Meigs’ Jesse Smith reaches for one of his 19 rebounds during Friday night’s 77-73 loss to TVC Ohio rival Wellston at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium.
ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — With 1:38 left in the fourth period of Friday night’s Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division contest at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium, the Wellston boys basketball took the lead 74-73 over the Marauders, and the Golden Rockets held on to win 77-73.
Wellston (12-5, 5-3 TVC Ohio) came out strong in the first period scoring 21 points, lead by Nigel Courts with 10 points. Meigs (1-17, 1-8) started slow only scoring 10 points in the first and going into the second period trailing by 11.
The Marauders flipped the script in the second period, going on a 18-6 run over the first 4:03 to take the lead 28-27. The Rockets went on a 7-4 run to end the half and took a 34-32 lead into the break.
Meigs struck first in the second half starting with a 14-9 run that stretched over four minutes and forced Wellston to use a timeout. After the timeout the Rockets went on a 10-2 run that lasted less than 2 two minutes and forced the Marauders to use a timeout of their own.
MHS finished the quarter outscoring WHS 5-1 over the last two minutes and cut the Golden Rockets’ lead to one point, 54-53. Courts was yet again trouble for Meigs as he scored 12 points in the third.
The Marauders and Wellston battled back and forth during the start of the finale until the 5:44 mark when Meigs took the lead 63-62. MHS pushed the lead to six points 70-64 but Wellston hit a three-pointer to shift momentum at the 4:20 mark.
By the two minute mark the Rockets had tied it up and at the 1:38 mark they had taken the lead. WHS would hold on to win 77-73, and complete the sweep of the Marauders, as Wellston won the first contest 69-37 back on Jan. 6th.
Meigs was led in scoring on the night by Dillon Boyer who finished with 26 points, 11 of which came in the fourth quarter. Jesse Smith finished with an impressive double-double 23 points and 19 rebounds.
Jordan Hutton finished with eight points, Cody Mattox with six, Cody Stewart with five, Rocco Casci with four, and Michael Davis with one point to round out the Marauders scoring.
Courts led Wellston with 31 points on the night, following him was Justus Ousley with 13 and Blake Warrington with 11.
Three Marauders fouled out in the final three minutes of the game, they were Jesse Smith, Cody Mattox, and Cody Stewart. Meigs returns to action Friday when it travels to Athens for a TVC Ohio contest with the Bulldogs at 6 p.m.
Wellston 77, Meigs 73
W 21-13-20-23 — 77
M 10-22-21-19 — 73
WELLSTON (12-5, 5-3 TVC Ohio): Andrew Richards 1 1-4 3, Dakota Brown 2 2-5 6, Nigel Courts 15 1-7 31, Ernest Brown 0 0-0 0, Justus Ousley 2 8-16 13, Austin Craig 4 1-2 10, Blake Warrington 2 6-11 11. TOTALS: 26 19-45 77. Three-point goals: 6 (Courts 3, Ousley, Craig, Warrington). Turnovers: 20.
MEIGS (1-17, 1-8 TVC Ohio): Dillon Boyer 10 5-7 26, Jordan Hutton 3 0-0 8, Michael Davis 0 1-2 1, Rocco Casci 2 0-2 4, Cody Mattox 3 0-0 6, Cody Stewart 2 1-2 5, Jesse Smith 7 8-13 23, Dustin Ulbrich 0 0-0 0, Dennis Teaford 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 27 15-26 73. Three-point goals: 4 (Hutton 2, Boyer, Smith). Rebounds: 41. Field goals: 27-70 (.386). Turnovers: 16.
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