Friday, March 7, 2025

88 Teams Left

Here were last night's regional scores in Boys' Basketball:

FIRST REGION QUARTERFINALS (at Murray St):
Carlisle Co. 49 - 71 Mayfield
(6) Calloway Co. 72 - 43 Paducah St. Mary

SECOND REGION QUARTERFINALS (at Madisonville-N. Hopkins):
Henderson Co. 79 - 58 Hopkinsville
Lyon Co. 87 - 69 Dawson Springs

THIRD REGION QUARTERFINALS (at Owensboro Sportscenter):
Grayson Co. 70 - 64 Owensboro Catholic
Meade Co. 60 - 44 McLean Co.

TWELFTH REGION QUARTERFINALS (at Lincoln Co.):
Southwestern 46 - 44 W. Jessamine
(19) Danville Christian 50 - 46 Somerset (double OT)

In the 12th Region, three of the quarterfinal games went to double overtime.  The other quarterfinal was decided by two points.  No team scored more than 53 points in the four games.  What is going on down there?

THIRTEENTH REGION QUARTERINALS (at The Corbin Arena):
S. Laurel 59 - 43 Bell Co.
Pineville 73 - 68 Clay Co.

FOURTEENTH REGION QUARTERFINALS (at Knott Co. Cent.):
Estill Co. 59 - 61 Wolfe Co.
(12) Hazard 46 - 40 Knott Co. Cent.

Knott Co. Cent. and Perry Co. Cent. were both eliminated before the regional semifinals.  You don't see that very often.

SIXTEENTH REGION QUARTERFINALS (at Morehead St.):
Ashland Blazer 77 - 38 Elliott Co.
Raceland 41 - 51 Rowan Co.

Last year, Ashland Blazer played Lyon County in the first round of the Sweet 16, and almost beat them -- the Lyons survived 45-43, and then won the whole thing.

8 comments:

  1. Interestingly for a Friday night in March, there are only two games tonight, but they are big ones: the Seventh Region Semi-Finals at Valley H.S. in Louisville:

    (10) Lou. Manual (26-5) v. Lou. Trinity (16-14)
    Lou. Ballard (20-10) v. (1) Lou. St. Xavier (29-2)

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  2. St. X has only lost two games all year:

    On December 26, they lost to Georgetown Prep (from N. Bethesda, Md.) as part of a tournament at Torrey Pines H.S. in San Diego. The score was 64-59.

    On December 30, as part of the same tournament, St. X lost to St. Francis Episcopal of Houston by the score of 78 to 75.

    St. X is undefeated against Kentucky teams. They won the King of the Bluegrass Tournament. They won the Louisville Invitational Tournament.

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  3. St. X has played Ballard twice this season. In the LIT semi-finals, they beat Ballard 61-59 on January 18. On February 7, they won at Ballard by 69-60. But tonight's game is the one that really counts.

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  4. Manual and Trinity are headed to overtime, tied at 44.

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  5. Trinity eliminates Manual in overtime, 60 to 55. Heartbreak for the Crimson, who haven't been to State since 1972.

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  6. With 2:04 left in the third quarter, St. X leads Ballard 67 to 39.

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  7. St. X wins 90 to 55, and the Seventh Region Final will feature Trinity and St. X.

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  8. Bradley defeats Murray State 70 to 62 in the MVC Tournament, and the Racers' 2024-25 season comes to a disappointing end. Murray finishes 9-11 in conference play, 16-17 overall, and number 144 on Ken Pom. On the other hand, they finished 160 on Ken Pom in 2024, and 229 on Ken Pom in 2025 -- so they may be getting better.

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