Highland Men End Season with Tough Loss to Fort Scott

Highland men hit the hardwood to face off with Fort Scott on Saturday, this time in a playoff atmosphere as the Scotties hosted Fort Scott. The Scotties were looking to continue their season but came up just short falling in overtime to Fort Scott 85-84.

HCC got contributes from all eight players that saw action and had three guys finish in double figures with Llyod Young leading the way with 28 points, while Jaleni Neely and Bryant Fultz each chipped in 12 points apiece. Despite that it was three in double figures for Fort Scott, a 50% field goal percentage and a nine rebound advantage (42-33) that helped Fort Scott eke out a one-point win.

Highland was down by two at the half, forced the tie in the second half to get to overtime and then was outscored 9-8 in overtime by Fort Scott.

The Highland CC men wrapped up their season with the loss falling to 16-15 overall on the year.