By David Rogers. BOONE, N.C. — Doubling up on a basketball opponent is one thing. Tripling their offensive output is quite another. Watauga outmatched Forbush on Dec. 28, 73-24.
Freshman guard Cade Keller came off the bench to record a game-high 15 points for Watauga against the Falcons on Dec. 28, in Round 1 of the High Country Holiday Classic. The Pioneers got offensive production from no less than 10 rostered players. In addition to Keller, Jackson Pryor (11 points), Grant Morrison (10) and Morgan Henry (10) made it to double figures as a lot of Watauga players saw court time against the outmanned Falcons.
Watauga started off with a 29-9 first quarter, led by 9 points from Morrison and 7 from Pryor, and kept their pedal to the proverbial metal to a 54-16 lead at intermission, then largely cruised through the second half. All totaled, the Pioneers made seven 3-pointers on the night and strong inside play to overcome 60 percent shooting from the foul line (12-of-20).
Even though Forbush had six players get into the scoring column, the Falcons had few answers for the Pioneers at either end of the court.
With the win, Watauga will take on Pine Lake in the tournament’s second semifinal matchup on Dec. 29, with a planned 7:30 tipoff. In the first men’s semifinal, Ashe County meets Apex Friendship at 6 p.m.
SCORING SUMMARY
- WAT Cade Keller (15)
- WAT Jackson Pryor (11)
- WAT Grant Morrison (10)
- WAT Morgan Henry (10)
- WAT Wyatt Keller (8)
- FOR Pierce Sprague (6)
- WAT Cole Horine (5)
- WAT Wyatt Kohout (5)
- FOR Jacob Boyles (5)
- FOR Gavin Maines (5)
- FOR Josh Brown (4)
- WAT Davis Hunt (3)
- WAT Maddox Greene (3)
- WAT Matthew Habich (3)
- FOR C J Boyd (2)
- FOR Cody Thompson (2)
