Continued from page 9the final three minutes of the first half after Penn picked up his second; foul. PCHS did not score another point the rest of the way and felldown fey eight, 39-31 at the half.But the Cougars came back strong early in 'the second half, outscoring the Hilitoppers 15-9 the third quar- • ter, tieing the contest on .two occasr- 'siohs; and went into the final quarter down only two, 48-46, /. And Penn kept his team close un-til the. final three minutes with 10 more points, but the Cougars had to foul, Pat Lawson off the bench was• the only} other Cougar to; score the •■’final eightand-.-^he ’bal ance of the Hill toppers took i fe : toll down. the stretch; The first 10-point lead of the game came with 3:27 left on two LeVi Hunter free throws. Two Scott free throws pushed- the margin to 12 moments later, the largest lead, of. the game ^ for Glass: ; _■ The Hi 11 topjpers Connected 6n 24 of159 shots, 41%, and were a better 6-11 from outside the three-point arc. The Cougar 3 were .27-63, 43%; The difference on the scoreboardI 4 ■was 13 more points from~the foul line for Glass, and Scott’s five three- . pointers. The Cougars were a poor *2-11 from three-point range. Bothteams shot better the first half.Glass was 16-30, 51%, and Pulaski Co. 14-24, 58%, Penn was a perfect8-8 the first half.The Cougar J V also dropped to 0-2 in the preliminary contest, falling to the Hilitoppers 56-52.The ‘Cougars trailed the entire•**.. * . , ' • *first half, but went on a 14-point run midway in _ the third ^quarter and took a seven-point lead,* however,Mark Hanks’ team couldn’t hold itin the fourth quarter. Shawn Bur-• * ’chetc led the JV scoring with 23: