The Inter-Mountain photo by Joey Kittle Elkins High’s Levi Wanless is defended by Tucker County’s Trevan Bonner during Saturday night’s contest.

ELKINS — Tucker County displayed why its the top-rated Class A squad in the state Saturday night in claiming a 70-38 win over Elkins inside Richard P. Simmons Memorial Gymnasium.

After the game was tied at 7-7 late in the first quarter, the Mountain went on a 7-3 surge to close the canto and went on to outscore the Tigers 26-2 in the second frame to open up a 40-12 halftime advantage.

All-stater Trevan Bonner fired in 25 points for Tucker County, while Sam Marks ande Mikey Mitchell added 12 apiece.

Levi Wanless had 14 points for Elkins, which is now 2-4 and is slated to face Fort Hill (Md.) at noon today at Trinity High School.

The Mountain Lions host Grafton on Tuesday.

Tucker County (11-0)

Garrett Wilfong 3 1-4 8, Xander Lamber 0 1-2 1, Trevan Bonner 11 2-6 25, Sam Marks 4 2-6 12, Mikey Mitchell 5 0-0 12, Cayden Arnold 1 2-2 4, Carson Dearborn 3 0-0 8. Totals 27 8-20 70

Elkins (2-4)

Dreyton Boggs 1 0-0 2, Lucas D’Angelo 2 1-3 5, Dylan Hinzman 1 0-0 3, Drew Hinzman 2 0-2 4, Levi Wanless 5 4-5 14, A.J. Friedman 1 0-0 2, Landon Shreve 0 2-4 2, Nasiem Raiford 1 0-0 3, D.J. Louk 1 1-2 3. Totals 14 8-15 38

Tucker County 14 26 16 14 — 70

Elkins 10 2 14 12 — 38

3-point goals: TC 8 (Marks, Mitchell and Dearborn 2, Wilfong and Bonner), EHS 2 (Dylan Hinzman and Raiford)