Lake County rained threes on Trigg County and came away with a 103-78 win over Trigg County in the Farmers State Bank Marion Holiday Tournament in Marion, Ill.
It was the first time since 2000 that a Wildcat opponent dropped a Benjamin on them -- a span of 252 games dating back to a 100-41 loss to Christian County.
The Falcons (11-0) hit 10-of-23 shots from behind the arc (43%) and 41-of-76 (54%) for the game.
Trigg on the other hand shot 50-percent from the field (34-of-68) but were just 6-of-21 (28%) behind the arc.
Lake County ran out to a 31-9 first quarter lead, but Trigg battled back to outscore the Falcons 27-14 in the second quarter.
Trigg cut the lead to five points in the third quarter before Lake County heated up and outscored the Wildcats 36-17 in the fourth quarter.
"It was one of the more helpless feelings I've had as a head coach. They are the quickest team we've seen in a long time, and no matter what we tried, they knocked down their shots," Wildcat head coach Mike Wright said after the Wildcats fell to 9-3 on the season.
Jonathon King was one of four Wildcats in double figures with 19 points. The senior guard has moved into the top ten all-time scoring list with 1,389 points. He passed Scott Sivills (1,381) into ninth on the all-time list in the loss the Lake County. He needs four points to pass Mike James (1,392) and 20 points to move past Devron Wadlington (1,408) into seventh place on the all-time scoring list.
Dustin White added 18 points, and Bradley Davis scored 15. The Wildcats played without starting forward Zeke Wright who missed the game with an arm injury.
Russell Avery led Lake County with 23 points, and Carlos Young scored 20.
Trigg County will play St. Mary Monday night at 8:30pm and play two games on Tuesday.
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