5th Region: Week 3

[5thregionbasketball]

This week there were just 11 games that featured regional opponents, so lots of teams were playing out of region competition. That can make it tough to discern how high a team should jump in the ratings or how far they will drop, so you’ll see that there were not a ton of teams that moved too high or too low.

Green County remains undefeated with strong performances against in-region competition. I think for me what was most impressive was their win against Campbellsville. It was a dominant performance without Eric James Jr. or Modibo Kouyate, due to suspensions. Hayden Blakeman and Jayden Marr had huge games with 33 and 22 points respectively.

Adair County went 1-2 at the King of the Bluegrass. They started with North Oldham; they controlled the first half but went cold in the third quarter and fell by 9. They rebounded with a big statement win against Trinity, and then dropped a consolation game to Newport.

Taylor County had a good week with 3 wins against some quality teams. Davier White and Layken Lyons both had multiple games with 20 plus points this week. Taylor seems to be a team on the move.

Overall, it was a good week for the region. They had a combined record of 28-24, and the teams through this far in the season have a combined record of 73-72. So, here’s the rankings for week 3.

1.      Green County (8-0) Results: Campbellsville 87-63, Hart 82-61             
Games this Week: Woodford Co. (WGM Classic at Lexington Catholic)

 

2.      Adair County (6-3) Results: North Oldham 68-77, Trinity 82-51, Newport 50-56            
Games this Week: Mason Co, Campbell Co. (at Mason County, Mason County Invitational)

 

3.      Larue County(7-2) Results: Caverna 58-52, Grayson Co. 60-70, Evansville Day 80-41, Owensboro Knights 76-45   
Games this Week: GRC (WGM Classic at Lexington Catholic)

 

4.      North Hardin (3-4) Results: Eastern 71-76, John Hardin 79-53, River City Jags 98-32  
Games this Week: Boone Co (at Bellevue)

 

5.      Taylor County (7-3) Results: Seneca 76-67, Mercer 48-41, Daviess 62-54, GRC 53-69
Games this Week: Grayson County (at Thomas Nelson)

 

6.      Central Hardin (8-2) Results: Greenwood 59-80, Nelson Co 70-49, Metcalfe 76-72, Monroe 64-66    
Games this Week: Southern (City of Middletown Classic at Eastern)

 

7.      Bardstown (6-1) Results: Washington Co 78-34, Bethlehem 77-61     
Games this Week: at Franklin Simpson

 

8.      Caverna (4-6) Results: Larue 52-58, Owensboro Cath 45-78, South Oldham 71-90, Glasgow 61-27    
Games this Week: Murray, Davies Co. (Faupel Automotive/Chevrolet GMC Ford Colonel Classic at Henderson Co.)

 

9.      Marion County (6-4) Results: Lincoln Co. 46-58, Casey 68-22, Trinity Whitesville 91-66, Carroll County 81-42          
Games this Week: Barbourville, Middlesboro, Somerset Christian (Whitley County BSN Borderline Classic)

 

10.  Bethlehem (5-3) Results: Shelby 64-53, Bardstown 61-77        
Games this Week: Mercer Co (Farm Bureau Holiday Classic at Campbellsville)

 

11.  Hart County (4-4) Results: Allen County Scottsville 64-56, Green 61-82, Bullitt Central 61-55
Games this Week: McLean Co, Owensboro (Southwire Holiday Classic)

 

12.  Elizabethtown (3-6) Results: John Hardin 71-61, Washington Co 63-65 (overtime) Campbellsville 63-58               
Games this Week: South Oldham (Farm Bureau Holiday Classic at Campbellsville)

 

13.  Thomas Nelson (4-4) Results: Doss 72-37, LKY 55-53, Atherton 48-62              
Games this Week: Paris (Thomas Nelson Christmas Tournament)

 

14.  John Hardin (1-8) Results: Fort Knox 71-55, Etown 61-71, North Hardin 53-79, West Jessamine 46-67
Games this Week: Anderson Co (at Sayre) Ballard Memorial (Rafferty's Double Dogs Caveland Classic at Edmonson Co)

 

15.  Washington County (1-5) Results: Bardstown 34-78, Etown 65-63 (Overtime)               
Games this Week: Wolfe Co, Cumberland Co, Garrard Co. (at Garrard Co. Four Banks Classic)

 

16.  Nelson County (0-6) Results: Edmonson Co 61-83, Central Hardin 49-70        
Games this Week: Waterloo, Freeburg, Marquette (Freeburg Holiday Classic Freeburg Illinois)

 

17.  Campbellsville (0-6) Results: Green Co. 63-87, Etown 58-63
Games this Week: Muhlenberg Co (Farm Bureau Holiday Classic at Campbellsville)

 

18.  Fort Knox (0-5) Results: John Hardin 55-71      
Games this Week: Frankfort, Holy Cross (Louisville) Burgin, (Burgin Bulldog Classic)

[Big East Zebra]

Great job, only thing I would add is Adair's loss to N. Oldham and Newport, is two the of the better teams in the state. The one that stands out to me is that Larue lost to Grayson Co.  I have no issue with this ranking at all.  Merry Christmas 5th region.

[ACfan4]

Green County is about to have an uptick in competition starting with Woodford. Pretty sure they only have 1 win over a team with a winning record and that's Butler.

[theguru]

Bump.