BOONEVILLE – January 28, 2020 – BRENDON D. MILLER
Owsley County played host to Powell on Tuesday Night in a 56th District matchup. Powell jumped out to a lead early in the game, but the Owls came back in the second and third quarters to build a twelve point lead headed to the fourth. Powell made a run, but Owsley was eight of 12 at the line down the stretch to pull out the two-point win.
1st QUARTER
Powell built a lead in the quarter behind two 3-pointers by Jacob Townsend for six and four Cole Dunn. All five Owsley starters scored with Jacob McCoy hitting a 3-pointer and Andrew Noe, Trenton Combs, Seth Schott and McKindrick Little each having a bucket. End of the 1st, Powell was on top 18-11.
2nd QUARTER
Little turned on the offense in the period with 11, including a 3-pointer. McCoy hit his second three and Combs had a three and a basket for five. Powell was only able to put up nine in the period with a Rose 3-pointer and baskets from Dunn, Townsend, Kyle Nickel and Brayden Brandenburg. At intermission, Owsley has ahead by four, 31-27.
3rd QUARTER
Noe heated up with two baskets and a 3-pointer and Combs and Schott each hit a 3-pointer. Brandenburg had two baskets and two free-throws for six, Dunn it a 3-pointer, and Nickel had a basket. Owley increased their lead to eight, 46-38, headed to the fourth.
4th QUARTER
Powell made a run out-soring the Owls 23-16. Brandenburg had two 3-pointers and a basket and Dunn had two baskets and a 3-pointer, as each reached their co-team-high of 16. Noe had two baskets and was four of six at the line hitting his last four for his game-high 19. Combs has two baskets to total 14, and McCoy was three of four at the line to finish in double-digits with 11.
| Scoring by Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total |
| OWSLEY COUNTY | 11 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 63 |
| POWELL | 18 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 61 |
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
OWSLEY COUNTY – Andrew Now 19, Trenton Combs 14, McKindrick Little 13, Jacob McCoy 11, Seth Schott 5.
POWELL COUNTY – Jacob Townsend 16, Cole Dunn 16, Brayden Brandenburg 10, Chandler Congleton 6, Brayden Rogers 5, J Rose 4, Kyle Nickel 4.
Owsley improves to 5-3 and 3-1 in 56th District play for tournament seeding purposes. Powell falls to 0-6 and 0-2 in District play.