Eagles Roll In Early Season Victory Vs. South Floyd

Eagles Roll In Early Season Victory

Shane Hall Opens 2012-13 Season With Double-Double

By: John Rowland

Kyle Gullett lays in a basket for 2 of his game-high 19 points.

Photo By: BJ Hamilton

Paintsville – The Johnson Central Golden Eagles started their 2012-13 season right where they left off last season, by dominating the 15^th Region.

The 57^th District Golden Eagles (1-0) defeated the 58^th District South Floyd Raiders (0-2) 81-36 at Golden Eagle Field-House on December 1^st in their 2012-13 season opener.

The Eagles had 3 players land double figures in the scoring column: Sophomore Kyle Gullett lead the scoring barrage with a game-high 19 points. Junior Slade McPeek nearly bagged a triple-double by attributing 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 steals. Defending 2012 15^th Region MVP Shane Hall poured in 15 points and hauled in 10 rebounds.

But the game wasn't solely dominated by the Eagles. The Raiders of South Floyd gave the Eagles a run for their money early.

At the end of the 1^st quarter, the score was dead-locked at 14. The Raiders of South Floyd held the Eagles to 32.4% shooting in the 1^st half. At half, Johnson Central had a 14 point advantage. Johnson Central pulled away in the 3^rd quarter. The Eagles put the game out of reach in the 2^nd half by shooting 45%.

The Raiders won the re-bounding battle 46-41. This advantage on the boards was over-come by the points off turnovers, where the Eagles had a 44-5 advantage. Also, the Eagles lead on 2^nd chance points: 14-5.

Johnson Central also displayed some depth from the bench. They outscored the Raiders 21-10 in points from the bench. Truman Salyer and Jacob Barber lead the bench scoring with 8 and 6 points respectively.

Austin Bailey lead the scoring for South Floyd by scoring 10 and being the only Raider to break double figures in scoring. Austin Salisbury also added 9 points.

Name, 2-pointers made, (3's made), free-throws, points totals

South Floyd (36) – Austin Bailey 2 (2) 0-0 10; Austin Salisbury 4 1-2 9; Tyler Daniels 1 2-2 4; Weston Little 1 2-4 4; Hunter Johnson 0 1-2 1; Bradley Ousley 0 (3) 0-0 3; Douglas Newman 1 0-0 2; Michael Martin 1 1-2 3

Team Totals for South Floyd: 10 (3) 7-12 36

Johnson Central (81) – Shane Hall 5 5-6 15; Braxton Blair 1 0-0 2; Dalton Adkins 3 0-1 6; Slade McPeek 7 (1) 1-2 18; Kyle Gullett 2 (5) 0-1 19; Truman Salyer 2 (1) 1-2 8; Braxton Hensley 0 (1) 0-0 3; Bradley Hall 1 0-2 2; Harrison Burchett 0 2-2 2; Jacob Barber 0 (2) 0-0 6

Team Totals for Johnson Central: 21 (10) 9-16 81

A special thanks to Mr. Hackney and Mr. Fairchild for providing statistics for this article.