Story and photos by Joseph Barkoff: Edmonson County men’s basketball opened the season with a 59-43 win at home against visiting Allen County-Scottsville Tuesday, November 28th in Brownsville. “A lot of it was our nerves,” EC head coach Trey Tinsley said after the game about the slow start for the Wildcats. Four of his five starters had not played much varsity ball, he said. The Patriots took the lead and kept it for a little more than half of the first quarter until a layup in transition from sophomore shooting guard Tyler Wilson put the Wildcats ahead by 1 point with 3:50 to go. It was just the beginning of the tug of war in lead changes early in the evening and after a couple of them, Edmonson came back on a 6-0 run and took the lead to end the first quarter 17-16. “I knew that was going to happen early,” Tinsley said. “I told them, you are going to have to handle adversity and I though they did a good job of that.” He said he was proud of the second half, as well as the first, but after they calmed their nerves down, he said. After two more lead changes, Edmonson had the lead by four at 27-23 at the end of the first half. Edmonson County had 17 rebounds to Allen County Scottsville’s 7 at the halfway point, too. By the end of the third quarter Allen County seemed to run out of buckets and Edmonson County kept pouring them on to hold the lead at 42-28. The Patriots were 0-7 for their first field goal attempts of the second half, all of which were 3s. At the end of the fourth despite some scoring from ACS, Edmonson held onto their 16-point lead for the 59-43 win. Edmonson County junior power forward Josh Decker earned a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Senior power forward Layne Ashley had 10 points and six rebounds, Will Alexander also earned a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds and freshman point guard Braden Wright had 9 points and 5 rebounds on the evening. “I thought we played good,” Alexander said after the game. “First game jitters, of course, and we are a pretty young team. Allen County, they’re a pretty good squad. They’re pretty young too, but I felt like we came out and played well.” Going forward on the season Tinsley feels his team needs to handle the ball better like making smart passes, he said. “Overall, I was proud of our performance,” Tinsley said. Edmonson County travels to Fort Knox Friday, December 1st to play at 8PM against host Fort Knox.
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