Cyclones pull out pair of wins in Heritage Christmas Tourney
Published 12:02 am Thursday, December 24, 2020
File Photo/Ivan Sanders Elizabethton's Jake Roberts lines up a three-pointer in the Cyclones game against Central earlier. Roberts tallied 39 points in two games to lead the Cyclones to wins over Seymour and Heritage.
File Photo/Ivan Sanders Brayden Phillips goes up for a shot over the Sullivan Central defense in an earlier game. Phillips blistered the nets for 16 points against Seymour to help lead the Cyclones to an easy win.
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BY IVAN SANDERS
STAR SPORTS EDITOR
ivan.sanders@elizabethton.com
The Elizabethton Cyclones were playing Scrooge at the Heritage Christmas Tournament on Monday and Tuesday as the Cyclones continued to play a strong brand of basketball taking wins over Seymour and Heritage.
Elizabethton….67
Seymour………38
The Cyclones tipped off the tournament with a 29-point victory over Seymour.
Seymour brought peashooters to the gunfight as the Cyclones just had too many weapons to shut down. Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts was back at spitting venom at the opposition as the junior torched the nets for 19 points.
Roberts had plenty of help in the contest as Brayden Phillips also had a hot hand playing string music to the tune of 16 points. Senior William Willocks dumped in 13 to put three Cyclones into double figures for the game.
Seymour was paced by Connor Hilton with 14 points while Stan Pennington totaled 10 in the win.
Elizabethton……40
Heritage…………39
After an easy-opening game on Monday, the Cyclones found themselves in a huge dogfight on Tuesday in the second day of the Heritage Christmas Tournament as the Cyclones barely managed to slip past Heritage by one point, 40-39.
The fourth quarter proved to be the difference in the contest as the Cyclones totaled 17 points in the period after struggling in the early going.
Jake Roberts came alive in the final eight minutes as he scored 14 of his team-high 20 points to help the Cyclones pull out the win. William Willocks contributed seven in the win while Bryce VanHuss added six points.
Nicholas Wilson dropped in four points and Brayden Phillips three to close out the Cyclone scoring.
Chase Reddings led Heritage with 13.
The Cyclones closed out the tournament on Wednesday when they played Maryville Christian.
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Heritage Christmas Tournament
Elizabethton, 67-38
Elizabethton (67)
Brayden Phillips 16, Seth Carter 2, Kaleb Hambrick 5, Dalton Mitchell 4, Jake Roberts 19, William Willocks 13, Caleb Franklin 2, Nicholas Wilson 2, Will Churchill 4.
Seymour (38)
Nic Childress 9, Connor Hilton 14, Parker Aranas 5, Stan Pennington 10.
Elizabethton……12 19 13 23 – 67
Seymour…………10 10 13 5 – 38
