Royals win home opener over Scott 58-49

The Mason County Royals had a 15-0 run early in the game and closed the game on a 12-3 run to win their home opener over Scott 58-49 tonight. The Eagles scored off the opening tip. Then Mason County reeled off 15 unanswered points. Scott then went on a 27-13 run to regain the lead at 29-28. There were five ties and seven lead changes in the game. The last tie was at 46-46. The Royals then ended the game with a 12-3 run. Tyler Black scored a career-high 15 points. Treg Setty followed with 13 points. Jordan Gilbert and Bradley Lang each scored 11 points. That's a career-high for Lang. Mason County is back in action Sunday at 5:45 p.m. against Dixie Heights in the 8th Annual Bluegrass-Buckeye Classic at The Bank of Kentucky Center at Northern Kentucky University.

MC (2-0) Gilbert 11, J. Lang 5, Black 15, Setty 13, B. Lang 11, King 3
S (2-1) Smith 5, Jones 13, Niederegger 16, Haynes 7, O'Conner 6, Farris 2

MC 20 08 09 19-58
S 10 15 13 11-49

(Photo of Keylo Jones of Scott and Treg Setty of Mason County going for a rebound by Whitney Allen)