Bill Lusk | WVOW Sports
NEWTOWN Three different Wildcats finished with double digit point totals, but it was a late first quarter run that propelled Logan to its fourth victory to start the season.
Trailing 8-3 after an 8-0 Mingo Central run, the Wildcats closed the first quarter on a 14-2 run to overcome an early five-point deficit and defeat the Miners 82-48 Tuesday night on Miner Mountain.
Lucas Lambert scored 14 of his game-high 21 points in the second half and Zayden Sherrod and Gage Green each had 13 points for Class AA No. 6 Logan. Matt Hatfield and McCormick Ilderton just missed double figures finishing with nine points each.
Logan set a season high for points (82) and had 13 players score in the 44-point win. Of the 13 players, three reached double figures, five scored nine points or more in the eruption on Miner Mountain.
Hatfield got the scoring started for Logan with one of five first quarter 3-pointers, but the Miners responded with an 8-0 run to take an 8-3 with 4:24 to play in the opening quarter.
Lambert and Bentley Williamson hit back-to-back 3's to jumpstart a 14-2 Logan run to close the first quarter giving the Wildcats a 17-10 lead.
Mingo Central pulled to within five points, 19-14, on Devin Maynard's basket with 6:57 remaining before halftime. Maynard, a transfer from Logan, suffered a lower leg injury on the play and never returned to the contest.
Mingo Central got no closer than five the rest of the way as Logan went on a 17-3 run over the next 5:02 and led by 19 points, before the Miners closed the half on a 7-1 run to pull withing 13 points, 37-24, at halftime.
Lambert scored nine of his 12 third quarter points in a 14-4 run that gave Logan a 23-point lead with 3:42 to play.
The Wildcats emptied the bench in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Miners, 24-13.
Mingo Central fell to 2-1 with the loss and will host Prestonsburg (Kentucky) Friday night.
Logan returns to action Saturday evening in the King Coal Classic against county rival and Class AAA No. 5 Chapmanville at 8 p.m.
Logan 82, Mingo Central 48
Logan Wildcats (4-0)
Sanders 1 0-0 3, Hatfield 3 0-2 9, Sherrod 6 0-4 13, Green 3 5-8 13, Lambert 7 2-2 21, Williamson 1 0-0 3, Miller 0 4-4 4, Ilderton 4 0-0 9, Spence 1 0-0 2, Martin 1 0-0 2, Murphy 1 0-0 3. Totals: 28 11-20 82.
Mingo Central Miners (2-1)
Burke 3 0-0 8, Baisden 1 0-0 2, Sartin 3 1-2 8, Dotson 1 4-6 6, Porter 2 1-2 7, Barker 1 0-0 3, Smith 3 4-4 10, Maynard 2 0-0 4. Totals: 17 10-14 48.
Logan 17 20 21 24- 82
Mingo Central 10 14 11 13- 48
3-point field goals_Logan 12 (Hatfield 3, Lambert 3, Green, Ilderton, Murphy, Sanders, Sherrod, Williamson), Mingo Central 4 (Burke 2, Barker, Sartin).