Trimble County heads to Oldham County Friday night 12-13-19 for a big 29th district seeding game.

 

Both teams come in 2-1 on the season. Oldham just took its first loss to Assumption; Trimble is on a two-game winning streak.

 

Oldham scored 143 points in their two wins, but the Lady Colonels faced minimal competition from Valley and Eminence in those contests. (combined record: 1-10)

 

Trimble County has excelled on defense; Frankfort scored just 44 points (but beat Trimble for the Lady Raiders' lone loss), but Carroll County (37 points) and Waggener (32 points) have failed to reach 40 in Trimble's two wins. However, Trimble's two victories came over two teams that are a combined 0-8.

 

Maddie Clark (13 ppg) leads a balanced Oldham County attack. She's the only player in double digits, but four other players average 7-9 ppg. Oldham is a pretty decent shooting team, and features three solid inside players in Lakynn Goldsmith, Aliyah Swanson, and 5'10" freshman Reagan Cheatham, who scores 7 ppg and a team-high 5 rebounds per game off the bench.

 

Trimble, as a team, has not shot the ball well this year (33.8%), but they may have the best player on the floor tonight in Shelby Wilcoxson, who is averaging a beastly 21 ppg and 6 rebounds, both team highs. Wilcoxson, an aggressive, savvy player, is good at getting to the line - she's shot 27 of Trimble's 50 free throws this year and hit 23 for 85.2%.

 

If Trimble can get the ball into Wilcoxson's hands in scoring position, the Lady Raiders may be able to pull the upset. For Oldham, the key will be using their defensive pressure defense to create turnovers and transition baskets.

 

Live video coverage starts at 5:30 pm ET on The Pegasus Sports Network - PSN

 

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3:41 left in the first half

Oldham Co 28

Trimble Co 7

HALFTIME

 

Oldham County 36

Trimble County 14

 

Raiders got their two FGs - a three and a two - in the final 54 seconds of the half.

 

Oldham's Maddie Clark 10 of 12 shooting, 21 points

 

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FINAL: Oldham County 64, Trimble County 42.

 

Oldham's Maddie Clark eclipsed the 1,000 point mark. She finished with a game-high 29 points on 14 of 16 shooting from the floor (and a free throw).

 

Trimble never recovered after losing the first period, 18-1, though the Lady Raiders more or less played even with Oldham the rest of the way. The Lady Colonels did, however, expand the lead to as much as 29 points at one time during the game.

 

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