty had 17 points for Mason County and Tyler Black added 13 points. The Royals play Franklin-Simpson Sunday night in the Citizens First Holiday Classic in Bowling Green.

MC (3-1) Gilbert 5, J. Lang 6, Black 13, Setty 17, B. Lang 5
G (4-0) Lother 17, Gordon 4, Grubbs 9, Smith-Keller 5, Watson 5, Stewart 4, Dill 4

MC FG 51.4% 3 PT FG 20% FT 77.8% REB 21 TO 15
H FG 50% 3 PT FG 44.4% FT 61.5% REB 20 TO13

MC 13 11 11 11-46
H 08 14 11 15-48

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