Friday, December 22, 2023

Royals' comeback falls short in loss to Owen County

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        19 21 12 18 — 70
Mason County       09 14 18 19 — 60

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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