Tough loss for the Tigers, I was certainly pulling for you in this one.:thumb:

This was the first time I have seen Hopson play and I must admit he has the talent to go somewhere with his basketball skills. I must say that I watched him carefully and he did take a lot of plays off. Grim from Painstville is who he was guarding and was giving up at least 6 inches if not more. He ended up with 20 or more, I am not saying nothing against Grim but no way he should have scored as many points as he did. Hopson took a lot of plays off on the defensive end, but could score at will on offense. Just my opionion. I will say he is one of the most talented players I have seen in some time though.

I am really sorry Paintsville couldn't pull this one out. They have a really good team and it would have been great having two mountain teams in the finals! Best wishes to the tigers. Keep your heads up...the season is far from over and you will have many more opportunities for substantial victories before March!

Its tough to run with this group of blazers. Congrats to the tigers on a great run and good luck to the blazers tomorrow.

Its tough to run with this group of blazers. Congrats to the tigers on a great run and good luck to the blazers tomorrow.

 

That is one of the first things I noticed about UHA, was how quick they are at almost every position.

Do it Coach McCoy. Proud of my old EC alum!!!

Do it Coach McCoy. Proud of my old EC alum!!!

 

Elkhorn City, I presume?

Congrats to UHA on a very hard fought win I wanted Coach Runyon in his last attempt to win the All A. Don't hang your heads Tigers you all will make a deep run in the postseason and I pray that I see you in Rupp in March. Go TIGERS.

IMO after watching this game, i felt that Edmonson was the best player on their team. He hit big shot after big shot and won this game for them. Hopson doesn't have much of a jump shot, he missed several shots that were , for lack of a better term, bricks. He is extremely athletic and does handle the ball well for his size, and can be force on the defensive end. But I felt that he didn't dominate the post like someone his size should , especially playing a team like Paintsville who isn't a very big team. I'll go as far to say that in this game on this day he was the 4th best player on the court. Edmonson, Slone, Grimm all outplayed him. And I know I will be criticized for such a statement but that just how I saw it from the stands.:banana:

IMO after watching this game, i felt that Edmonson was the best player on their team. He hit big shot after big shot and won this game for them. Hopson doesn't have much of a jump shot, he missed several shots that were , for lack of a better term, bricks. He is extremely athletic and does handle the ball well for his size, and can be force on the defensive end. But I felt that he didn't dominate the post like someone his size should , especially playing a team like Paintsville who isn't a very big team. I'll go as far to say that in this game on this day he was the 4th best player on the court. Edmonson, Slone, Grimm all outplayed him. And I know I will be criticized for such a statement but that just how I saw it from the stands.:banana:

 

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