Mason County suffered only their second loss of the season in the Championship Game of the Holiday Classic on Sunday Evening against the tournament host Lexington Catholic.
The Royals got off to a quick start and led by as many as 13 in the 2nd quarter but slowly watched the lead shrink going into the final minutes of play managing only 7 points in the crucial 4th quarter.
Top-Rated Mason County led the entire game until #3 Lexington Catholic tied the score at 61 on a three pointer with 15 seconds left in regulation.
The Knights pulled away in Overtime to win by 10.
Russ Middleton scored 19 points
Russ Middleton led Mason County in Scoring with 19 points including 4 consecutive 3 pointers in the first half.
Darius Miller had 17 points and 11 rebounds.Trevor Setty added 15 points for the Royals and Ethan King had 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Miller, Middleton, and Setty were name to the All-Tournament Team.
Mason County (11-2) faces Lexington Catholic (11 - 2) again on January 18th at Memorial Coliseum.
MC FG 45.1% 3PT FG 35.3% FT 73.9% REB 31 TO 13
LC FG 54.7% 3 PT FG 46.7% FT 63.6% REB 28 TO 6
MC (11-2) Middleton 19, Downing 1, Miller 17, Setty 15, King 14, Hamm 3
LC (11-2) Sanford 19, Stewart 18, Botkin 14, Smart 12, Tribble 3
MC 24 18 12 07-69
LC 13 19 16 13-79
Next Up : MCIT Starts Wednesday Jan. 2nd at the Fieldhouse with Mason County playing Pendleton County at 6:30 pm.
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