Cougars rout Atmore Christian 53-38
Published 3:17 pm Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Escambia Academy’s Cougars remained undefeated with a 53-38 victory over their area rivals, the Atmore Christian Rams at Escambia Academy in Canoe on Tuesday night.
The No. 8 Cougars (10-0, 1-0) dominated their game against the Rams leading from start to finish in the contest.
The Cougars opened the game by jumping out to a comfortable 11-4 lead over the Rams in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Cougars continued to pound the Rams outscoring them 16-8 to take a 27-12 lead into halftime.
Following halftime, the Cougars maintained their lead over the Rams despite being outscored in the third period.
The Rams chipped away slightly at the Cougars’ lead in the third quarter hitting their shots to outscore EA 15-13.
The Cougars finished the game by extending their lead to 15 again in the final quarter outscoring the Rams 13-11 to pick up the win 53-38.
Post-players Keaton Maher and Darron McGhee led the Cougars with dominating performances down low. Maher finished the game with 15 points, seven boards, three blocks and two steals, while McGhee recorded a double-double with 12 points, 16 rebounds, three assists, two blocks and one steal.
Cougar Jaylen Henry added 11 points in the win to go along with four rebounds, three steals, one block and one assist.
Tanner Kirk and Jordan Sasser each posted four points with Kirk recording thre rebounds, three assists and one steal. Sasser also had four rebounds, two assists and one block.
Brandon Goddard scored three points with two steals for EA; Wesley Steadham added two points, two boards and a block and Blake Quimby finished with two points and two rebounds.
Dillon Anderson rounded out the scoring with the three points.
For more on this story see Saturday’s edition of The Atmore Advance.