Watch Keegan Nelson’s put back bucket HERE that forced OT leading to a 66-64 win

By Clayton Carroll

TOP PHOTO: Cougar Luke Browning blocks a Mountaineer shot attempt in the second half of Monday’s game. (PHOTO COURTESY OF JILL COX-BROWNING-#30)

MARYVILLE, TN (WLAF)- Campbell, 5 and 4, traveled to Heritage to face the Mountaineers, 5 and 3. Both the Cougars and Mountaineers were fresh off district wins on Friday. Watch all the fun of Cougar Basketball HERE.

Heritage started off the game hot. The Mountaineers blitzed out to a 22-11 lead. 

The Cougars came back, and trailed at halftime 30-28.

In the third and fourth quarter, it was a back-and-forth battle. Campbell would make a little 5-0 run, and Heritage would answer right back. This happened on multiple occasions. With 10 seconds to go in the game, the Cougars were facing a 2 point deficit.

Luke Browning missed a five foot fade away, and Keegan Nelson came flying in for the put back to tie the game at 62 and send it to overtime. It was Nelson’s only points of the night, but those two points were arguably the biggest points of the contest.

In overtime, it was a defensive scrum. The Orange-and-Blue outscored the Mountaineers 4-2 to give Campbell the 66-64 win.

Campbell County’s leading scorer and Mills Door and More Player of the Game was Gavin Cox. He had an incredible night on the court totaling 25 points. Luke Browning also played extremely well scoring 17. Jake Hatmaker had one of his strongest performances of the season with 10 points. Will Croley, battling foul trouble all night, still finished with seven points. Gavin Owens totaled five points, and Keegan Nelson rounded out the scoring with two critical points to tie the game forcing overtime.

The Cougars, now 6 and 4, shift gears to the 4 and 2 Oneida Indians tonight at Brown Gym. The Cougars-and-Indians begin play at 7:30 PM. Clayton Carroll sends you the call over the WLAF Doyle’s Tire Sports Network which consists of AM 1450, FM 100.9, TV 1089, 1450wlaf.com, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch.

Results:

Tue., Nov. 19 H Lady Cougars 51 William Blount 44 .. William Blount 61 Cougars 59

Thu., Nov. 21 A Lady Cougars 52 Oliver Springs 12 .. Cougars 75 Oliver Springs 47

Mon., Nov. 25 N Lakeway Christian Academy 58 Cougars 50 – Claiborne Tourney

Tue., Nov. 26 N Lady Cougars 67 Carter 22 – Gibbs Tourney

Fri., Nov. 29 N Lady Cougars 45 Morristown East 42 – Gibbs Tourney

Fri., Nov. 29 N Cougars 66 West Greene 54 – Claiborne Tourney

Sat., Nov. 30 N Lady Cougars 57 Gibbs 21- Gibbs Tournament Champions

Sat., Nov. 30 N Cougars 63 Hancock County 60- 3rd Place Claiborne Tourney

Tue., Dec. 3 A Lady Cougars 50 Clinton 26 .. Cougars 61 Clinton 54

Sat., Dec. 7 A Lady Cougars 56 William Blount 54 .. William Blount 59 Cougars 43

Tue., Dec. 10 H Lady Cougars 63 Knoxville Central 36 .. Knoxville Central 52 Cougars 51

Fri., Dec. 13 A Lady Cougars 67 Karns 46 .. Cougars 58 Karns 47

Mon., Dec. 16 A Heritage 52 Lady Cougars 36 .. Cougars 66 Heritage 64 (OT)

Campbell County High School 2024-2025 Boys’ Basketball Roster

1 HATMAKER, Jake

2 NELSON, Keegan

3 DOTSON, Hunter

4 PERKINS, Tyler

5 HATMAKER, Brady

10 BROWNING, Luke

11 SEXTON, Sam

12 COX, Gavin

13 HEATHERLY, Caden

14 OWENS, Gavin

24 CROLEY, Will

30 WALKER, Hunter

55 GRAHMAN, Braydon

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(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 12/17/2024-6AM)

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