Central 52, West Jessamine 48
Two Cinderella teams playing in the Saturday morning semifinals, West Jessamine and Louisville Central.
Two Cinderella teams playing in the Saturday morning semifinals, West Jessamine and Louisville Central.
Two Cinderella teams playing in the Saturaday morning semifinals, West Jessamine and Louisville Central.
Junior Jeremiah Johnson lives again. He hit a three-point shot with 26.4 seconds to give Holmes a 65-62 lead followed that with another basket. Holmes wins 67-63.
The teams were not shy of shooting as Central jumped out to a 57-56 lead before Holmes called a time-out with 1:21.
Holmes was the one shooting the threes in the first half and hoped to blow out the Central Jackets.
Will Cinderella wear the glass slipper tonight or will it be the tournament favorite? Central leads at the half because they are trying to live by the three-pointer. They were 3 of 17.
A hard fought win for the Lions of Elliott County, 75-69.
Two tight mountain teams trying to bring home the bring home the big trophy. Both are playing tight tonight, Shelby Valley shooting 9 of 34 while Elliott County is shooting 10 of 25.
Catholic made a nice run in the second half and cut the lead to ten, 50-40, but the Dawgs pulled away for a 72-56 win.
Holmes coach David Henley told Scott Thompson they had played about as good as they could in the first half as the Bulldogs roared out of the gate with a 45-23 lead against Lexington Catholic.
