Highlands 63 McCracken County 53 (Sweet 16® Quarterfinals)

[DevilMayCare 2,950]

Final.

 

[Randy Parker 566]

That's a good win for the Birds.  

Very interesting matchup with Ashland tomorrow. 

[DevilMayCare 2,950]

Luke Muller was the star for Highlands with 29 points on the strength of seven 3s. Sam Vinson added 15 points and 8 assists. 

Ian Hart (15), Noah Dumas (14), and Brant Brower (11) reached double figures for McCracken. The Mustangs shot 57% overall and 71% from 3 and still lost by 10. Highlands always had an answer. 

[Tigerpride94 3,468]

🎟 to the final four! Congrats to Highlands!

[R1 sports fan 77]

Really good game, was 52:50 with about 2 and a half left, McCracken turned it over, then never got a chance to tie again. Game for the last 2 minutes was all free throw shooting and preventing turnovers.

[FrankNicodemus 113]

Great game! That was a hard fought battle. Get some rest, going to be a long day tomorrow.

[B-Ball-fan 2,546]

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[gchs_uk9 3,446]

49 minutes ago, R1 sports fan said:

Really good game, was 52:50 with about 2 and a half left, McCracken turned it over, then never got a chance to tie again. Game for the last 2 minutes was all free throw shooting and preventing turnovers.

Never seemed like Highlands would lose but they also could never put McCracken away. Kudos to both teams for a solid effort. Excited for Ashland/Highlands tomorrow. 

[R1 sports fan 77]

10 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

Never seemed like Highlands would lose but they also could never put McCracken away. Kudos to both teams for a solid effort. Excited for Ashland/Highlands tomorrow. 

McCracken made them sweat a couple times but Highlands was in control the whole game. 

[Runcible Owl 1,784]

Congrats on the win Bluebirds!

With 11 3-pointers tonight, and 12 in the opener, Highlands is on pace to shatter the tournament record of 33.

More to this team than sinking treys, but I do love a good sharpshooting team.