Final from Morehead. The dynasty rolls on. Ashland (23-10) led 99% of the way to cage the Lions (27-7) and claim a sixth consecutive regional crown.

? Stats

• Boyd County attempted zero free throws

• Ashland won the battle of the boards 31-19

• The Tomcats outshot the Lions 63% to 38% in the second half

Score by quarter  1Q  2Q  3Q  4Q   T

Ashland ?             16    9   17   19   61

Boyd County ?     13  10    6    18   47

High Scorers

Ashland ?? - Carter 16 | Frieze 16 | Adkins 12 | Jennings 10

Boyd County ?? - Hicks 16 | Spurlock 12

How about that defensive effort by the Tomcats? Maybe the best we saw around the state tonight. Very few good looks for Boyd County, the state's #3 scoring team. This was a season low for points and only the fourth time all season they failed to reach 60.

"Offense wins games, defense wins championships"  

Ashland held its three region tournament opponents to an average of 44 ppg.

I think I heard on the broadcast that Boyd set a record by shooting no FT's in the game that broke a record from back in the 40's in a game between Olive Hill and Solider where Solider shot 1 FT. 

9 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

I think I heard on the broadcast that Boyd set a record by shooting no FT's in the game that broke a record from back in the 40's in a game between Olive Hill and Solider where Solider shot 1 FT. 

Boyd County is a much better team than the one that showed up for this one. They have been an excellent three point shooting team this year, those shots were just not there, credit Ashland's defense. However, at some point in time you need to start taking the ball to the basket. This leads to points and/or fouls. For the most part, they didn't. This led to frustration which led to losing their focus. You could see it in their body language, especially in the second half. Down the stretch they would shoot the three, miss, and then commit a "frustration" foul. The frustration and loss of concentration was also evident on the boards and on the 50/50 balls, where Ashland dominated. Credit coach Bonner, in the district final the Tomcats went 4/23 from long range, in his pre-game interview he said he thought they had an advantage off the dribble. The game plan was to take the ball to the basket, it worked, and when they did shoot from long range they were open shots which yielded a higher success rate.