2015 53rd District Tournament Preview

Site: Letcher County Central High School

1)Knott County Central (25-2):

Knott County Central comes into the district tournament at 6-0 running over everyone in their district. The Patriots are the top team not only in the district but in the region as well. Knott County Central will enter the district tournament looking to win it’s 6 straight district championship.

2)Letcher County Central (16-10):

Letcher County Central comes in at 3-3 and owns the tie breaker with June Buchanan. Letcher County Central split the regular season with June Buchanan, losing 35-34 to the Crusaders and winning 72-69 in double overtime. This should be a dandy of a first round matchup.

3)June Buchanan (12-9):

The Crusaders are 3-3 in district play including a thrilling win over Letcher County Central. June Buchanan is looking to get back to the regional tournament, a place they haven’t been since 2010.

4)Jenkins (6-18):

Jenkins has had a difficult season this year and it doesn’t get any easier with a first round district game against the #1 seed, Knott County Central, a team that has demolished the Cavaliers 85-57 and 90-37 this season.

Players to Watch:

Camron Justice (Knott County Central) the best player in the 14^th region and he keeps showing why every single game averaging 24.3 points per game. Camron shoots 42.6% from behind the arc.

Evan Hall (Knott County Central) is the Patriots big man. When he has the ball around the rim he’s going up and he can’t be stopped. Evan averages 15 points, and 8.7 rebounds a game. Evan also shoots 61.5% from 3 point land.

Simon Christon (Knott County Central) is another weapon coach King has in his arsenal. Even though Simon averages just 2.7 points per game he plays a big part in coach King’s offense.

Chance Cornett (Knott County Central) is the teams’ 3^rd leading scorer and 2^nd leading rebounder.

Torrell Carter (Letcher County Central) is the go-to-guy for the Cougars averaging almost 26 points a game. Torrell is also the teams’ leading rebounder averaging 7.8 boards per game.

Luka Stojicevic (June Buchanan) is the Crusaders leading scorer at 19 points per game. He’s mr. everything for June Buchanan.

Idris Akinyemi (June Buchanan) leads them in rebounding with 10 boards a game.

Princewill Anosike (June Buchanan) is the teams’ 2^nd leading rebounder.

Jeffrey Newsome / Randy Potter (Jenkins) both lead the Cavaliers in scoring with 12 points a game and both are averaging 3 boards per game to lead Jenkins.

Schedule:

Monday February 23^rd: 7:30 PM – Knott County Central vs. Jenkins

Tuesday February 24^th: 7:00 PM – Letcher County Central vs. June Buchanan

Thursday February 26^th: 7:00 PM – Championship