The St. Patrick boys’ basketball team has started slow this year.

It’s taken a while to get going in games, and it’s shown early with the Saints’ 1-6 record heading into Hoops for Hope night at The Shamrock on Monday when they met with 39th District opponent Augusta.

St. Patrick got off to another slow start, but were able to overcome an early 11-0 deficit to come away with a 63-53 win – the Saints first over a district opponent since a 54-50 win against Bracken County on Jan. 30, 2014, and the first against Augusta since an 82-77 win on Dec. 10, 2011.

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I'm not the final authority, but I'm hearing he's a go.

 

Sorry I didn't get to meet you last night. I stealthly watched the Panthers open the first red-hot taking a 11-0 lead. Was impressed with Saints "no quit" effort. Thought the 3rd quarter 3 point contest between Philpot and Jones was pretty exciting (each traded back to back long 3's twice in a matter of 45(?)secs). 4th quarter turned with Bauer's successful hard drives among the trees and the Panthers missing consecutive front ends of 1and 1's. No question, this Saints team has great chemistry and determination. Big Ben coming back will be a quantum leap forward. If Garrison gets in the mix, he will create a different dynamic.

Saints faithful have waited a long time to get a win over the Panthers. Brevin Jones had the hot hand with five triples, Brennan Bauer with a couple of key acrobatic baskets and Jake Swolsky with four straight charity tosses down the stretch to seal the deal. Fun atmosphere at The Shamrock tonight.

 

And always good to put a BGP username with a real person. Good to meet you, SM.:thumb:

 

It was great to meet you as well.:thumb:

It was great to meet you as well.:thumb:

 

It's not nice to lie, Mamaw.

It's not nice to lie, Mamaw.

 

Don't you know, Mamaws never lie.

How did Augusta get a 11-0 lead?

How did Augusta get a 11-0 lead?

 

They scored 11 points before St. Pat scored any.

Here’s your sign...

Gotta love the smaller schools starting to improve. Hopefully St. Pats can make some noise later in the year!

How did Augusta get a 11-0 lead?

 

Saint turnovers (at least 2 or 3 before they got a shot off) and Panther 3s.

Saint turnovers (at least 2 or 3 before they got a shot off) and Panther 3s.

That was the answer I was looking for @Randy Parker

They scored 11 points before St. Pat scored any.

 

It literally took me 3 minutes to quit laughing on this response. Classic. Well done. Sometimes the truth is so obvious!!

They scored 11 points before St. Pat scored any.

It took him 59 minutes to come up with this response. You people give him way too much credit!

It took him 59 minutes to come up with this response. You people give him way too much credit!

 

:lol2: Like a slug in the snow.

 

I agree with DukeDog too. Love the small schools hanging tough. Good luck this year Saints!