After falling behind in the first quarter, the Hopkinsville boys’ basketball team played undefeated Webster County even over the last three quarters in a 61-54 loss to the host Trojans at the Fuller Physical Therapy Holiday Classic on Friday night.
The Tigers see a two-game win streak stopped to slip to 4-4 overall and will play Daviess County on Saturday in Dixon. The Trojans move to 8-0 on the year and will face Nelson County on Saturday.
Aden Winn and Destin Allen combined for 9 first-quarter points and the Trojans held the Tigers to single digits for a 15-8 lead after one. Allen added 5 more in the second, but Hoptown’s Arthur McKnight got going with 7 in the quarter to keep the Tigers within 7 at the break.
McKnight and Don Victor provided 9 of the Tigers’ 16 points in the third, but Winn was back at it with 8 for the Trojans and they led 48-39 heading to the fourth quarter.
Jamarcus Burks scored half of his 12 points over the final eight minutes for the Tigers, but they could only shave 2 points off the Trojan lead and lost by the 7-point margin established in the first quarter.
McKnight joined Burks in double figures with 14 for the Tigers, while Victor added 9.
Webster’s Winn led all scorers with 20, followed by Allen with 14. The Trojans enjoyed an 8-point edge at the free throw line, finishing 13-15 to the Tigers’ 5-8.
