Cards get the road win; and obviously will be a factor in the 11th.

In a typical hard-fought boys' basketball scuffle between bitter rivals, No. 7 Scott County slipped by No. 5 Lexington Catholic 85-81 Saturday night.

The tight contest included nine lead changes in the fourth quarter, but visiting Scott County made the plays on both ends of the court in the closing minutes for its 20th win.

Things got tense in the final seconds when the Cardinals' Tamron Manning took a hard foul. There was some shoving among players, and angry words were exchanged, but coaches and officials kept it from getting ugly.

Manning shrugged off the incident.

"It's fun basketball when it's that close with so much at stake in a big rivalry," he said. "I love this kind of environment. I thrive in it."

 

 

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Great HS basketball game. It was a game of runs and the Cards got the last run. Hope the Knights get a shot at them at another time. I'm guessing that a re-match would probably occur in the 11th regional finals. There's a lot of basketball left for both teams in order to reach that point, however. I was indeed a hard foul by Schutte against Manning although there did not appear any malicious intent. I hope he is OK. There were also at least three occasions in which players had to leave the floor due to blood on uniforms. The downfall for the Knights was 23 of 40 freethrows, while Scott County hit 22 of 30