With two weeks left in the regular season, the Lyon County boys’ basketball team appears to be peaking at the right time, with Tuesday night’s 67-60 victory over visiting Hopkins County Central the third-straight and seventh in eight tries for the Lyons. The Storm drop their third-straight ahead of a visit from Todd County Central on Monday.
Jackson Shoulders scored 6 points to help the Lyons to a 13-6 lead with a quarter played. However, the second would be higher-scoring and more competitive, with Sam Almon and Trevor Wheldon combining for 10 of the Storm’s 17 points. Lyon County’s Travis Perry countered with 11, and the Lyons took a 32-23 lead into halftime.
Perry stayed hot after the break with 7 more in the third and Shoulders added 5 for the Lyons, but the Storm stayed within striking range behind 8 points for Blasin Moore.
After beginning the fourth trailing by 11, Almon led the Storm rally with three 3-pointers while Weldon knocked down two. Moore added 5 to help Hopkins Central to its highest-scoring quarter, but Gunnar Bingham scored 6 of his 12 for the game and the Lyons held on for a 7-point victory.
Hopkins Central 6 17 15 22 — 60
Lyon County 13 19 17 18 — 67
Hopkins Central (7-18) — Almon 17, Moore 15, Weldon 10
Lyon County (17-9) — Perry 26, Jackson 15, Bingham 12
