Boys basketball: Near-perfect free-throw shooting helps Ohio County down Henderson County
BEAVER DAM, Ky. -- Ohio County's near-perfect free-throw shooting helped send the Eagles to a 56-48 win over Henderson County on Saturday.
The Third Region contender made 14 of its 15 free-throw attempts and was 8-of-9 in the fourth quarter as the Eagles outscored the Colonels 17-7 in the final period to take the win.
Henderson County (16-10) had a 41-39 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Gerard Thomas scored 13 points to lead the Colonels in scoring.
Josh Manning led Ohio County (17-6) with 18 points as he hit four 3-pointers.
Henderson County has three games on the schedule for the final week of the regular season beginning with Monday's trip to Hancock County.
Ohio Co. 56, Henderson Co. 48
Henderson Co. (16-10)
Zander Wilson 2 2-2 7; Cooper Davenport 2 1-1 6; Alec Satterfield 3 0-0 7; Gerard Thomas 4 3-4 13; Damarius Dixon 3 0-0 6; Lacon McKinney 0 0-0 0; Nick Belle 0 0-0 0; Nolan Bender 2 0-0 5; William Bird 2 0-0 4. Totals: 18 6-7 48. 3-point goals: 6 (Thomas 2, Wilson 1, Davenport 1, Satterfield 1, Bender 1). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: None.
Ohio Co. (17-6)
Josh Manning 6 2-2 18; Carson Kennedy 2 2-2 7; Isaac Southard 2 4-4 8; Parker Culbertson 2 4-5 9; Bo Morse 3 2-2 8; Blake Wallace 0 0-0 0; Cooper Allen 1 0-0 3; Carter Young 1 0-0 3; Walker Lindsey 0 0-0 0. Totals: 17 14-15 56. 3-point goals: 8 (Manning 4, Kennedy 1, Allen 1, Young 1, Culbertson 1). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: None.
Henderson Co. 13 15 13 7 -- 48
Ohio Co. 16 5 18 17 -- 56
This article originally appeared on Henderson Gleaner: Boys basketball: Henderson Co. vs. Ohio Co.
