The McLennan Highlanders demolished the Fort Hood Phantom Warriors 125-62 to open the 2019-20 season.
Fort Hood opened the game with back-to-back 3-pointers by Shaun Hollenkamp to take the early 6-0 lead. A put back by Claven Wilson followed by an alley-oop from Chris Pryor to Cameron Copeland, and a layup by Akili Vining for the Highlanders would tie the game at six. The teams traded buckets and the Phantom Warriors led 11-9 with 15:59 to go in the first half. McLennan used a 19-2 run over the next six minutes to break the game open. The Highlanders continued to pull away and led 59-27 at the half.
The second half was much the same as the Highlander cruised to the easy victory.
Copeland led the Highlanders with 30 points including six 3-pointers. Lorenzo Anderson and Rodrique Massenat scored 15 points each. Pryor and Vining rounded out the Highlanders in double figures with 12 and 11, respectively.
McLennan 125, Fort Hood 62
Fort Hood: Thompson 7 4-6 21; Hollenkamp 6 4-5 20; Tardy 1 0-0 2; Mushett 2 1-4 5; Rodriguez 0 0-0 0; Reams 2 0-0 4; Marshall 1 0-2 2; Coffield 2 2-2 8; King 0 0-0 0; Totals 21 11-19 62.
McLennan: Mike Fournier 2 0-0 5; Akili Vining 4 1-1 11; Lorenzo Anderson 6 2-2 15; Rodrique Massenat 5 3-3 15; Cameron Copeland 12 0-0 30; Chris Pryor 5 1-2 12; Rayquan Brown 3 1-4 10; Tre Thomas 3 0-0 6; Claven Wilson 2 1-2 5; Asare Otchere 4 0-0 8; Isaiah Wyatt 0 0-0 0; Tyrese Taylor 2 1-2 5; Scott Ator 2 0-0 4; Totals: 50 13-16 125.
3-pointers: Fort Hood 9 (Hollenkamp 4, Thompson 3, Coffield 2), McLennan 13 (Copeland 6, Vining 2, Massenat 2, Fournier 1, Anderson 1, Pryor 1); Total fouls: Fort Hood 17, McLennan 19; Halftime score: McLennan 59, Fort Hood 27; Record: McLennan 1-0.
