Covington Catholic 57 Oldham County 46

[Bluesport]

Final

[Bluesport]

Mayer played well in his 1st game of the season, and Davin played for the 1st time in a couple of months. Sloppy game overall.

[Bluesport]

Mayer had 8 points and 8 rebounds in about 10 minutes.

[JackieMoon]

CCH was sloppy before the game even started - coaches had Davin lined up to be intro'd as a starter but Moser was listed in the roster so they announced him and he had to start.

 

CCH had 14 turnovers in the first half but still held the lead at halftime

 

Oldham's defense was very aggressive and they did a good job on Disken.

 

Havent seen official stats but guessing Fleek led CCH followed by Thelen.

[Colonel96]

From Cov Cath's perspective, that game was u.g.l.y. 20+ turnovers is not going to win them the 9th region, especially with just the carelessness of the way some of the turnovers happened.

 

Thelen and Fleek both finished with 14. Overall, a win is a win for Cov Cath, but man, that was not a pretty game. Definitely some things to clean up before tournament play starts. Also, Mayer played well with 8 and 8.

[BFritz]

My cousin Coy is doing a great job coaching for Oldham!

 

I was impressed with his game plan and game management. He's also intense!

 

I don't get why CCH didn't pound the ball inside more or even really at all. You have four guys 6-5 or over and one guy 6-4, so it seems obvious that you'd go inside, especially when it's not like their guard play is too great.

 

I was "talking" with someone from CovCath and he told me that Thelen wasn't playing on the block because he was too skinny and would get pushed around on the block which, even if it's true, I still don't understand why he wouldn't play just outside the paint or mid-range. He can hit jumpers from there or is tall enough to see everywhere and hit the open players on cuts or for jumpers.

[JackieMoon]

My cousin Coy is doing a great job coaching for Oldham!

 

I was impressed with his game plan and game management. He's also intense!

 

I don't get why CCH didn't pound the ball inside more or even really at all. You have four guys 6-5 or over and one guy 6-4, so it seems obvious that you'd go inside, especially when it's not like their guard play is too great.

 

I was "talking" with someone from CovCath and he told me that Thelen wasn't playing on the block because he was too skinny and would get pushed around on the block which, even if it's true, I still don't understand why he wouldn't play just outside the paint or mid-range. He can hit jumpers from there or is tall enough to see everywhere and hit the open players on cuts or for jumpers.

 

I haven't seen Thelen "pushed around" by anyone but Cozart is coming to town next week so that will be interesting!