Tigers eager for more action

Charleston is quickly making up for lost time after going from Dec. 11 to to Jan. 6 between playing games.

“That’ll be six games in nine days,” Charleston coach BJ Ross said. “That’s a lot of basketball and we’ve got to be ready to go.”

The Tigers got off to a good start by beating Booneville 64-53 in a 3A-4 Conference game on Tuesday. Brandon Scott and Brevyn Ketter scored 19 points apiece to lead a balanced scoring attack for Charleston. Dalton Curtis added 13 and Trenton Goodson 10.

Scott is averaging 24 points in conference play to lead the Tigers.

“So many teams focus on Brandon Scott and Trenton Goodson, our senior, and that gives our other kids an opportunity to step up,” Ross said. “We had four sophomores on the court at times against Booneville and that’s enjoyable to see. We got some really good play out of our sophomores and our defense did a good job of forcing Booneville to make deeper shots than they normally would.”

Charleston was scheduled to play at Cossatot River Thursday night before facing Cedarville in a makeup game on Saturday.