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Trinity Lutheran outscored Austin 28-7 in the fourth quarter to post its first win of the season 78-62 Tuesday night in the Bollinger Athletic Complex.
Cougar coach Michael McBride said his team improved in a couple of areas on Tuesday night to lead them to a win.
“The first thing was defense," he said. "We gave up a lot of 3s in the first quarter. In the first quarter we weren’t playing good defense on the ball but in the second, third and fourth quarters that drastically improved. The other area was offense. In the Hauser game we were stagnant, but tonight we looked like we knew what we were doing. We kept talking about moving with a purpose.”
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The Cougars (1-3) made 30 of 48 shots from the floor.
The Cougars scored the first 13 points of the fourth quarter with a 3-point basket by Hudson Norton giving the Cougars a 63-55 lead with 4:30 remaining.
Norton scored all 13 of his points in the fourth period.
The Cougars got off to a fast start with a layup by Tyler Goecker putting the Cougars on top at 10:27.
The Eagles came back with a 11-0 run to lead 18-10.
Austin made five 3-pointers in the first period to lead 23-15.
The Eagles held a 30-24 lead three minutes into the second quarter when the Cougars went on a 10-0 run to lead 34-30.
The Cougars outscored the Eagles 24-15 and led 39-38 at the half.
Mitchell Hackman led the Cougars in the second quarter with 10 points including two 3-pointers.
Goecker had three baskets in the second quarter and 10 points in the first half for Trinity.
Austin made seven 3-pointers in the first half including four by Zach Stidham.
Goecker’s layup early in the third quarter gave the Cougars 42-38 lead before Austin outscored Trinity 17-11 the remainder of the quarter to lead 55-51 going into the fourth quarter.
Jack Marksberry had four baskets for Trinity in the third period.
Marksberry topped the Cougars with 20 points, Hackman scored 18, Goecker 14, Lawson Woods 7, and Josh Rowe and Kade Hill with 3 apiece.
Hackman topped the Cougars with six rebounds.
Trey Hargrave topped the Eagles (0-4) with 30 points.
Austin won the Junior Varsity 63-53. Logan Brown topped Trinity with 18 points, Evan Hunt scored 10, Chase Sawyer 8, Kade Hill 6, Caleb Williams 5, Jacob Sabotin 4, and Sage Broughton 2.
The Cougars will host Southwestern (Shelbyville) Friday night.