Last night, Fannin Rebels traveled to Dawson County to take on the Tigers for their first game of the region. The Rebels had just come from a tough 2 point loss to Gilmer in their Thanksgiving Tournament and hoped to redeem themselves against the Tigers.

Due to Dawson County not marking their starters 10 minutes before the game started, Fannin got to shoot technical foul shots. Cohutta Hyde was the one to shoot for Fannin as he made one free throw to give Fannin a 1-0 lead to start off the game. It took no time at all for Dawson to get the ball back and add onto their score. While Fannin scored most of their points from driving to the basket or looking inside to their posts, Dawson scored the majority of theirs from 3 point shots and closed out the first quarter with a 20-10 lead. 

The Tigers outside shooting game was unstoppable as they made 14 three point shots combined for the night. Fannin had a few 3’s as Jerritt Holloway and Landon Norton both made some of their own to add to Fannin’s score for the night. Andre Bivens had hustle for Fannin as he earned steals and drove back for layups and scored one 3 point shot to contribute 9 points overall for the Rebels. Eli Brisbay Cochran followed Bivens trend as he scored a layup and a 3 point shot of his own for the night. Dawson kept adding onto their score as they went into halftime with a 34-21 lead. 

Cohutta Hyde and Andre Bivens led Fannin in scoring for the night as they both earned nine points overall. Mason Barnes was the one to lead Dawson in scoring for the night with 22 points overall! Miles Johnson came to life in the third quarter as he drew fouls from shots down low and added 6 points on the board for Fannin. The Rebels started to lose their intensity as Dawson closed out the third quarter with a 67-33 lead.

Fannin Rebel, Kaeden Twiggs, showed off his ball handling skills as he drove past the defense and added four points to the board. Brady Martin had grit on the block as he pushed past the defense to get to the basket and added four points of his own to add to Fannin’s score. To close out the game, Dawson County hit a buzzer beater 3 point shot to put the final score at 85-43 to claim a victory over Fannin County. 

Fannin’s loss puts their overall record at 3-3 while their region record stands at 0-1. Catch the Rebels next game on Friday at 8:30 pm as they travel to take on the North Hall Trojans!