Great game from start to finish. Back and forth first half with neither team pushing to over a 5 point lead. 2nd half opened all Daviess County. Jay Owen took over and powered the Panthers to an 11 point lead with just over a minute left in the 3rd. That’s when Tim Riley took over the game. He adjusted to a half court trapping defense and the Aces would eventually battle the game even late. DC had the ball with the game tied near the final minute and tried to hold for the last shot but they couldn’t handle Catholic’s ball pressure and turned it over. In turn, they allowed Catholic to hold the ball for the final shot which was missed by Gabe McFarland. JD Marshall was there for the offensive board and put it back in with the foul with 1.5 left. Marshall sank the FT and DC threw a long in bounds pass out of bounds to end it. Now for the 2nd year in a row, the #3 and #4 seeds will advance to the region. Hats off to Coach Riley on a great adjustment that completely changed the game.

The man is just simply a legend. Always gets the most out of his teams.

Daviess County had NO ANSWER for Luke Hayden who scored 25 points for Catholic. I was at the game, Tim Riley was superb! The man can flat out coach.