Troy rallies in 2nd half to top Wellsboro
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | January 31, 2020
A 2nd half rally led the Troy Boys Basketball team to a 63-58 win over Wellsboro on Thursday, January 30 to split the season series.
After an 18-point 1st quarter by both teams the Hornets outscored the Trojans 17-13 to lead 35-31 at halftime. Troy began their rally in the 3rd quarter as they outscored the Hornets by 6, 17-11, to retake the lead at 48-46 entering the final quarter.
Troy again outscored the Hornets over the final 8 minutes. The Trojans put up 15 points in the quarter, while holding the Hornets to 12, led by 13 from Ty Barrett. Barrett went on to score a game-high 34 points.
Junior Joseph Grab had 21 points to lead the Hornets. Senior Ty Morral, sophomore Liam Manning, and freshman Conner Adams all scored 9 points each, senior Daniel Mitchell scored 6 points, and sophomore Isaac Keane pitched in 4 points.
In the JV game the Hornets won 49-41 to improve their record to 10-8. Freshman Peyton McClure had a game-high 22 points and freshman Will Kibler added 11.
The loss in the Varsity game is the Hornets' third in a row, and drops the team to 10-10 and 7-7 in the NTL Large School Division. The team is back in action on Saturday, February 1 against rival North Penn-Mansfield.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
