Oldham led 34-32 at the half, and Cal was up 6 end of the 3rd. It was a VERY competitive game until mid 4th. Oldham was led unofficially by soph Kye Bowen 24 pts and Fr Matt Withrow 17pts. Cal just has too much size and experience and they just wore Oldham down. Oldham just lacks good decisions making ability when they get down a few buckets, and need a couple stops and big plays. Having watched these boys all year is frustrating because they have been in most games in the end of the 3rd against ranked teams. They typically end up wilting in the 4th once a team starts pulling away. Oldham frustrated Cal with their zones and mixing defenses up. JJ Washington whom I know well ( great kid btw), ended up methodically getting bucket after bucket in the 4th qtr. He is just a very good player. The football kid in the middle, I cannot recall his name, but he is a 5 star football recruit and goes about 6-5 250lbs was just too much for Oldham down low. He and Boogie Clark a 4 star player who goes about 6-7 just played high low against Oldham and wore them down inside. 

Oldham county is just about two players and a little seasoning away from being a very good basketball team. Until that changes they will fall short against the really good teams they play.

3 minutes ago, KY_Wildcats said:

Oldham led 34-32 at the half, and Cal was up 6 end of the 3rd. It was a VERY competitive game until mid 4th. Oldham was led unofficially by soph Kye Bowen 24 pts and Fr Matt Withrow 17pts. Cal just has too much size and experience and they just wore Oldham down. Oldham just lacks good decisions making ability when they get down a few buckets, and need a couple stops and big plays. Having watched these boys all year is frustrating because they have been in most games in the end of the 3rd against ranked teams. They typically end up wilting in the 4th once a team starts pulling away. Oldham frustrated Cal with their zones and mixing defenses up. JJ Washington whom I know well ( great kid btw), ended up methodically getting bucket after bucket in the 4th qtr. He is just a very good player. The football kid in the middle, I cannot recall his name, but he is a 5 star football recruit and goes about 6-5 250lbs was just too much for Oldham down low. He and Boogie Clark a 4 star player who goes about 6-7 just played high low against Oldham and wore them down inside. 

Oldham county is just about two players and a little seasoning away from being a very good basketball team. Until that changes they will fall short against the really good teams they play.

I'm guessing Coach Renner will figure it out.

3 hours ago, 4 Quarters said:

I'm guessing Coach Renner will figure it out.

Not sure if he will or not.  He does seem to adjust a bit. I watched OC try to run around and trap at the first of the season but it was clear they didn’t have the athletes for that. When I saw them Saturday, they were playing mostly half court zone. Coaching at Oldham and coaching at Ballard is totally different.  Not everyone has the ability to coach kids that are not the best athletes on the floor. Not dogging Renner because he is in the hall of fame so obviously he can coach but he coached with the best athletes around most years. He doesn’t have a ton of athletes at Oldham. 

Coach Renner will get it done at OC.

He's got an extremely young team that had their one ultra athletic guy quit earlier in the season.

They are in a tough District but these bumps will harden these kids for the next couple years when they will be better prepared to handle things.

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Oldham County is one of the biggest schools in the 8th Region. They have athletes. The basketball team will find them eventually.