NKY Girls Basketball Top 10 (Week of 12/30/24)

[The Double Deuce]

Happy New Year to all of our Girls' Basketball players, families, coaches, administrators, and fans, I hope you have a safe ending to 2024 and a safe and prosperous 2025.  Been a great year for several of our local teams, and I hope 2025 brings just as much joy, hardware, and laughs along the way.  Thanks for all you do to develop our young ladies and provide so much enjoyment to gyms' full of fans and families rooting like crazy.  

Things are a little muddy at the top as we try and slice and dice the results that have happened, and forecast who can do what moving forward.  Holy Cross had a big week winning the Berea Holiday Classic, as well as their OT win vs Brossart at Thomas More.  Cooper started off this week with a MONSTER win versus Franklin-Simpson and defending their Queen of the Commonwealth Cup title, the biggest invitational in the state each year.  I'm not sure if Brossart losing twice to Holy Cross so closely (once in OT) says more about Holy Cross, or Brossart, to be honest.  Cooper's win over F-S is the best win of the year for the area, but they have the 12 point loss to Holy Cross (which I'm not sure could be replicated, but we won't find out until NKU at the earliest).  Cooper also gets credit for playing a massive schedule, like QCC, and then playing Purcell Marian over the weekend, and then getting Sacred Heart this week (I believe SK and HC also play the Valkyries this year).  Simon Kenton looks like that team knocking on the door to the top of the ranking as they continue to get better and better.  Going to be a fun rest of the year!

1.  Holy Cross 12-1 (5-0 this week):  vs Conner

2.  Cooper 6-2 (1-1):  vs Sacred Heart

3.  Notre Dame 8-1 (1-0):  at #7 Dixie

4.  Simon Kenton 9-2 (3-0):  at #9 Scott and vs Grant County

5.  Highlands 9-2 (2-1):  vs Breckinridge County at Allen County-Scottsville, vs Bellevue, and vs Conner

6.  Campbell County 7-3 (1-0):  vs #8 Bishop Brossart at Campbell County Middle School

7.  Dixie 5-4 (0-0):  vs #3 Notre Dame (this could be interesting)

8.  Bishop Brossart 8-3 (2-2, both losses to HC):  vs #6 Campbell County at CCMS

9.  Scott 7-3 (2-1):  vs Hutchison School (TN) at Allen County-Scottsville, and vs #4 Simon Kenton

10. Newport Central Catholic 6-6 (2-2):  vs Ryle

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*  Ryle 3-8 (1-1):  at #10 NewCath

*  Walton-Verona 7-6 (0-4):  vs Pendleton County 

*  Grant County 7-4 (1-1):  vs Millington Central (TN) at Wiregrass Ranch (FL) and at #4 Simon Kenton

*  St. Henry 4-6 (2-2):  OFF

*  Conner 2-5 (0-0 had two games scheduled, no results posted):  at #1 Holy Cross and at #5 Highlands

[The Double Deuce]

I'm sure @Runcible Owl will be posting a Massey KY Girls update, but for those wondering where our area teams are in the State (according to Massey), here you go:

#2 Cooper

#7 Holy Cross

#9 Notre Dame

#14 Simon Kenton

#24 Dixie

#25 Highlands

#31 Brossart

#44 Scott

#45 Campbell County

#54 Ryle

#64 Grant County

#74 NewCath

#80 Walton Verona

#90 Conner

#100 St. Henry

[Runcible Owl]

📝 NKY Girls Stats Leaders* 

• Points per game ~ 

1. 22.5 Addy Garrett, Ludlow 

2. 22.2 Jaelyn Jones, Ryle 

3. 21.2 Caroline Eaglin, New Cath 

4. 19.3 Jada Cummins, Grant Co.

5. 17.1 Brynli Pernell, Simon Kenton 

6. 16.0 Aumani Nelson, Holy Cross 

7. 15.2 Kylie Smith, Brossart 

8. 15.0 Emme Kelly, Beechwood 

9. 14.5 Braylin Terrell, Walton-Verona 

10. 14.4 Emma Holtzapfel, Notre Dame 

10. 14.4 Haylee Noel, Cooper

• Rebounds per game ~ 

1. 10.9 Corrine Blackburn, St. Henry 

2. 10.5 Braylin Terrell, Walton-Verona 

3. 10.4 Rylee Huff, Ludlow 

4. 8.6 Jayden McClain, Ryle 

5. 8.1 Haylee Noel, Cooper 

6. 7.9 Isabella Jayasuria, Campbell Co. 

6. 7.9 Briajia Land, Boone Co. 

8. 7.8 Mya Holden-Hopkins, Lloyd 

9. 7.6 Rhys Everett, Conner 

10. 7.5 Jada Cummins, Grant Co. 

10. 7.5 Lanaya Torres, Dayton 

• Team Field Goal % (2 pt & 3 pt) ~ 

1. 41.6 Dixie Heights 

2. 41.5 Cooper 

3. 40.4 Simon Kenton 

4. 40.2 Campbell County 

5. 39.8 Notre Dame 

6. 39.6 Holy Cross 

7. 39.0 Highlands 

8. 38.8 Ryle 

9. 38.4 Scott 

10. 38.1 Walton-Verona 

• Team 3 Point % ~ 

1. 36.4 Campbell County 

2. 34.5 Dixie Heights 

3. 34.3 Simon Kenton 

4. 31.2 Holy Cross 

5. 30.6 Notre Dame 

6. 30.5 Highlands 

7. 29.5 St. Henry 

8. 28.6 Cooper 

9. 28.2 Conner 

10. 26.2 Walton-Verona 

• Team Free Throw % ~

1. 73.3 Ryle

2. 72.6 Holy Cross 

3. 70.3 Cooper 

4. 69.9 St. Henry 

5. 69.9 Walton-Verona 

6. 68.0 Bishop Brossart

7. 67.4 Bellevue 

8. 67.0 Dixie Heights 

9. 66.7 Simon Kenton 

10. 65.8 Campbell County 

* Through 12/31/24 

• Teams missing game stats reports - Grant Co. (6), Dixie (3), Lloyd (3), Walton-Verona (2), Beechwood (1).

[1992Rebel]

Looking forward to seeing Dixie jump up in the rankings. They have been under rated all year IMO.