For the second straight game the Mason County Royals fell behind by 23 points, but unlike Thursday, they were unable to complete a comeback and lost to the Owen County Rebels 70-60 on Friday in the fifth place game of the Legacy Nissan Dribble Drive Challenge at South Laurel.
Mason County (6-3) trailed 48-25 in the third quarter. The Royals used a 14-1 run to close to within 10 at 49-39.
Owen County (6-5) pushed the lead back to 55-41 before Braylon Hamilton made back-to-back 3-pointers to cut the deficit to eight, but the Rebels answered with seven straight points to make the score 62-47.
The Royals closed to within 10 at 65-55 with 1:14 to go and with eight at 68-60 with 32 seconds remaining.
Owen County shot 61.5 percent from the field including 6-of-10 from behind the arc.
Mason County shot 34.4 percent from the field including 11-of-33 on 3-pointers.
Brax Ward, a 6-foot-9 senior, had 25 points and 10 rebounds for Owen County.
Blake Reed made five 3-pointers and led Mason County in scoring with 22 points. Hamilton hit five 3-pointers and scored 19 points. Hamilton was named to the All-Tournament Team. Jake Feldhaus had 10 points and six rebounds.
The Royals will play the Tates Creek Commodores on December 28 in the Mason County Invitational.
Owen County — Moore 11, Shelton 18, Mefford 13, Young 3, Ward 25
Mason County — C. Reed 5, B. Reed 22, Feldhaus 10, Scilley 4, Hamilton 19
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