The Palco Roosters and the Logan Trojan basketball teams split a pair of games tonight on the Country Bull Y102 Area Game of the Week. In the girls matchup the Trojans opened the game with a three-point play from Alethea Bennett and began the game on a 6-2 run. Palco battled back and tied the game at 6 with a 4-0 run of their own. Logan’s Caley Greving scored eight of her 12 points in the first quarter giving Logan an 11-8 lead after the first quarter.
Hannah Pinkerton opened the scoring in the second quarter for Logan with a three pointer helping Logan go on an 8-0 run to take a 18-8 lead. Greving and Pinkerton combined for 10 of the 14 points Logan scored in the second quarter as they led Palco 25-14 at halftime. Logan kept up the pressure in the third quarter putting together a 26-4 run to end the game and come away with a 43-21 win.
Greving and Bennett lead the Trojans with 12 points each and Pinkerton added 11. Kali Newell led Palco with 6 points and Jaci Benoit and Justine Cadoret both added four.
Logan is now 9-5 while Palco drops to 4-9 with the loss.
In the boys matchup the Logan boys came into the game still searching for their first of the season and unfortunately Palco was just too much on this night.
Palco opened up the scoring in the first quarter when Kody Hamel made one of two free throws and led 1-0 nothing. Logan answered back and took the lead at 2-1, they would only lead one more time in the game at 10-9, after that it was all Palco. Palco used a 16-2 run to end the first and into the final minutes of the second quarter to take a 26-15 halftime lead. Hamel had 12 points and Seth Ambrister added 10 in the first half for Palco. Palco didn’t let up in the second half eight, outscoring Logan 17-11 in the half.
Hamel led all scorers with 20 points, Armbrister added 17 and Chase Newell chipped in 8 for the Roosters. Logan’s Tracy Archer led the Trojans with 8 and Lane Archer finished with 7 points.
Palco improved to 6-9 with the win and Logan dropped to 0-14 with the loss. Logan returns to action on Tuesday when they travel to Oberlin to take on the Decatur Community Red Devils while the Roosters will take on Wilson on Tuesday at Wilson.
Check below for game highlights and wrap up.
Girls Game Highlights:
Boys Game Highlights:
Girls & Boys Wrap Up: