Brashear Visits Knox County In Tuesday Night Basketball Action

Both Brashear and Knox County start off the new year with a win, and a loss.

The Brashear Lady Tigers ended 2005 on an up note with a road win at Milan and hoped to keep that momentum into 2006. Standing in the way was class 2 opponent, the Knox County Lady Eagles. The Lady Eagles got on the board first with a pair of free throws and a bucket. Brashear answered with a 3-pointer and a 2 pointer and built a 10-4 lead by the end of the first quarter. Knox County matched Brashear point for point during the second quarter going into halftime trailing the Lady Tigers 20-14. Brashear was able to extend their lead during the second half eventually getting the win 41-28. For Brashear, ChaRae Cole had 14 points, Christina Scudder had 10, Kimberly Elsea scored 8 points, Hailee Kelsey had 5, and Jessi Hill had 4 points. Knox County was led by Amanda Woods with 8, Stephanie Hicks and Billie Mitchell with 5 each, Tessa Ramer and Miranda James with 4 each, and Nicole Harrison with 2 points. Brashear improves their season record to 5-4.

The Tigers knew they would have their hands full with the Eagles, but stayed close most of the first half. Brashear only trailed by 4, 15-11 at the end of the first quarter, but Knox County managed to extend their lead to 29-17 at half-time. Brashear was only able to put up 9 points against Knox County's tough defense in the second half allowing Knox County to pull away for the 54-26 win. Scoring for Brashear were Kale Watson with 5, Tyler Killen and Kiley Watson with 4 each, Andrew Linhart, Ryan Ferdig, and Justin Hazen with 3 each, and David Anderson and Trae Treasure with 2 each. For Knox County, Cory Shultz led with 13 followed by Brett Hamlin with 12 points. Zach Parrish had 7, Daniel McMahon had 6, Andrew Parrish had 5, Caleb Shubert and Trever Parton each had 4, and Brett Hunter had 3 points.

Brashear will visit Schuyler County Friday night.