? Final at NKU's Truist Arena via @859Radio and the update thread ~

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Congratulations Lady Jaguars!

Second ranked Cooper just dominated. NDA led only once, 2-0 at ~6:00 in the first quarter, before the Lady Jags went on an 18-3 run. Close to a running clock in the fourth when Cooper led by 32.

46-17 after 3 quarters....ouch.  

Lady Jags are on another level right now.   They, Mercy, and SHA look to be much the best.  

? Game stats ~ 

Cooper: Shooting, 20-43/5-18/8-11; Rebounds, 29; 2nd chance points, 12. 

NDA: Shooting, 11-38/0-10/8-10; Rebounds, 24; 2nd chance points, 4. 

Individual scoring ~ 

Cooper: L Freihofer 12, J Freihofer 11, Luebbers Palmer 10, Lind 9, Alexander 4, Deere 3, Thompson 2, Rondon-Rivera 2. 

Notre Dame: Kirtley 10, Gibson 7, M Lawrie 4, Collins 3, Hubert 2, Resing 2, Robertson/Lenihan (?) 2.

Get some offense NDA, too much talent there to play the ball they do!  

Good teamwork on game updates with video clips by ~

@EvanDennison1 and @GMCgrah.

Really nice season for the Pandas. I think they out performed what most thought they had. District Championship was not exactly expected. 
congrats Noelle Hubert on a sensational career. 
big things ahead for this team. 

Stat that caught my eye - against Cooper's bench in Q4 Notre Dame only won the quarter 13-7? Did ND play their bench also, or is Cooper that deep in talent?

10 hours ago, Strawberrybarrow250 said:

Get some offense NDA, too much talent there to play the ball they do!  

Let's be honest here. They played a very challenging schedule for a team that starts three sophomores and a junior. As of now, the team doesn't shoot the ball particularly well. This will change. They control what they can, work hard, and hustle. The future is bright. ? !

 

8 hours ago, 1992Rebel said:

Really nice season for the Pandas. I think they out performed what most thought they had. District Championship was not exactly expected. 
congrats Noelle Hubert on a sensational career. 
big things ahead for this team. 

They will absolutely be a team to beat next year.  You're right.  They and Cooper feel like 1&2 at this point for next season.  

1 hour ago, Voice of Reason said:

Stat that caught my eye - against Cooper's bench in Q4 Notre Dame only won the quarter 13-7? Did ND play their bench also, or is Cooper that deep in talent?

Cooper also won the JV Championship. Most starters were still in for NDA in the 4th versus the 2nd 5 for Jags.  

45 minutes ago, The Double Deuce said:

They will absolutely be a team to beat next year.  You're right.  They and Cooper feel like 1&2 at this point for next season.  

Holy Cross has a lot of talent coming back and have some nice 8th graders coming in. D'Myah Williams being one of those 8th graders who played a lot down the stretch this year. She will be one of the top players in the region at some point in her career. All-region first team Julia Hunt will also be back along with Wimzie, Nelson & Hayes....They could be better than this year. Sign me up!

4 hours ago, Baseball Nut 24 said:

Holy Cross has a lot of talent coming back and have some nice 8th graders coming in. D'Myah Williams being one of those 8th graders who played a lot down the stretch this year. She will be one of the top players in the region at some point in her career. All-region first team Julia Hunt will also be back along with Wimzie, Nelson & Hayes....They could be better than this year. Sign me up!

I did a preliminary top 10 for someone on Wednesday and had HC 3rd behind Cooper and NDA.  You're right, Hunt, Wimzie, Hayes, Carter, Nelson and those 3 8th graders are a lot to build around.  Bright future for The Cross, no doubt.  

1 hour ago, The Double Deuce said:

I did a preliminary top 10 for someone on Wednesday and had HC 3rd behind Cooper and NDA.  You're right, Hunt, Wimzie, Hayes, Carter, Nelson and those 3 8th graders are a lot to build around.  Bright future for The Cross, no doubt.  

Will there be another 8th grader from Boone County joining them?  Going to be hard for the coach to keep ‘em all happy.