2nd Region Week 4 Review

[Basketball Jones]

2nd Region Week 4 Review

 

Lyon County junior guard Travis Perry was named Most Outstanding Player at the King of the Bluegrass Tournament at Fairdale and climbed to within three points of fifth place on the Kentucky all-time scoring list with 87 in three tournament games. Perry's full season update as he pursues the scoring record appears below the regional rankings. Lyon County finished fourth at the tournament during an otherwise rough week against top-notch competition that resulted in an 0-2 ledger. On the other hand, Madisonville-North Hopkins enjoyed an unbeaten week thanks in large part to TaMarcus Eaves who scored more than 30 points twice. Dawson Springs also had an unbeaten week. Even so, Lyon County remains No. 1 and I'm keeping the Henderson County, Madisonville-North Hopkins and University Heights cluster intact with a tie at No. 2 for one more week, although Madisonville-North Hopkins is making that increasingly difficult with another unbeaten performance lengthening a nice winning streak.

 

Regional rankings:

 

1. Lyon County (9-3) Lost its last two games at the King of the Bluegrass after winning its first two at the tournament the previous week. Defeated by Great Crossing, 69-61, and North Oldham, 107-73, in the third-place game. Travis Perry (25) and Jack Reddick (20) were the only double-digit scorers against Great Crossing. The Lyons' three losses this season have come against teams with a 25-6 combined record. They remained unbeaten at 5-0 against regional opponents. Every other team in the Second Region has at least one loss to another regional team.

 

2. Henderson County (6-4): The Colonels went 2-1 at the Central Bank Jim Rose Classic, losing to Lincoln County and beating Calloway County and Scott County, all at Lexington Christian. Gerard Thomas scored 23 points against Calloway County and tallied 22 versus Scott County. Henderson County beat Madisonville-North Hopkins by 21 on the road Dec. 9 and that's what keeps them even in this week's rankings despite another great week for Madisonville-North Hopkins.

 

2. Madisonville-North Hopkins (10-1): Won three games, at its own First United Bank Holiday Classic, for the second week in a row, beating North Hardin, Hopkinsville and Owensboro Catholic, pushing the Maroons' winning streak to seven. TaMarcus Eaves scored 31, 41 and 17 points respectively for 29.6 ppg. Remember, Madisonville-North Hopkins beat University Heights by just one on Dec. 15.

 

2. University Heights (4-4): The Blazers dropped to .500 with a 1-2 showing at the First United Bank Holiday Classic at Madisonville-North Hopkins. Lost to Bowling Green by just six and to Owensboro by 10 and beat Webster County. Don't forget that University Heights beat Henderson County by 12 on Dec. 13.

 

5. Hopkins County Central (5-4): Went 2-1, all at the Whittaker Country Christmas Tournament with wins against McLean County and Bethlehem and a loss to Butler County. Drake Skeen averaged 20 ppg in the victories.

 

6. Christian County (4-6): Finished 1-2 against Tennessee teams at the Adidas Shootout, losing to Riverdale, Montgomery Bell Academy and Webb at Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Derrell Bateman had a double-double of 17 points and 14 rebounds against Webb.

 

7. Hopkinsville (3-6): Went 1-2 at the First United Bank Holiday Classic with a win over Owensboro and losses to Madisonville-North Hopkins and Bowling Green. Antonio Williams had 27 points in the win. Lost to Christian County the previous week. Beat Webster County earlier in the schedule.

 

8. Webster County (5-5): Lost three straight at the First United Bank Holiday Classic, dropping to .500 on the season. Lost to Owensboro Catholic, University Heights and North Hardin. Deshawn Murphy scored 31 vs. North Hardin and averaged 23.3 ppg in the three contests. Beat Crittenden County by 25 back on Dec. 6

 

9. Crittenden County (5-5): Split a pair of games at the Roys BarBQue/First Southern National Bank Shootout with a loss to South Warren and a win against Clarksville Christian (TN) at Logan County. Crittenden County beat Trigg County Dec. 16.

 

10. Trigg County (7-4): Split two games, beating Thomas Nelson and losing to Todd County Central for the second time this season at its own KME Classic. Hunter Reynolds scored 22 points against Thomas Nelson and Jhaden Vaughn had 23 vs. Todd County Central.

 

11. Union County (4-5): Went 1-2 for the week all at the Whittaker Country Christmas Tournament. The Braves beat Cloverport but lost to Butler County and McLean County. Izaiah Manuel led with 24 points and six rebounds in the win.

 

12. Dawson Springs (5-7): Won two games at the St. Mary Christmas Classic, beating Fort Campbell and Livingston Central. Montgomery Johnston scored 15 points against Fort Campbell and 23 vs. Livingston Central.

 

13. Caldwell County (1-8): Edged Fort Campbell with 18 points from Colin Whittington at the St. Mary Christmas Classic. Beat Livingston Central earlier in the schedule.

 

14. Livingston Central (3-8): Lost its only game of the week to Dawson Springs at the St. Mary Christmas Classic after beating Dawson Springs earlier in the schedule.

 

15. Fort Campbell (2-8): Dropped both contests this week, losing to Dawson Springs and Caldwell County at the St. Mary Christmas Classic, extending the losing streak to five. High scorer both games for the Falcons was Eric Blaszkowski with 21 and 17 points, respectively.

 

TRAVIS PERRY'S PURSUIT OF KENTUCKY'S ALL-TIME SCORING RECORD

 

2022-23 game-by-game results:

 

Game number/Opponent/Points/Career total

1. Ohio County......................24      3,213

2. South Warren...................36      3,249

3. Mason County..................28      3,277

4. Livingston Central............24     3,301

5. Crittenden County............27     3,328

6. Christian County...............41     3,369

7. Trigg County......................38     3,407

8. Hopkins County Central...26     3,433

9. Harlan County...................29     3,462

10. Larue County...................34      3,496

11. Great Crossing.................25     3,521

12. North Oldham.................28      3,549

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Season total: 360 (30 ppg)

 

Career total: 3,549 (No. 6 all-time)

 

Points needed to pass King Kelly: 789

Regular season games remaining: 16 minimum

Possible post-season games: 9 (2 district, 3 regional, 4 state)

Total possible games: approximately 25

Scoring average required in 25 games to break the record this season: 31.5 ppg

 

Next up on Kentucky's all-time scoring list:

 

5. 3,542 Chris Harrison (Tollesboro) 1987-91

4. 3,567 Harry Todd (Earlington) 1955-58

3. 3,587 Cameron Justice (Knott County Central) 2010-15

2. 3,647 Charlie Osborne (Flat Gap) 1953-57

1. 4,337 "King" Kelly Coleman (Wayland) 1953-56

 

Already passed this season:

 

7. 3,377 Jonathan Ferguson (Elliott County) 2003-09

8. 3,365 Charles Thomas (Harlan) 1990-95

9. 3,325 Clem Haskins (Taylor County)

10. 3,300 Ty Rogers (Lyon County) 1998-04

11. 3,255 Dontaie Allen (Pendleton County) 2014-19

12. 3,233 Fred Hale (Williamstown) 1969-73

13. 3,228 Ervin Stepp (Phelps) 1977-80

14. 3,226 Manual Forrest (Moore) 1977-81

15. 3,202 Todd Conley (Elkhorn City) 1991-94

16. 3,219 Nelson White (Powell County) 1951-55

17. 3,211 Tim Stephens (McCreary County) 1973-76

18. 3,192 Austin Crawford (Bracken County) 2013-17

 

*All names and numbers from the KHSAA.

 

https://scoreboard.12dt.com/scoreboard/khsaa/kybbk22/?I'd=88752

 

https://khsaa.org/records/basketball/bbk-recordbook_indivteams.pdf

[Basketball Jones]

Correction: Christian County beat Webb for the 1-2 week. 

I sleepy...

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