LE ROY — The Southern Coffey County High boys struggled to stop Marais des Cygnes Valley’s offense on Tuesday in a back and forth 44-34 loss.
The matchup featured a number of lead changes including Southern Coffey County (1-8) taking the lead at the end of the first and third quarters after holding Marais des Cygnes Valley to only six and two points in those quarters, respectively.
The Titans were able to find more scoring options than they have all season but were hurt most by the Trojans offense which scored 17 points in the second quarter and 19 points in the fourth to ultimately secure a 10-point victory over the home SCC team.
AJ DeAnda continued his scoring ways for Southern Coffey County when he scored a pair of layups and a free throw in the first quarter, accompanied by a pair of layups from John Rolf and Williams.
SCC actually led Marais des Cygnes Valley at the end of the first, 9-6.
After only scoring six points in the first quarter, the Trojans offense woke up in the second and plowed the Titans with 17 points, eight points off the fingers of Ryan Baker. Mason Rose also dribbled underneath for a pair of layups before halftime to take a 23-13 lead.
The Titans grabbed the lead back in the third quarter when Rolf nailed a three and a two-point bucket and Thomas Nickel swooped underneath for a pair of layups. SCC’s defense was stout in the third and only held the Trojans to two points, a layup from Joey Del Percio.
Marais des Cygnes Valley then went on a 19-8 scoring run in the fourth quarter to take back the lead behind a Del Percio three, a layup and a pair of free throws. Baker also chipped in with a pair of two-pointers and a couple of layups in the fourth.
Southern Coffey County was held to only four two-point baskets in the fourth off the fingers of Seth Gleue, Williams, Rolf and Nickel. The baskets weren’t enough as Marais des Cygnes was able to bury SCC by 10 points, 44-34.
Rolf led the Southern Coffey County scoring with nine points, followed by Williams eight points, DeAnda’s seven points and Nickel’s six points.
Southern Coffey County travels to Burlingame next Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Southern Coffey County (6/1-3-26—34) (FG/3pt-FT-F—TP): Higdon 0-0-4-0, DeAnda 3-1-5-7, Williams 4-0-4-8, Rolf 3/1-0-4-9, Boling 0-0-2-0, Newton 0-0-2-0, Gleue 1-2-1-4, Nickel 3-0-4-6.
