Olney’s Rex Hallam made his return from an ACL injury late last year, and the Olney Tigers rode that momentum to their 2nd win of the season over Salem, this time 56-38 at Richland County High. Hallam came off the bench and scored 10 of his 15 points in the 2nd quarter. He was perfect from the field going 6-for-6 including a pair of 3’s. Arjay Keller added 12 in the win.
The Cats were led by Noah Nix with 13 points, but he was saddled with foul trouble. Ryegan Warren added 9 and Avery Gullion had 7. The Cats fall to 1-8 on the year, they return home for Friday’s game against Freeburg.
Freshmen will play at 4:30 followed by the JV at 6 and then the varsity contest on WJBD Friday night at 7:30.
The Salem JV started the night off with a 70-43 win. It was a balanced scoring attack for Salem led by Avery Gullion with 15, Madden Thompson 14, Landen Maxey added 11 and Payton Gullion 8.
The Salem Wildcats fresh/soph will host Flora tonight.
The SC Cougars earned a nice road win at Woodlawn with a 53-49 victory. Westin Neilson hit 6 three pointers on his way to a game high 25 points.
Boys Scoreboard:
Alton Marquette 61 McGivney 38
Belleville East 59 Mater Dei 45
Bethalto CM 65 Jacksonville 54
Breese Central 58 Centralia 50 (OT)
Carlyle 50 Altamont 28
Casey 49 Neoga 40
Charleston 73 Robinson 72
Columbia 64 Roxana 51
Dieterich 54 Lawrenceville 42
Effingham St Anthony 65 Newton 37
South Central 53 Woodlawn 49
Goreville 55 West Frankfort 36
Hamilton County 43 Fairfield 36
Herrin 59 Carbondale 46
Highland 59 Litchfield 32
Marion 67 Mattoon 41
Mascoutah 59 O’Fallon 41
Mt Zion 60 Normal West 41
Nashville 60 Chester 31
Olney 56 Salem 38
Red Bud 81 EAWR 48
Sesser Valier 67 Johnston City 42
Taylorville 63 Mahomet Seymour 48
Teutopolis 56 Effingham 34
Trenton Wesclin 72 Sparta 56
Waltonville 49 Christopher 36
Waterloo 58 Freeburg 36
