Live video coverage on The Pegasus Sports Network - PSN

 

Pre-tourney favorite Oldham County survived a first-round scare from Woodford County before prevailing, 59-53. The Colonels got their wake-up call and survived to talk about it, something countless favorites before them have had to do. Now that the Colonels' attention has re-focused, what do their odds look like to reach the finals?

 

Oldham got some terrific second-half play from senior point guard Stephen Votaw and center Xander Wagner-Rose to put away a pesky Woodford squad late. Defense ultimately carried the Colonels; Oldham trailed, 27-25, at the half, but largely shut down the Yellowjackets late, and kept Hunter Penn from roaming freely in the second half as he did in the first.

 

Grant County built what appeared to be an insurmountable 15 point advantage over Gallatin County in their first-round matchup, only be nearly undone by a ton of turnovers late (11 as I recall). But Grant held on - never surrendering the lead - and put the game away late at the line.

 

These are two teams that shoot the ball pretty well, particularly at the line. Luke Dawalt inside for Grant was pretty quiet in the opening round; he'll be challenged by Tyler Slone and Xander Wagner-Rose for OC in the paint.

 

Critical for Grant to avoid foul trouble; the Braves are really a 6-deep roster, which could prove problematic against an Oldham team that wants to go 100 mph for 32 minutes. How Grant fares against the frenzied pace, and whether the Braves can avoid foul trouble will be key to Grant's chances of pulling the upset.

 

For Oldham, it will be interesting to see if district star Deaton Oak bounces back after a so-so game against Woodford.

 

This should be a very fun game to watch; if you can't make it (or would like to watch it again later) go to The Pegasus Sports Network - PSN. Pegasus Sports is working with the Henry County A-V club and is excited to present a video presentation that includes 3-4 cameras bringing you the action. Enjoy!

 

CM

We head back down to "The Roy" tonight for the 8th Region Boys semis. Our broadcast link will be at Tri State Internet Sports Radio is on Mixlr. Mixlr is a simple way....

Live video coverage begins at 6 pm with South Oldham vs. Collins, followed by Oldham County vs. Grant County.

 

Combining forces with the Henry County HS Audio-Visual club....if you missed the opening round games, you'll enjoy the additional camera angles as we will have multiple cameras throughout the gym!

 

Oldham's a decided favorite in this one, but the Braves have a roster full of shooters. The Braves' offense vs. the Oldham defense is the matchup of the night.

 

Grant has to shed the turnover bug that hit them against Gallatin in round 1.

 

CM

half Oldham 27 Grant County 24

 

Fouls are beginning to be an issue for Grant. Dylan Hammonds with 3

 

Grant with 9 turnovers, but Oldham's shooting has been so-so; the Colonels haven't capitalized.

Grant hanging around when teams who are supposed to win are in a tight game or fall behind that rim can sometimes get small. We shall see.

Grant with 3 turnovers in about 40 seconds....OC retakes the lead at 40-35 after trailing 35-31.

20.3 seconds left in 3Q

3:24 left

 

Grant trying hard for the big upset

 

Braves 44 Colonels 42

 

Oldham ball with 3:24 left; timeout

51.3 sec left

 

Oldham 49

Grant 47

 

turnovers killing Grant

Robinson and Vickers miss back to back threes.

 

Oldham rebound with 21.8 to play

Wagner-Rose hits the first FT

 

50-47

 

One more FT

51-47

9.2 seconds to play

 

Wagner Rose rebounds missed Dawalt three

 

Foul

 

 

Wagner Rose hits both 53-47

Guffey deep, off-balance three from right corner

 

Grant timeout with 3.8 to play

Oldham 53-50

Guffey steals, but misses off balance shot ...hits top of backboard.

 

FINAL

 

Oldham County 53 Grant County 50