BURLINGTON - Kennedy outscored Burlington by 13 points in the second quarter and cruised past the Grayhounds, 56-43, Friday night in a season-opening boys basketball game for the Cougars.

Johnathon Koelling scored 19 points and Patrick Martin added 14 to lead Kennedy.

Benjamin Struss scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Cougars. Koelling also had 10 rebounds.

Justin Randall's 14 points led Burlington (0-2).

Kennedy led 13-11 after the first quarter, but outscored Burlington 19-6 in the second period to build a 32-17 lead.

KENNEDY (56): Blake Murdock 0 0-0 0, Anthony Carter 2 0-0 4, Patrick Martin 5 4-6 14, Johnathon Koelling 8 3-4 19, Benjamin Struss 5 0-1 10, Drew Heitland 1 2-2 4, John Bardsley 2 0-0 5, Draven Fuller 0 0-0 0, Taylor Oltmann 0 0-0 0, Andrew Johnson 0 0-0 0, Riley Fergus 0 0-0 0, Seth Gilmore 0 0-0 0, Brandon Buck 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 9-12 56.

BURLINGTON (43): Brandon Mosena 3 0-0 6, Brice Plein 2 0-2 4, Zach Patterson 1 0-0 3, George Coursey 3 0-0 6, Justin Randall 5 4-8 14, Jobe Ashby 1 0-0 2, Max Mercer 0 0-0 0, Josh Bloomer 0 1-2 1, Trevor Martin 0 0-0 0, Jerad Porter 1 0-0 3, Dilan Beaird 0 0-0 0, Deonte Thompson 1 0-0 2, Nick Pierson 0 0-0 0, Keith Davis 0 0-0 0, Dominique Fleming 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 5-12 43.

Halftime - Kennedy 32, Burlington 17. 3-point goals - Kennedy 1 (Bardsley), Burlington 2 (Patterson, Porter). Fouls - Kennedy 18, Burlington 13. Fouled out - None.