Royals lose to North Oldham, will play Lyon County in the third place game

The Mason County Royals suffered their first loss of the season on Thursday night, falling to the North Oldham Mustangs 65-51 in the semifinals of the White, Greer & Maggard Holiday Classic at Lexington Catholic. 

After trailing by seven points at halftime, the Royals rallied to tie the score at 34-34 with 1:22 left in the third quarter.

North Oldham (11-4) was up by four points at the end of the third quarter and opened the fourth quarter on a 13-3 run to lead 53-39 with 3:39 to play.

Terrell Henry hit a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 10 at 59-49 with 1:22 remaining, but that's as close as Mason County would get. 

The Royals shot just 42 percent from the field. 

Henry scored a game-high 22 points. KG Walton scored 10 points before fouling with 4:03 left in the game

Mason County (10-1) will play Lyon County in the third place game on Friday at 5:30 p.m. The Royals beat Lyon County 75-72 on December 3 at Jackson County.

Mason County 11 10 15 15 — 51 

North Oldham 18 10 12 25 — 65

Mason County — Henry 22, Walton 10, McClanahan 3, Mastin 9, Hamilton 3, Bierley 4

North Oldham — Roberts 17, Higdon 7, Neal 11, Scales 9, Anderson 16, Fischer 5