Freshmen cream Coffee County

Thursday night against Coffee County, 12 Pioneers etched their name in the scorebook as Warren County’s freshmen rolled past the Red Raiders 67-31.

Warren County got off to a quick start scoring six unanswered during the first three-minutes of play. Jarrell Graig put the Red Raiders on the board with a 3-pointer, but the Pioneers responded with eight unanswered with baskets from Zach West, Tyler Keaton and P.L. Prater. Sam Davis launched a 3-pointer at the 1:47 mark and Coffee County added a basket with twenty-six seconds left. Casey Myers hit and two baskets from Carlzell Robinson before the quarter ended put the Pioneers out in front 20-8.

Coffee scored to open the second period, but failed to find the basket over the next four minutes of play. The Pioneers scored 12 straight points including a 3-pointer by Matt McColloch to close out the Pioneers run. Coffee County closed out the half with four points but trail by 18 at the break.

In the second half Warren County ran subs in and out as the bench combined for 35 points in the second half. West and Keaton put the firs five points on the board in the third period. Coffee County scored in spurts as Nathan Jones five of the Red Raiders 13 points in the period including a 3-pointer. The Pioneers struck for 15 in the period with baskets from Robinson, Jonathan Holland, McColloch and Myers.

In the fourth quarter Coffee County ran out of offense as the Red Raiders netted five points in the period. The Pioneers continued to run the court and working the ball in the paint on offense. Warren County ran off seven points to open the period and with 2:54 left in the game went on another seven point run as Shelton Brewer hit for two and Camron Bond netted a 3-pointer to help close out the game for a 36 point advantage.

For Warren County, West and Keaton led with 12 points each. Keel had eight, McColloch and Robinson added six points each. Harris, Myers and Prater had four points each. Bond, Holland and Derek Mikkola added three pints each and Brewer had two points.

The Red Raiders were led by Sam Muler with nine points. Davis had seven, Nathan Jones and Craig Jarrell had five points each. Dylan West and Bryan Anderson had two each and Ryan Gilmer scored one point.