Fort Gay, W. Va. Tolsia ( 2-2 ) led for most of the game before foul trouble set in and the Rebels couldn’t hang on in a 72-68 defeat vs Lincoln ( 3-1 ) at Rebel Arena on Wednesday night.
The Rebels had a slim lead at halftime and pushed that out to double digits heading into the final period before the Cougars made the big comeback and walked away with the hard fought road victory. Tolsia was in foul trouble from the start as Jordan Johnson and Coty Jude fouled out plus Trey Smith, Logan Presley and Brian Campbell all had 4 fouls. Lincoln was in the double bonus for the 3rd quarter ended.
Coty Jude had 23 points to lead the Rebels in scoring followed by Jordan Johnson with 14 points, Trey Smith tallied 8 points, Brian Campbell chipped in with 6 points, Jacob Mollette and Jared Switzer had 4 each, Logan Presley hit a three pointer for his only points. The Rebels went 12-20 from the line and hit 6 three’s in the loss.
Tolsia will return to action next Wednesday night when they host undefeated Mingo Central.
Tolsia Head Coach Mike Smith
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… We turned it over in critical situations and just didn’t take care of the ball down the stretch,” Coach Smith said. “We also gave up some easy buckets and just can’t do that. We will get better.” –Just couldn’t pull away from them, seemed like every time we had a chance there would be a phantom foul called against us to let them hang around. The double foul on Jude for his fourth foul in the third quarter was a break backer for us. Really bad call it shouldn’t have been anything called in that spot.” It doesn’t get any easier for us with Mingo Central coming in next week.”
