DRAFFENVILLE – The Marshals earned their place in the District Four championship game and Region One Tournament with their 48-38 win over Calloway County Friday and made their intentions known right from the opening tip. The Marshals built an 18-0 lead over the Lakers on six points by Matt French, five from Dylan Walters, four by Aaron Reed and Houston Harvey with three before a three by Jeremy Darnell put points on the board for Calloway County. Darnall added another three to fuel the Lakers 10-0 run to end the first quarter trailing 18-10.
Two more points from Isaiah Butler and the Marshals lead was cut to six points before a basket by Walters ended the Lakers 12-0 run. Bryce Flatt added four points for the Marshals off the bench before Harvey scored the final four points of the half to give Marshall County a 29-17 lead.
Calloway County opened the second half with two three’s by Kamden Price and a basket by Aaron Dawson to cut the Marshals lead to six at 31-25. The Marshals stretched it back out to nine points but another Calloway three by Darnell cut the lead back to six again before two straight jumpers by Tyler Stokes and a final free throw by Walters gave the Marshals a 40-32 lead at the end of the third quarter.
Matt French gave the Marshals a 10 point lead in the fourth quarter and they would go up by 12 on a coast to coast basket by Reed with under two minutes remaining for a 48-36 lead with Calloway putting the final two points on the board in the game on free throws by Jonah Brannon.
SCORING
Calloway: Darnell 14, Brannon 6, Dawson 6, Butler 2, Johnson 1
Marshall: Reed 12, Walters 8, French 8, Harvey 7, Nichols 4, Stokes 4, Flatt 4, Smith 1
Calloway: Field Goals 14/36, 3-pointers 7/17, Free Throws 3/10, Rebounds 24, Fouls 17, Assists 12, Turnovers 17
Marshall: Field Goals 16/40, 3-pointers 1/6, Free Throws 15/23, Rebounds 31, Fouls 14, Assists 5, Turnovers 11, Steals 12
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
| Calloway | 10 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 38 |
| Marshall | 18 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 48 |
The Marshals picked up their 20th win at St. Mary Saturday 53-28 over the Vikings led by Aaron Reed with 15 points and 8 rebounds. St. Mary senior John MacCauley scored 20 of St. Mary’s 28 points and was a perfect 12 of 12 at the free throw line.
The Marshals led 16-6 at the end of the first quarter, 23-11 at half time and 41-21 at the end of the third quarter.
Two more games left this week on the regular schedule, Tuesday at home against Mayfield (18-8) and Thursday at Christian County (22-6).
SCORING
Marshall: Reed 15, French 8, Harvey 7, Walters 6, Smith 5, Nichols 4, Stokes 4, Wooten 2, Flatt 2
St. Mary: MacCauley 20, Crump 4, Duncan 2, Tillet 2
Marshall: Field Goals 20/41, 3-pointers 3/11, Free Throws 10/13, Rebounds 28, Fouls 12, Assists 9, Turnovers 9, Steals 13
St. Mary: Field Goals 7/27, 3-pointers 2/13, Free Throws 12/13, Rebounds 15, Fouls 8 Assists 3, Turnovers 17
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
| Marshall | 16 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 53 |
| Calloway | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
