Monday night from Knott County Central. 

Hazard is 3-0 against the Bobcats this season. Can they make it 4-0 or will Breathitt win their second regional title in three years?

Hazard will actually look to go 5-0. 
 

Hazard won December 2nd, 64-51 (Home)

Hazard won December 13th, 63-41 (Wymt)

Hazard won January 18th, 55-47 (All A)

Hazard won February 18th, 68-59 (Away).

Give me Breathitt in a tight one. 

 Hazard is more balanced and deeper than Breathitt. But Breathitt has the region’s best player, in my opinion, in Austin Sperry and the Bobcats go as he goes. I believe he has scored 36 and 33 points in the first two games of the tournament. Extremely athletic guard, who can score in bunches and can jump to the rafters.

Hazard has the 6’4  Evin Eversole, a stout built interior player with toughness around the rim, and the sharp shooting guard Seth Caudill. But they have several more kids who can go off and score like crazy. Against Ashland in a 76-69 win at Hazard in December guard Daulton Combs made seven 3s and I think five of them were consecutive without a miss. 
Hazard is no doubt the favorite but if they let their guard down the least bit and Sperry is not contained the Bobcats could squeak out an upset. However, Bulldog coach Al Holland has taken three schools to ten Sweet 16’s and has had the favorite to win the region the last two years and has been derailed by Breathitt in 2023 and 2024. I have a feeling he will be more than prepared and have his kids focused.
For Breathitt to win it has to be the perfect storm. They have already lost to the Bulldogs four times this season. 
It will be interesting to see how this game unfolds. If Hazard jumps out to a big lead early it will put Breathitt in a bad position but if the Bobcats can keep it close it could get interesting.

BC 65

Hazard 63

Hard to beat a team 3X (let alone 4).  

Hazard leads 26-25 at the half. The clock has malfunctioned twice so far after Hazard extended the lead to 4. Those stoppages lasted several minutes disrupting the blow of the game.

Breathitt up 7 with little over a minute left.

1:01 on the clock.

Breathitt 57-52.