Towel thrown in at right time

Some fair-weather Rocket basketball fans may have been ready to throw in the towel after last week’s disappointing Fifth District loss to Trigg County, but Crittenden County coach Denis Hodge hung onto it and hurled the towel at a key juncture four days later to ignite a spark, and a great big shot.

Crittenden County lost 61-43 Friday to Fifth District foe Trigg County at Rocket Arena, but turned the tables on Caldwell County Tuesday at the same venue, beating the Tigers 65-62 in a thriller. It was the first Rocket win over Caldwell since a double-overtime victory in 2014.

Freshman Preston Morgeson touched in a three-pointer with four seconds to play Tuesday, breaking a tie game. Then he picked off Caldwell’s inbounds pass, preventing any sort of a Tiger miracle.

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While Morgeson’s shot tilted the scales in favor of the Rockets in the final seconds of the non-district matchup, there’s much more to the story and part of it has to do with…. Read the rest of this article in this week's printed edition of The Crittenden. You can subscribe here to read the entire newspaper for as little as $2.95 a month.

Crittenden 65, Caldwell 62
Caldwell County 15 30 43 62
Crittenden Co. 14 26 43 65
CALDWELL - Ray, Riley 19, Spikes 11, Blaine 6, Branch 4, East 5, Fraliex 8, Smiley 9. FG 23. 3-pointers 6 (Spikes 3, Branch, Fraliex 2). FT 10-12.
CRITTENDEN - Morgeson 8, O’Leary 9, Winders 2, Mott 19, Davidson, Dobyns 6, Carlson 4, Turley 17. FG 23. 3-pointers 7 (Dobyns 2, Turley, Mott 2, Morgeson, O’Leary) FT 12-18.