Huntingdon Rolls over Wildcats, 96-58

HUNTINGDON – This season has been a roller coaster ride for Central Mountain with plenty of ups and downs. Tonight’s game with the Bearcats was another downward ride as the Wildcats fell to Huntingdon, 96-58.

The game started off evenly enough with Huntingdon jumping out in front with a 10-2 run but the ‘Cats responded with a run of their own and were only trailing 18-16 heading into the second quarter. That second period would prove to be fateful with Huntingdon rolling up a 30-12 effort over CM to hold a substantial 48-28 lead heading into the break.

“They got off to a 10-2 start to which we answered with a run of our own,” said CM head coach Tyler Bardo, “We battled back to tie it up early in the second quarter. We never really had another run of our own after that.”

The Bearcats kept up the pressure by by putting together an 11-2 run to get things started in the third quarter. This time they outpaced CM 25-12 to extend their advantage to 63-40 with eight minutes remaining in the contest.

Huntingdon maintained their pace in the fourth quarter with 23 points while the Wildcats managed 18 points to set the final tally at 96-58 for the Bearcat win.

Conner Soo led the ‘Cats with 15 points and 6 rebounds while Collin Jones scored 10 points. Aiden Major scored 8 with JT Pentz and Zane Probst scoring 4 points each. Take Skrtich had 3 points with Evan Baker and Logan Fisher scoring a free throw each.

“I thought we had some guys take advantage of opportunities when they came around,” Bardo shred, “Huntingdon is a good team with many pieces. But we also have more to offer. We’ve proven that. We need to stop the roller coaster and find consistency. We do that first by maintaining expectations throughout.” Bardo summed up.

The loss takes Central Mountain to 3-7 overall, 3-3 in the PHAC.

The Wildcats will next host PHAC leader, Danville on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019.