North Canton, Ohio — Tyler Johnson poured in a career high 31 points but it wasn’t enough as Lake Center Christian, Ohio ( 11-7 ) rallied for a 83-66 victory over Tolsia ( 6-8 ) Saturday afternoon in the Kosta Koufos Classic at Glenoak High School.
Tolsia fell behind 9-4 before settling in to led 18-17 at the end of the first quarter behind 7 points from Tyler Johnson, 5 from Jesse Muncy and 4 from Rob Cantrell.
The Rebels led 33-29 with two minutes left before the Tigers went on a 10-0 run to close out the half to lead 39-33 at the break.
At the end of the first half and beginning of the second half the Lake Center length started to bother the Rebels which caused turnovers and led to easy baskets.
The Tigers out scored the Rebels 21-7 in the decisive third quarter.
Johnson was named played of the game for Tolsia with 31 points, Jesse Muncy tallied 18 points, Rob Cantrell 8 points, Zack Ball 6 points, Anthony Lovins 3 points.
The Rebels hit 6 three pointers and went 4 of 6 from the line.
LCCS 17 22 21 21 = 83
THS 18 15 7 26 = 66
The Rebels will return to action Tuesday night at Rebel Arena vs Section foe Van and then travel to Grace Christian on Thursday.
Tolsia Head Coach Todd Maynard
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… What a great trip for our guys — maybe a once in a lifetime trip that they will never forget. Wish the outcome from today would have been different but give credit to Lake Center, they are a good team. We knew coming up here it would be a challenge but that is what we need. We need to play different styles and see different referees. It was a physical game but we figured that coming in. They didn’t call many fouls at all. I thought our kids played hard the entire game and never gave up. We did some good things in the first 14 minutes of the game but five straight turnovers in the last 2 minutes were tough to overcome. Want to thank Coach Hackenburg and Glenoak for the hospitality on the trip, it was top notch.”
“… The kids had a blast on this trip along with the coaches and parents. The Hall of Fame was really cool, I think it was the first time for most of our group. The kids were well behaved the entire trip and represented Tolsia High School with class. We want to thank everyone that made this trip possible for our program.”
