Led by Tyler Powell’s 21 points, the Marshals broke their 3-game losing streak Tuesday at home in a 70-49 win over Crittenden County. The Marshals came up short in a combined 10 points in their last three losses, by four (66-62) to Tilghman and two 3-point losses in California to Bishop O’Dowd (Oakland, CA) and St. Patrick-St. Vincent (Vallejo, CA).
Two games in the Napa, CA area for the Marshals started Thursday against Bishop O’Dowd. The Marshals lost 66-63 and were led in scoring by Tyler Stokes with 18 points and 8 rebounds.
Scoring: Stokes 18, Powell 17, Flatt 8, A. Riley 6, Nimmo 6, Smothers 4, Miller 4
TFG 26/44, 3PT 8/14, FT 3/9, REB 18
In their second west-coast game on Saturday, the Marshals played St. Patrick-St. Vincent falling 57-54, led again by Stokes with 23 points.
Scoring: Stokes 23, Powell 14, Flatt 8, Nimmo 6, A. Riley 3
TFG 19/49, 3PT 7/23, FT 9/14, REB 29
Back on their home court Tuesday against Crittenden County (7-12), Marshall County handed the Rockets their 13th loss of the season while the Marshals record improved to 10-13.
Baskets from four different players – Bryce Flatt, Stokes, Powell and Dawson Smothers – gave the Marshals an early 8-0 lead before the Rockets got on the board with a 3-pointer by Gabe Mott. The Marshals finished out their first quarter scoring with three consecutive 3-pointers from Powell, Flatt and Jay Nimmo to lead 17-8.
Led by Flatt with seven second quarter points and five from Powell, the Marshals lead was 34-21 at halftime and they put up 27 points in the third quarter to stretch the lead out to 28 points, going on to win 70-49.
Preston Turley led Crittenden County in scoring with 19 points followed by Mott with 10.
Big home games are coming up for the Marshals this Friday against Graves County (18-6) and Saturday against McCracken County (21-3), both double-headers with the Lady Marshals starting at 6:00 and the Marshals tipping off at 7:30. Marshall County High School will celebrate Homecoming on Friday.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Final | |
| Marshall | 17 | 34 | 61 | 70 |
| Crittenden | 8 | 21 | 33 | 49 |
Marshall: Powell 21, Stokes 15, Flatt 13, Nimmo 8, A. Riley 4, Smothers 3, Schroeder 3, Driver 2, Sedlock 1
Crittenden: Turley 19, Mott 10, Boone 6, Winders 4, Morgenson 3, Preston 3, Dobyns 3, E. O’Leary 2, S. O’Leary 2