Final.

South Oldham hit 19 of 43 three pointers en route to the victory. Aaron Franklin was 7 of 16 beyond the arc for all 21 of his points, and Joe Griffin was an impressive 22 points on everything from 4 threes to two dunks.

 

Grant got behind the 8 ball early when their leading scorer, (Tuggle) got two quick charging calls and spent most of the first half on the bench. He failed to get a field goal in the first half when South charged to a 49-28 halftime advantage.

 

Grant got their offense going in the third, scoring 21 points - but South tallied a whopping 32 to take an 81 - 49 lead into the final stanza.

 

The lead soon forced a running clock, and South coach Steve Simpson - who earned his 304th victory at South - emptied his bench. The Dragons actually had several open looks in the final minute, with the student section clamoring for 100 points, but opted to run out the clock.

 

South has now managed to score more points in each of their four games this year, eclipsing 70+ points in their opener vs. Shelby County, 80+ points vs. CAL, and they tallied 92 against Spencer County, followed by this 97 point effort.

 

Grant continues their "tour de Oldham" Saturday night at Oldham County HS in the Ronald McDonald House Classic. Tip is at 8 pm. Live video broadcast at The Pegasus Sports Network - PSN

 

CM

South continues to push the tempo. They have a mentality of trading a 2 for a 3 and you look up and they have made a 6-10 point swing. The up tempo sets up their trapping defense and they get some easy buckets of the steals and at times will pass the easy 2 for a shot at the three to push the lead out even further. Griffin is looking very good and as improved his outside shooting to go along with his defense, rebounding and a really impressive mid-range game. That makes him a serious threat against anyone in the region. He will need to get some rest periods as the season goes on to keep him fresh for the tournaments. Between Hoover, Young, Franklin and the freshman Morrison South as options to find the hot hand to take any pressure off Griffin if a team tries to lock him down. Grant Co seems to be a better team than score suggest and missed lots of shots that would have made the game a little closer. If South finds some help for Beyerly on the inside defense they are going to be a very tough out come March. Interested to see what they do with SK and their size.