Seniors take apart juniors in Kentucky All-Stars basketball games

Girls warming up for Indiana game

 

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Kentucky All-Stars girls coach Stacy Pendleton wanted a test and got one — for a half.

 

The All-Stars dominated the second half to defeat the juniors 106-77 at Trinity High School on Wednesday night after romping by 30 over a team with some of the same players Tuesday in Lexington. This time the juniors led 42-33 before the seniors rallied for a 51-46 halftime edge, then blew it open in the second half.

Pendleton, the Manual High coach, is preparing his team to meet Indiana in the annual two-game series starting Friday in Freedom Hall.

“Last night down there in Lexington we beat them pretty good,” he said. “... We missed a lot of shots (tonight) and should have been up more. I think the kids that they added gave them some more bulk, size to rebound with us. This group probably will mirror what Indiana will bring on Friday.”

 

Miss Basketball Sydney Moss led all scorers with 20 points, 13 in the second half.

“Sydney is a great representative for Miss Basketball,” Pendleton said of the Florida signee from Boone County. “She’s really selfless and plays so hard. She’s a team player. She’s almost a team player to a fault. Tonight I thought she was very assertive. She’s a humble kid, and she can flat play.”

 

“We play real good as a team,” Moss said. “Knowing each other and how we play kind of helps.”

 

Jasmine Whitfield of South Oldham added 16 points, including a 3-pointer for the halftime margin.

 

The juniors got 17 points from Becca Greenwell of Owensboro Catholic.

 

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Great job last night by Jasmine........I thought she was outstanding! I thought the seniors were much more balanced. More girls got into the scoring act and the 3-point shooting was better. I know Kara Wright was in double figures (and played well overall) and I'm sure Kendall Noble was as well. The guards again played well, pushing the ball and distributing it really well also. Overall I thought a much more solid performance than at Lexington.

 

Now the big ones are here!

Here are the box scores, girls and boys (Idid not feel like seperating them)

 

 

FROM DAVE SATTERLY, DIRECTOR OF THE KENTUCKY ALL-STAR OPERATIONS:

 

Date: 6/7/2012 8:30:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time

From: [email protected]

 

Playing his final game in his high school gymnasium, Kentucky Mr.

Basketball Nathan Dieudonne poured in a game-high 20 points and led the

Kentucky All-Stars to a 96-80 victory over the Junior All-Stars

Wednesday night at Trinity High School's Steinhauser Gymnasium in

Louisville.

 

"It meant a lot to play (at Trinity) one more time," said Dieudonne,

who has signed to play in college at Boston University. "I think this

scrimmage game allowed us the chance to feel each other out and prepare

for Indiana this weekend."

 

The Rowan County duo of D.J. Townsend and Adam Wing chipped in 16 and

12 points, respectively, for the Kentucky All-Stars. Jeril Taylor, of

Pleasure Ridge Park, also had 12.

 

The All-Stars will do battle with the Indiana All-Stars in their annual

two-game series this weekend. The first meeting will take place Friday

at 7:30 in Freedom Hall.

 

Bullitt East's Derek Willis tallied 16 points to lead the Junior

All-Stars, and Trinity's Darryl Hicks finished with 15.

 

Girls game

 

The Kentucky All-Stars trailed by nine points late in the first half

but rallied to upend a collection of Kentucky's top incoming juniors,

106-77.

 

Boone County's Sydney Moss, Kentucky's 2012 Miss Basketball and a

University of Florida signee, led the Kentucky All-Stars with a

game-high 20 points.

 

South Oldham's Jasmine Whitfield added 16 points, Hopkinsville's

Christy Soldo chipped in 14 and Perry County Central's Kendall Noble 13

for the All-Stars, who will clash with the Indiana All-Stars in a 5:30

match up Friday at Freedom Hall.

 

The Junior All-Stars got 17 points from Owensboro Catholic's Becca

Greenwell. Christian Academy's China Dow and Paducah Tilghman's Chelsey

Shumpert each added 12.

 

The All-Stars also defeated the Junior All-Stars by a similar margin --

86-56 -- Tuesday night in a scrimmage at Paul Dunbar High School in

Lexington.

 

BOX SCORES

 

Boys' game

 

KENTUCKY ALL-STARS - 39 - 57 -- 96

 

JUNIOR ALL-STARS - 29 - 51 -- 80

 

Kentucky All-Stars (96) - Nathan Dieudonne (Trinity) 20, Matt Day

(Buckhorn) 7, Charles Foster (Trinity) 8, Jay Johnson (Woodford County)

9, Twin Lancaster (Logan County) 4, Tamron Manning (Scott County) 5,

Jaysean Paige (Perry County Central) 0, Alan Stenzel (Clark County) 3,

Jeril Taylor (Pleasure Ridge Park) 12, Mike Terry (Fairview) 0, D.J.

Townsend (Rowan County) 16, Adam Wing (Rowan County) 12.

Junior All-Stars (80) - Dominique Hawkins (Madison Central) 7, Darryl

Hicks (Trinity) 15, Lavone Holland (Louisville Ballard) 10, Stuart

Jackson (Louisville Central) 6, Brock Kiesler (St. Xavier) 2, Demetrius

McReynolds (Louisville Butler) 0, Logan O'Bryan (Daviess County) 12,

Omar Prewitt (Montgomery County) 5, Trey Rakes (Bullitt East) 1, Quan

Taylor (Madison Central) 6, Rusty Troutman (Bullitt East) 0, Derek

Willis (Bullitt East) 16.

Three-pointers - Hicks 3, Townsend 3, Holland 2, Taylor 2, Willis 2,

Wing 2, Hawkins, Manning, O'Bryan, Stenzel.

 

Girls' game

 

KENTUCKY ALL-STARS - 51 - 55 -- 106

 

JUNIOR ALL-STARS - 46 - 31 -- 77

 

Kentucky All-Stars (106) - Sydney Moss (Boone County) 20, Lauren Bodine

(Louisville Manual) 5, Bre Elder (Marion County) 2, Micah Jones (Green

County) 5, Kendall Noble (Perry County Central) 13, Christine Roush

(Mercy) 11, Courtney Roush (Mercy) 5, Christy Soldo (Hopkinsville) 14,

Jasmine Whitfield (South Oldham) 16, April Wilson (Louisville Manual)

5, Kara Wright (Louisville Manual) 8, Leasia Wright (Louisville Manual)

2.

Junior All-Stars (77) - Tearra Banks (Louisville Ballard) 1, Larryn

Brooks (Madison Central) 3, China Down (Christian Academy) 12, Makayla

Epps (Marion County) 5, Ashton Feldhaus (Madison Central) 2; Emily Fox

(Lincoln County) 6, Kyvin Goodin-Rogers (Marion County) 3, Becca

Greenwell (Owensboro Catholic) 17, Whitney Hartlage (Mercy) 9, Beth

Rates (Hancock County) 2, Chelsey Shumpert (Paducah Tilghman) 12, Aaron

Smith (Butler), 5.

Three-pointers - Hartlage 3, Dow 2, Fox 2, Whitfield 2, K. Wright 2,

Jones, Ch. Roush, Co. Roush.

 

 

 

 

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