Well, all four district winners have advanced to the Semifinals and the first one pits the District 28 champion, Ballard, against the District 26 champion, Male.

 

Set to tip in about 20 mins.

 

Lets get this thing going, fellas, and we can all make it home for the second half of the Louisville game.

Any idea on where I can find a radio stream for the game?

^ Not off the top of my head. Sorry.

Ballard 10 Male 8, end of 1.

 

Pretty dire. There was a lid on Ballard's basket until Dontez Byrd hit a triple with 30 seconds left in the quarter. I don't have a turnover count... but it was high.

Thanks anyways!

Snider might be trying to do too much. I think he's 0-5 from three at this point.

Malik Dow gets a rebound off a Quentin Snider miss and lays it in to make it 20-16 Ballard, 3:03 to go in the half.

Halftime: Ballard 25 Male 20

 

Pretty ugly. Lots of fouls. Lots of turnovers.

 

Lavonne Holland and Quentin Snider each have 6 to lead the Bruins. Kelan Martin went to the bench very early with foul trouble. Didn't see the floor in the second quarte.

 

Steven Julian has 8 to pace the Bulldogs.

Pretty entertaining to watch the bored student sections just tell stuff at each other during halftime. No halftime entertainment here at Valley, they were enough.

Ballard goes on a 7-2 run to start the third and Male takes a timeout.

 

Bruins now lead 32-22. 5:56 to go in the third.

Male rattled off the next six points and its been seesaw ever since.

 

Ballard, 38-32, 1:28 to go in the third.

High, high energy at this point. Lots of deflections and affected shots. Quentin Snider starting to have some success getting to the rim. He has 6 in the third.

Jalen Perry misses a three at the buzzer to keep it 38-32 Ballard at the end of three.

 

Will Parker for Male and Quentin Snider for Ballard had nice quarters with six a piece.

Ballard pushes it out to 45-35 with 5:36 to go in the game on the strength of a Snider three and a breakaway basket by Holland.

Snider really found things here in the second half; he's got 17 points.