Friday, January 26, 2024

Royals beat Holy Cross 63-58

Braylon Hamilton made four 3-pointers, scored a game-high 20 points and hit four clutch free throws to lead the Mason County Royals to a 63-58 win over the Holy Cross Indians on Friday night at The Fieldhouse. 

Mason County (13-7) jumped out to a 9-0 lead and was up 25-12 with just under six minutes left in the second quarter.

Holy Cross (13-7) then reeled off 11 straight points to pull within two points.

Mason County closed the half on an 8-2 run thanks to a steal and a two-handed dunk by Landon Scilley, Braeden Myrick's floater and a 3-pointer by Marcus Gibbs.

Hamilton opened the third quarter with a trey to push the lead to 35-25, but the Indians rallied to tie the score at 47-47 with 6:26 remaining in the game.

It was 53-all with 2:06 left. Cole Horch scored on an inbounds play to put the Royals in the lead for good. Teegin Routt followed with an "And one" to make the score 58-53.

After Holy Cross scored, Hamilton sank two free throws with 31 seconds to go for a 60-55 lead.

The Indians made a 3-pointer to make it a one possession game.

Hamilton went back to the line and hit two more free throws with 23 seconds left to push the lead to 62-58.

Routt made 1-of-2 free throws with six-tenths of a second on the clock.

Mason County made nine 3-pointers, won the rebounding battle (27-23) and outscored Holy Cross 18-6 on second-chance points.

The Royals will host the Bourbon County Colonels on Tuesday night.

Mason County    18 14 15 16 — 63
Holy Cross         08 17 17 16 — 58

Mason Couty — Feldhaus 6, Hamilton 20, Scilley 9, Horch 6, Routt 9, Gibbs 8, Myrick 5

Holy Cross — Arlinghaus 11, Crail 6, Rominger 14, Reinersman 2, Gabbard 8, Adams 2, Goetz 2, McElheney 11, Hunt 2

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