Bulldogs too deep, too tall for Cougars
MARTINSBURG— Outscoring Jefferson by nine points in the third quarter allowed homestanding Martinsburg to move safely away from Jefferson last Friday when the Bulldogs earned a 71-55 win that was their second of the year over the Cougars.
Jefferson was close at the half, trailing only 31-23, after scoring the final nine points — once trailing, 31-14. But the cold-shooting Cougars managed only 10 points in the next period and allowed Martinsburg to assume a comfortable 50-33 lead.
Neither team will showcase its shooting percentages with Jefferson going only 20-for-54 from the field and Martinsburg finishing with 7-for-17 at the free throw line.
Martinsburg’s Donte Grantham outshone everybody with his 8-for-12 shooting from the floor and 5-for-6 from the foul line for 23 points. Eugene German scored 12, Cedric Brown added 10 points and Jalen Lewis scored nine more for the Bulldogs, then 17-2 overall with the win.
The Cougars had Aaron Stottlemyre go 5-for-7 from the field, Kalen Nehler was 3-for-4, and Michael King was 4-for-9 — a combined 12-for-20. But guard Garrett Grantham was just 6-for-24 (25 percent) and only attempted three free throws.
Jefferson was left with a 10-11 overall record and had only one game at Washington this Friday left on its 22-game regular season schedule.
