The Fort Campbell Falcons soared into Tuesday night’s match-up with 8th-District foe University Heights sporting a 4-1 record and a 2-game win streak, but the Blazers used suffocating defense to build an early lead and cruise to a 28-point victory.
UHA wins its second-straight to improve to 2-4, 1-0 in the district, ahead of a trip Paducah Tilghman this weekend to play the host Blue Tornado, along with Somerset and Cairo, IL in the Paducah Tilghman Christmas Tournament.
The Falcons will also be in action this weekend, hosting Mayfield on Saturday.
Will Bryan and Amani McGee fueled a 13-0 spurt to start the game, combining for 16 first-quarter points, and the Blazers led 22-7 after one. KJ Crump started the second quarter with a steal and layup, followed by a corner 3 from Bryan, to stretch the margin to 20.
Fort Campbell’s Jeremiah Holley scored 6 in the quarter, including a bucket off an assist from Aaron Hall to trim the lead to 15 at 29-14 with 3:20 left in the half, but Noah Shouse responded with a corner 3 and the Blazers took a 40-16 advantage into the locker room.
Cameron Pratt came into the game averaging 19 points for the Falcons, but was held scorless in the first half and finished the game with 4.
McGee added 7 more points in the third, the last coming on a 3-pointer with 2:06 left to stretch the lead to 60-23. Holley chipped in 4 more in the fourth quarter and the Falcons outscored the Blazers 13-7 for the final 28-point margin.
McGee finished with 20 to lead all scorers, followed by Bryan with 18, with neither scoring in the fourth quarter. Crump added 12 and Shouse had 8. The Blazers shot a blistering 67% (16-24) from the field in the first half, finishing the game 29-64 for 45%.
Hall’s 13 points led the Falcons, with Holley scoring 11, 10 in the second half. The Falcons shot 15-39 for 38%, 2-12 from 3-point range.
