The Cougars took on the Sumner Stingrays on Tuesday.
The Durant Cougars hosted the Sumner Stingrays in basketball on Tuesday. The game started with both teams failing to score in the first minute, but Niko Sosa broke the streak with a 3-pointer for the Cougars. Alijah McFadden found Josiah Cook for the layup inside the paint. The Stingrays’ number 15 found back-to-back baskets in the paint for them, but then Jamarcus Randall got to the free throw line for the Cougars, where he went 1-2. Sumner then tied it up with a put-back thanks to the offensive rebound. Sosa got a layup for the Cougars. Cook and McFadden got back-to-back baskets for the Cougars. The Stingrays got another putback thanks to the offensive rebound to bring the game within 2. Nathan Moore came off the bench for the Cougars and made an immediate impact with the layup. Moore then had a big block, and a timeout was called with 41.9 left in the first. The first quarter ended with the Cougars up 16-10.
Number 11 for the Stingrays started the second quarter off hot with five straight points. McFadden then stopped the scoring run with a midrange, but number 11 for Sumner hit another 3. A technical was called on the Stingrays, and Moore went 2/2 from the line. After a Stingrays turnover, Moore got a layup. The Stingrays got to the free throw line after an and-one, but missed the free throw. Banner Howton got his first basket of the game with a nice fast-break layup. The Stingrays tied it up with a fast break layup of their own. After the Cougars missed, the Stingrays got their first lead of the second quarter with another fast break layup. Sosa got to the free throw line for the Cougars and went 2-2. The Stingrays got to the free throw line and went 0-2. Josiah Cook got an offensive rebound for the Cougars, and the putback gave them the lead. The Stingrays got to free throw and went 1-2 to end the half with the Cougars leading 30-29.
The third started with the Stingrays going 0-2, but the offensive rebounds rewarded them with a basket. The Stingrays stole it and got a layup. The Stingrays got to the free throw line and went 1-2. The Stingrays then hit a 3, and it was an 8-0 run for the first three minutes of the second half for the away team. McFadden got a steal and the layup for the Cougars first basket of the half. Randall got to the free throw line for the Cougars and went 1-2. The Stingrays went to the free throw line and went 2-2. The Stingrays got back-to-back baskets in the paint, making the Cougars call a timeout, as they were down 10 with 1:39 left in the third. Sosa stopped the Cougars scoring drought with a nice floater, then Randall got a steal and got to the free throw line, where he went 1-2. At the end of the third, the Stingrays were up 43-36 after outscoring the Cougars 14-6 in the third.
The Cougars missed their first shot of the quarter, and the Stingrays scored early. Sosa found Cook wide open for a Cougars layup. The Stingrays turned it over, and the Cougars called a timeout with 6:15 left. Cook got to the free throw line for the Cougars and went 0-2. The Stingrays made a mid-range pull-up. Sosa found Moore for a mid-range shot. A timeout was called with 3:57 left in the game, with the Stingrays up 9. After the timeout, the Stingrays extended the lead to 11 after a putback. McFadden brought it back to 9 with a tough layup. Sumner got it back up to 11, but Moore got to the free throw line for the Cougars and went 1-2. The Cougars got a steal, and McFadden got another tough layup. After a Stingrays turnover, a timeout was called with the Cougars down 8 with 48.6 left in the game. The Cougars missed the 3 after the timeout and instantly fouled to send the Stingrays to the free throw line, where he went 1-2. The Cougars missed again and instantly fouled the Stingrays, and they went 2-2 from the line. The game ended with
