Dixie Heights 72 Boyle County 40

[All State Baseball]

Final from Estill County. 
 

Tale of two halves. 
 

Very good first half. 
 

Lopsided second half. 
 

 

[All State Baseball]

DH:  19 - 15 - 19 - 19 — 72
Boyle: 14 - 11 - 9 - 6 — 40

[QueenoftheSouth]

So were D Brown and K Gooden both out/suspended today? If so, that’s their best player on both sides of the ball (Brown) and best shooter (Gooden). Doesn’t fully explain a 30 point loss but certainly makes a big difference for them.
 

If you’ve watched Boyle much the last few years, you know that most of their offense comes from (super) athletic guard play, some of which is generated from pressure D. Without that, they won’t fare well at all against average (or better) competition. Point being the lack of Brown is worth more to Boyle than most any other team’s top guard being out. They’re just going to struggle to score.

[Statsdontlie]

Dixie was not going to let Driver beat them and made Boyle shoot 3s. This is why they got beat by 30. Goodin is there best shooter and Brown drives and kicks the ball out or can finish at the rim. I still don't think Boyle wins this game with the suspended players. 

[QueenoftheSouth]

48 minutes ago, Statsdontlie said:

Dixie was not going to let Driver beat them and made Boyle shoot 3s. This is why they got beat by 30. Goodin is there best shooter and Brown drives and kicks the ball out or can finish at the rim. I still don't think Boyle wins this game with the suspended players. 

I agree that they weren’t going to win even had they been at full strength. But Brown completely changes the game, and Gooden helps on offense.

I saw where Dixie only beat Knox by 8 last night. Is there more to the story there? If not, that makes the Boyle loss feel even worse.

Also, did Boyle attempt to play up tempo? That’s when Driver is the most effective. I’m just not sure they’re capable of that without Brown.

[Runcible Owl]

1 hour ago, QueenoftheSouth said:

I agree that they weren’t going to win even had they been at full strength. But Brown completely changes the game, and Gooden helps on offense.

I saw where Dixie only beat Knox by 8 last night. Is there more to the story there? If not, that makes the Boyle loss feel even worse.

Also, did Boyle attempt to play up tempo? That’s when Driver is the most effective. I’m just not sure they’re capable of that without Brown.

The Massey Ratings predicted Dixie with an 8 point win over Knox (65-57), and by 4 over Boyle (59-54). I don't know what to think about today's result.

[QueenoftheSouth]

1 hour ago, Runcible Owl said:

The Massey Ratings predicted Dixie with an 8 point win over Knox (65-57), and by 4 over Boyle (59-54). I don't know what to think about today's result.

I don’t understand that given the records and margins. Maybe just not enough data yet for Massey to do its thing very well.