— Photo by TIM MANDELL
Owen County’s Drew Marston, right, defends against

Walton-Verona’s Jay White on Jan. 31 at Owen County High School.

The Owen County freshman boys basketball team survived a desolate third quarter on Jan. 31 at home against Walton-Verona.
Despite being outscored 11-0 in the third quarter, the Rebels caught fire in the fourth quarter, scoring 20 points to rally for a 44-40 victory.
Owen County led 8-6 after one quarter and 24-16 at halftime, but couldn’t score in the third quarter, falling behind 27-24 entering the final period.
Behind seven points from Colin Gamble and six by Drew Marston, the Rebels outscored Walton-Verona 20-13 in the final quarter to pull ahead and earn the victory.
Gamble finished with a game-high 19 points. Marston added 13 points.
Owen County 44,
Walton-Verona 40
WVHS 6 10 11 13 — 40
Owen County 8 16 0 20 — 44
Walton-Verona (40)
Evan Palmer 14, Jay White 9, Jack Nichter 5, Roman Schroer 4, Gregor Peebles 4, Freddy Rodriguez 2, Jake Brock 2.
Owen County (44)
Colin Gamble 19, Drew Marston 13, Ethan Bush 5, Blake Traylor 4, Jordan Shelton 3.

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