Rocket press helps notch second straight win

Gabe Mott led CCHS with 18 points.

MARION, Ky. – Crittenden County’s pressing defense is becoming a staple of its success. For the past two games, the Rockets have played a pressure-style defense that’s paying dividends.

Crittenden beat Whitesville Trinity 74-61 Saturday afternoon in a game that was probably not as close as the final score indicated. 

The Rockets got 18 and 16 points from its backcourt, Gabe Mott and Preston Morgeson, respectively, and insiders Tyler Boone had 14 and Preston Turley 10, despite some early foul issues that limited his first-half minutes.

Crittenden will be at Trigg County on Tuesday for a Fifth District matchup. The Rockets are 3-3 overall and 1-1 in league play. Trigg is also 3-3, but this will be the Wildcats’ district opener.

Whitesville Trinity 7 22 33 61
Crittenden County 16 39 58 74
TRINITY – Aull 2, Dickens 11, Smith 9, Huff 17, Payne, Goetz, Hernandez 4, Hatfield 2, White 16. FG 24. 3-pointers 8. FT 2-8.
CRITTENDEN - Morgeson 16, Champion 9, Winders 1, Mott 18, Boone 14, Dobyns 6, Carlson, Turley 10. FT 26. 3-pointers 6 (Dobyns 2, Morgeson 2, Mott 2). FT 16-24.