Final from Beechwood. Holy Cross advances to their second straight All "A" State Tournament.

The Indians jumped out to a 24-9 first quarter lead and never trailed in the game. Give Newport a ton of credit they made 3 runs at Holy Cross from that first quarter on and HC was able to fend them off each time. Newport tied the game at 72-72 (first tie of the game) with about 16 seconds left. After a timeout, Senior Jacob Meyer would drive to the right of the lane near the baseline and get up a shot with 3 Newport defenders on him and would put in the winning basket with 5.6 seconds left. Newport got off a desperation corner 3 at the buzzer but it was no good.

Meyer would finish with a game-high 40 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists for Holy Cross. Javier Ward added 18. Newport was led by Senior Marquez Miller with 28 points. Freshman Tay Kinney had 16 points and 6 assists. James Turner had 12 and Jabari Covington added 10.

Holy Cross will advance to the state tournament to take on Danville out of the 12th Region on Thursday, January 26th at EKU at 5:00 pm.

Holy Cross 24 13 20 17 - 74

Newport 9 21 17 25 - 72

Holy Cross (11-5) - Meyer 40, Ward 18, Smith 6, Ambrocio 5, Dreas 3, Gibson 2.

Newport (14-4) - Miller 28, Kinney 17, Turner 12, Covington 10, Silverton 5.

 

6 minutes ago, Baseball Nut 24 said:

Final from Beechwood. Holy Cross advances to their second straight All "A" State Tournament.

The Indians jumped out to a 24-9 first quarter lead and never trailed in the game. Give Newport a ton of credit they made 3 runs at Holy Cross from that first quarter on and HC was able to fend them off each time. Newport tied the game at 72-72 (first tie of the game) with about 16 seconds left. After a timeout, Senior Jacob Meyer would drive to the right of the lane near the baseline and get up a shot with 3 Newport defenders on him and would put in the winning basket with 5.6 seconds left. Newport got off a desperation corner 3 at the buzzer but it was no good.

Meyer would finish with a game-high 40 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists for Holy Cross. Javier Ward added 18. Newport was led by Senior Marquez Miller with 28 points. Freshman Tay Kinney had 16 points and 6 assists. James Turner had 12 and Jabari Covington added 10.

Holy Cross will advance to the state tournament to take on Danville out of the 12th Region on Thursday, January 26th at EKU at 5:00 pm.

Holy Cross 24 13 20 17 - 74

Newport 9 21 17 25 - 72

Holy Cross (11-5) - Meyer 40, Ward 18, Smith 6, Ambrocio 5, Dreas 3, Gibson 2.

Newport (14-4) - Miller 28, Kinney 17, Turner 12, Covington 10, Silverton 5.

 

That was an awesome game.  Packed house.  Great environment.

Man, @4 Quartersis on fire with his picks!  Stay hot, Dolla!!

10 minutes ago, The Double Deuce said:

Man, @4 Quartersis on fire with his picks!  Stay hot, Dolla!!

I keep the crystal ball shined.

Congratulations Indians! Good luck in Richmond. ?

1 hour ago, Brcatz said:

Please correct me if I’m wrong but Kinney should have gotten to shoot the 1 and 1 regardless of what happened after the initial foul was called because that was Holy Cross 8th team foul.

7 minutes ago, Nkybballfan23 said:

Please correct me if I’m wrong but Kinney should have gotten to shoot the 1 and 1 regardless of what happened after the initial foul was called because that was Holy Cross 8th team foul.

Interesting.  you will mention the 1 and 1 but not the step on the head to get the tech.  it was a great game, officials let them play.  I would leave it at that.

People will view that last play before half differently depending on which side you were rooting for. It did not determine the game.

I “thought” they had a foul initially on Kinney on the rebound as HC kid went to the ground.  Kinney kicked the player then some pushing took place by both teams as they tried to separate them. Refs got together and gave a double technical. Both kids were probably in the wrong. Newport kids then came off the bench and onto the floor. Not one HC kid did. The refs tried to sort it out as best they could. There was no reason for any free throws because it was called a double technical.

it was a hard fought game between two really good teams. Give both teams credit for putting on a great finals for the sellout crowd.
 

58 minutes ago, Nkybballfan23 said:

Please correct me if I’m wrong but Kinney should have gotten to shoot the 1 and 1 regardless of what happened after the initial foul was called because that was Holy Cross 8th team foul.

Why would Kinney shoot a 1 and 1 if the initial foul was/should have been on him?

From Wayne Litmer:

If you pause the video and use slide bar you can clearly see the HC had an ankle lock with both arms around the Newport players foot. I thought the foul was called on that issue. Then Meyer kid comes in and bumps Newport player. So there should have been a common foul on HC, then a tech on HC. Then a tech for Newport Bench.

Here's the game on Youtube.

 

 

10 minutes ago, Brcatz said:

If you pause the video and use slide bar you can clearly see the HC had an ankle lock with both arms around the Newport players foot. I thought the foul was called on that issue. Then Meyer kid comes in and bumps Newport player. So there should have been a common foul on HC, then a tech on HC. Then a tech for Newport Bench.

So no technical foul on Kinney for kicking #30? Not sure how you miss that. Refs did a good job giving the double technical in my opinion but again it depends on which side of this game you were on. And I mentioned above BOTH players were at fault. None of this determined the outcome of the game. Refs trying to determine what happened in real time. They don't have benefit of video and pausing a video to determine anything.

HC played good, Newport came back and played good to make it a game. HC won the game. 

14 minutes ago, Brcatz said:

If you pause the video and use slide bar you can clearly see the HC had an ankle lock with both arms around the Newport players foot. I thought the foul was called on that issue. Then Meyer kid comes in and bumps Newport player. So there should have been a common foul on HC, then a tech on HC. Then a tech for Newport Bench.

What about the tech on Kinney for the kick? and I am saying the initial foul took place on the rebound and should have been on Kinney, which is why I thought the first whistle was blown.