Louisa, Ky. — The Nation’s leading scorer Timmy Dalton and 8th Grader Jared Wellman both recorded triple doubles in a 96-70 Lawrence Co. ( 13-7 ) victory over South Floyd ( 10-9 ) on Saturday afternoon at the Dawg House.
The Dawgs jumped all over the Raiders and led 25-12 after one period. Dalton had 12 of his game high 48 points and Tyler Maynard had all 9 of his points in the opening quarter. LC stayed hot in the second period outscoring South Floyd 20-15 and was leading 45-27 at the half.
In the second half it was much like the first as the Dawgs scorched the nets for 51 points in the lopsided win.
Dalton led the Dawgs with 48 points, 13 assists, 12 rebounds, and 6 steals. Wellman had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Trey Dotson tallied 10 points, 7th Grader Cody Maynard chipped in with 5 points, Freshman Chase Sartin hit a three pointer for his only points.
Timmy Dalton is leading the Nation in points per game with 38.0.
First time in school history with two triple doubles in the same game.
South Floyd 12 15 23 20 – 70
Lawrence 25 20 27 24 – 96
Lawrence Co. 88 Paintsville 81
On Thursday night the Dawgs came away with a hard fought road victory over the Tigers. Timmy Dalton had 39 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds to lead the way. Freshman Tyler Maynard had a career high 17 points to back up Dalton, Trey Dotson tallied 13 points, Jared Wellman chipped in with 8 points, Alex Ratliff 6 points and Cameron Maynard had 5 points.
Lawrence 13 27 25 23 – 88
Paintsville 21 13 16 31 – 81
The Bulldogs have a huge week ahead of them as they travel to Johnson Central tonight, host Belfry on Tuesday night and Pike Central on Thursday night and then travel to Phelps on Friday night.
Lawrence Co. senior Timmy Dalton
“… Just tried to get the other guys going and keep everyone involved. So happy to see the young kids scoring. Makes us so much better when we spread it around.” Big week for us coming up with three District matchups and two of them at home. We need huge crowds on Tuesday and Thursday nights.”
