Tipoff about 7:30 pm-ish. JV started late due to SK getting caught in traffic on I-71.

 

Big matchup between the 32nd district favorites (SK Pioneers) and one of the co-favorites in the 29th (Oldham).

 

Since moving to the 8th Region in 2005-6, these two teams have met 9 times, with SK holding a slight 5-4 edge. Simon Kenton won last year, 67-53, at SK....one of only two games in the series decided by more than 10 points. (Average margin of victory in series is 8 points).

 

Series stats:

 

At SK: Simon Kenton leads, 3-0

at Oldham: Oldham County leads, 2-1

Neutral floor: Oldham leads, 2-1 (all of these three games were 8th Region tournament games in New Castle)

 

Oldham is 16-5 and riding a 6-game winning streak.

SK is 11-7, but 7-0 against 8th Region competition (won 2x against all three 32nd district opponents, Walton-Verona, Williamstown, and Grant County....also defeated Gallatin County from the 31st.)

 

Strange, but true stat: Since joining the 8th region, SK is 64-6 vs. 32nd district opponents (not surprisingly, the Pioneers have won 7 of the last 8 district crowns and were runner-up the other year). But the Pioneers, who have had solid teams each year, are just 17-19 versus the rest of Region 8.

 

Tonight's game is matchup of a veteran coach - Trent Steiner - who has a solid record of winnning at SK, and first-year head coach Coy Zerhusen of Oldham County, the former star at Scott County HS who played for Billy Hicks.

 

Pregame coverage begins at 7 pm on the Pegasus Sports Network. The Pegasus Sports Network - PSN

 

CM

Great JV game. Final score: Simon Kenton pulls away in the final minute at the line. Simon Kenton 51 Oldham County 42 Varsity game starts in about 20 minutes

 

CM

end of first quarter SK 12 Oldham County 11

half Simon Kenton 30 Oldham County 29

Oldham cold in the third. end of 3Q Simon Kenton 48 Oldham County 39

5:31 left SK timeout SK 50 Oldham 46

2:48 left Oldham County 58 Simon Kenton 55

1:13 left Oldham ball SK time out Oldham County 64 Simon Kenton 61

final Oldham County 72 Simon Kenton 65

Oldham County fourth quarter:

8 of 14 FGs

2 of 3 threes

13 of 16 FTs

outscored SK 33-17

 

Key game stat: Turnovers: SK 20 Oldham County 6