Thursday, December 21, 2023

Royals rally from 23 down to beat Harlan

The Mason County Royals rallied from a 23-point deficit to beat the Harlan Green Dragons 75-70 on Thursday afternoon in the consolation bracket semifinals of the Legacy Nissan Dribble Drive Challenge at South Laurel.

The Royals trailed 42-29 at halftime and 54-31 in the third quarter, but ended the third quarter on a 26-4 run.

Mason County outscored Harlan 18-10 in the fourth quarter.

Braylon Hamilton and Cayden Reed scored 16 points apiece. Hamilton was 6-of-8 from the field including 4-of-5 on 3-pointers. Reed dished out five assists.

Landon Scilley scored 13 points and Jake Feldhaus had a double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds.

Harlan senior guard Kyler McLendon made six 3-pointers and scored 34 points.

The Royals (6-2) will play Owen County in the fifth place game on Friday at 4 p.m.

Mason County  19 10 28 18 — 75
Harlan               22 20 16 12 — 70

Mason County — C. Reed 16, McClain 2, B. Reed 5, Myrick 9, Feldhaus 11, Gibbs 1, Scilley 13, Horch 2, Hamilton 16

Harlan — McLendon 34, Cole 18, Cox 6, Clem 4, Pennington 3, Montanaro 2, Shepherd 1, Akal 2


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