Fort Gay, W. Va. — Tolsia picked up win number one in the Brian Stacy era with a 74-42 section victory over Van Tuesday night at Rebel Arena.
#20 Colton Austin guarding #5 Shawn Booth of Van Tuesday night at Rebel Arena.
Parker Watts led a balanced attack for the Rebels with 17 points, Eli Blackburn came off the bench to score 14 points, Colton Austin tallied 13 points, David Dingess netted 12 points, Julian Vance picked up 7 points, Dylan Dawson scored 4 points, Anthony Lovins nailed a 3 pointer for his 3 points.
#33 David Dingess leading the break as #22 Anthony Lovins races behind.
The Rebels hit 3 three pointers and went 8 of 9 from the charity stripe.
Van was led by Shawn Booth and Bryan Stewart with 10 points each, Brady Green and Jax McCarty scored 8 points each, Brayden Roe had 3 points, Jason Massey scored 2 points and Nick Chambers 1 point.
The Bulldogs hit 1 three pointer and went 7 of 13 from the charity stripe.
VHS 8 14 9 11 = 42
THS 17 17 14 26 = 74
Dylan Dawson cruises in for a layup after picking up a steal versus Van.
The Rebels will travel to Sherman for another section matchup on Thursday before hosting defending single A state champion Man on Monday.
Tolsia Head Coach Brian Stacy
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… So happy for our kids, my coaching staff and our fans. Great win for our team. I thought we really played hard in the second half. Big confidence boost for our kids.”
“… We didn’t have a great practice yesterday after being off for Christmas and I was a little worried coming into this game for sure. I thought we controlled the tempo and rebounding well and that was a couple things I mentioned in pre game. David Dingess had a break out and that was a welcome site. We have been waiting on that. Dylan Dawson played hard and is our team leader. I tell him everyday that these kids feed off of him. You play hard and they will play hard.”
“… We got our hands on a bunch of basketballs tonight and that what we have to do. We have to get out into the passing lanes and disrupt them. We are undersized and have to make up for that in other areas. Julian Vance came off the bench and gave us a boost, Ben Clayton gave us good minutes, Eli Blackburn instant offense as well.”
“… We shot the ball better from the foul line tonight as well, only missed one and we had really been struggling all year.”
“… We go to Sherman Thursday and that will be another challenge for us. They are undefeated right now and then we play Man and Martin Co. next week. We will be battle tested that’s for sure”
