Fort Gay, W.Va. — Freshman Parker Watts scored with three seconds left to lift Tolsia ( 3-12 ) to a 59-58 victory over Sherman ( 8-5 ) on Thursday at Rebel Arena.
Parker Watts hit the game winning shot versus Sherman.
Tolsia rallied from a 36-25 deficit to sweep the season series with the Tide and get a left up in sectional seeding.
Trailing 58-57 with 9 seconds left Parker Watts drove for a game winning layup.
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Watts tied for a team high 17 points with Colton Austin to lead the Rebels, Julian Vance tallied 9 points, Dylan Dawson and Ben Clayton scored 4 points each, Anthony Lovins and Eli Blackburn scored 3 points each, CJ Johnson chipped in with 2 points.
Colton Austin driving for a basket in the second half against Sherman.
The Rebels hit 5 three pointers and went 6 of 11 from the foul line.
Anthony Lovins hit a big three pointer for the Rebels in a victory over Sherman.
Sherman was led by AJ Skeens with 23 points, Dalton Rollo had 16 points, Andrew Simpson and Cameron Caldwell had 6 points each and Logan Green had 5 points.
The Tide hit 6 three pointers and went 8 of 12 from the foul line.
SHS 17 19 13 9 = 58
THS 11 14 17 17 = 59
Tug Valley 69 Tolsia 59 ( Tuesday )
The Panthers overcame a halftime deficit to beat the Rebels in Naugatuck.
Dylan Dawson had 11 points on Tuesday at Tug Valley.
Watts led the Rebels with 18 points, Dylan Dawson tallied 11 points, Ben Clayton, Eli Blackburn and Colton Austin scored 8 points each, Anthony Lovins, CJ Johnson, David Dingess and Julian Vance chipped in with 2 points each.
The Rebels hit 5 three pointers and went 10 of 16 from the foul line.
Tug Valley ( 7-2 ) was led by Ethan Colegrove with 29 points, Kaden Hale with 14 points, Joey Gollihue 9 points, Buddy Marcum and Brady Brewer 7 points each, Ashton Davis 3 points.
The Panthers hit 3 three pointers and went 22 of 34 from the foul line.
THS 10 19 8 22 = 59
TVHS 12 15 22 20 = 69
The Rebels will return to action Tuesday with a Section matchup at Van before playing Friday and Saturday in the Hatfield/McCoy Shootout at the Williamson Fieldhouse against Beth Haven and Westside.
Tolsia Head Coach Brian Stacy
COACH’S COMMENTS
“…Not a very good first half but so proud of our effort in the second half. Went through some adversity in the first half, we had guys bickering at each other and complaining when they come off the floor and at halftime we had a little chat and they really responded. I told them to leave it out on the court and we wouldn’t have any complaints of the outcome.”
“… Sherman has a nice team, two good guards and a post that is pretty good as well. Dylan Dawson gave an unbelievable effort and our guys feed off of him. Our speed is the key we have to get deflections, turnovers and easy baskets.”
“… On the final shot I was going with Parker Watts or Colton Austin and when the ball went to Parker they kind of backed off and when they did I knew he was going to the basket and he put it in with that lazy finger roll that get on about everyday in practice for the game winner. After the game he let me know about it. I think he grew up a little tonight.”
“… Tough one on Tuesday at Tug Valley, we played well in the first half and kinda got took out of it in the third quarter by the referees, they were in the double bonus early and we couldn’t bounce back from that. Hopefully we get another shot at them on a neutral court.”
