LE ROY—Two poor offensive quarters Tuesday night cost the Southern Coffey County High the game as the Titan boys’ basketball team fell to Burlingame High’s Bearcats 64-40 on their home floor.
Right off the gate it was a bumpy ride for the Titans, getting outscored by the Bearcats 17-8 in the opening period.
But a resilient effort and a no-quit attitude had Southern Coffey County trading baskets with Burlingame in the second period. With each team managing 13 second-period points, the Titans trailed 30-21 at the break.
Despite maintaining its first half effort into the third, Southern Coffey County let the lead swell to 15 by the end of the period.
Down 53-38 to start the final period, the Titan offense went cold, mustering a mere two points to the Bearcats 11. And that was all she wrote.
The game’s leading scorer was Bearcat Parker Lee with 21 points on four three-pointers and four two-point field goals. Aaron True led the Titan offense with 13 points. Teammates Scott Fischer and Dusty Watts had seven and six points respectively.
Southern Coffey Co. (8-13-17-2—40) (FG/3-pt): Watts 3-0-3-6, Callahan 1-0-1-2, Fischer 2/1-0-2-7, True 1/3-2-0-13, Newkirk 1-0-1-2, Snovelle 2-1-3-5, Harred 0-0-1-0, Witteman 0-0-2-0, Seabolt 2-1-5-5. TOTALS: 12/4-4-18-40.
Burlingame (17-13-23-11—64): Prescott 4-0-2-8, Boeckman 0-1-0-1, Lee 4/4-1-0-21, Buche 0/1-2-1-5, Carlson 2-1-2-5, Lang 5-4-3-14, Dorr 1/2-2-1-10. TOTALS: 16/7-11-9-64.
