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NDL Photo/Crystin Faenza The Logan County student section yells at a Todd County Central player during the girls game on Friday night.

NDL Photo/Crystin Faenza Landon Stratton goes up for the lay-up during their game against the Rebels on Friday. Stratton scored nine points for the Cougars on Friday.

NDL Photo/Crystin Faenza Tahmir Graham dribbles to ball to score at their game against the Rebels on Friday. Tahmir ended the game with nine points for the Cougars.

NDL Photo/Crystin Faenza Torin Graham shoots a jump shot during their game against the Todd County Central Rebels on Friday. The Cougars won 67-64.

NDL Photo/Crystin Faenza Torin Graham shoots a lay-up for the Cougars at their game on Friday against the Rebels. Graham ended the game with 15 points.

NDL Photo/Crystin Faenza Taylor Blakemore shoots a lay-up for the Cougars during their game against the Todd County Central Rebels on Friday. Blakemore ended the game with eight points for the Cougars.

NDL Photo/Crystin Faenza The Logan County student section cheers on their team at the double-header on Friday night against the Todd County Central Rebels. Friday was the Pink Out game to raise awareness for cancer and raise money for the American Cancer Society.

NDL Photo/Crystin Faenza Maegann Hardison throws up a shot during their game on Friday against the Lady Rebels. Hardison ended the game with 16 points for the Lady Cougars.

NDL Photo/Crystin Faenza Katelyn Jones shoots a lay-up for the Lady Cougars during their game on Friday against the Todd County Central Lady Rebels. Jones ended the night with 12 points for the Lady Cougars.

NDL Photo/Crystin Faenza Laura Hunt makes her way to the hoop during their game against the Lady Rebels on Friday. Hunt ended the game leading the Lady Cougars with 21 points.

NDL Photo/Crystin Faenza Head coach Scot MacAllister goes over plays with the players during halftime of their game against the Todd County Central Lady Rebels. The Lady Cougars led 32-25 at the half but fell to the Lady Rebels 58-63.

NDL Photo/Crystin Faenza Taylor Blakemore shoots for the Cougars in the fourth quarter of their game on Friday against the Todd County Central Rebels on Friday.

The Logan County gym was filled with pink on Friday night as the Logan County Cougars held their Pink Out game to raise cancer awareness and to raise money for the American Cancer Society to find a cure. The Logan County teams faced the Todd County Central Rebels in a double-header.

The Lady Cougars played first and started the game off with a strong lead of 19-11 after the first quarter. They continued with their lead and finished the first half with a lead of 32-25. The Lady Cougars had a bad third quarter after only scoring three points while the Lady Rebels took the lead of 35-44 at the end of the third quarter.

The Lady Cougars tried to recover their lead but the Lady Rebels kept fighting on and beat the Lady Cougars by five points to end the game 63-58.

Laura Hunt lead the Lady Cougars with 21 points. Maegann Hardison followed with 16 points and Katelyn Jones with 12 points.

The Cougars were up next and played a very close game against the Rebels. The Cougars ended the first half with a lead of 16-13. The Rebels took the lead in the second quarter but the Cougars quickly gained it back to end the first half 34-33.

The game continued to be a close game but the Cougars widened the gap and lead by seven points at the end of the third quarter. The Cougars continued to fight hard and pulled through with a win of 67-64.

Ben Wright lead the Cougars on Friday with 22 points. Torin Graham had 15 for the Cougars and Tahmir had nine.

The Cougars will face the Barren County Trojans on Thursday at Glasgow and the Lady Cougars will head to West Creek, Tn on Saturday.