Cyclone JV dominates visiting Longhorns
Published 8:01 am Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Jackson Buckles gets a clean block from behind on an attempted layup by a Longhorn player.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Hudson Smith of Elizabethton does all he can to prevent a Johnson Co. player from going to the rim.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Nathan Bailey glides past a Longhorn defender for a deuce.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Zack Wallin puts up a trey from along the sidelines during the Cyclones spanking of Johnson Co.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Nathan Bailey throws down a two-handed slam in the Cyclones victory.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Mason Bowling glides down the paint for an easy basket.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Justius Wallin sticks like glue while playing a tight man-to-man defense for Elizabethton.
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A basketball cliche is ‘hitting on all cylinders, but even that cliche couldn’t describe what took place when the Elizabethton Cyclone Junior Varsity played host to the Longhorns of Johnson County at John Treadway Gym.
Sprinting out to a 26-7 lead after the first quarter, the Cyclones were so far out in front by game’s end that the Longhorns couldn’t even see the dust from their sneakers as Elizabethton dealt Johnson Co. a 69-24 defeat.
Hudson Pate connected on a pair of treys in the first quarter on his way to eight points in the period to set the tempo for the home team.
Zack Wallin tossed in seven in the first eight minutes to help the Cyclones build the big lead.
From there, it was sure inside domination from the Cyclones as sophomore Nathan Bailey took over in the paint to put one offensive rebound after another in the net to score a game-high 20 points.
In that 20 points was a rim-shaking, two-hand flush that fired up the Cyclone student body.
Pate also finished in double digits, totaling 15 in the contest.
Zack Wallin and Mason Bowling contributed nine points each in the win for Elizabethton, while Hudson Smith added five.
Justius Wallin (4), Jackson Buckles (4), and Justin Whitehead (3) closed out the scoring for the Cyclones.
Johnson Co. was paced by Kyle Maple, who scored seven of the Longhorns 24 points in the contest.
