King James

Really tough charge call against Barner.

Elliott subs... here is where they may get into trouble.

Middleton just asked out of the game... maybe the pace is getting to him.

Cody has the offensive skills to be a very good player. He has good hands and touch, and has good back to the basket moves. Continuing to gain strength and mobility will determine how good of a player he will become. It's so hard to project big men a young age, but some in our area think Cody is a D1 type player. Personally, I think it's way to early to tell. Continuing to improve your game and physical tools is what makes good players great. Cody has to look no further than former Dorton player Elisha Justice to see that.

Like most young big men Cody needs to add weight and strength, but he has good hands and nice skills around the basket. He put up big numbers in junior high this season with numerous triple doubles.

Shelby Valley has a 6'8" 7th grader in it's feeder system at Dorton that could be a pretty nice player in 2 or 3 years...

Nice work...

Hatfield led the way with 19. Adams and Justice both added 15.

I hear ya. Besides, Belfry is used to this type of situation in football... only they are on the other side...

Not at all. SV's starters didn't play at all in the 4th, and I think only one of the top 3 bench players was in there. Belfry continued to push the ball which stretched the margin of victory. The score was 28-13 after one, 57-30 at the half, and 87-34 after three. 13 players scored for SV...

Elisha Justice led the way with 19 and Ashley Hatfield had 18. The starters didn't see the floor in the 4th.

KCC has been very unimpressive of late.

I don't think "hope" is the right word. I think defense can be a huge factor...

I know Pelphrey has been in contact with him numerous times. It is my understanding that former Paintsville coach Bill Mike Runyon was the one that put Pelphrey onto him...

Yep.

Adams is actually originally from the Shelby Valley area...

I think after this tourney Shelby Valley would be favored against Mason and GRC.

SV missed 11 straight free throws down the stretch.

I think Shelby Valley is just better than you think. They lost to Knott Central without their best player, thats their only in state loss and all their losses came when Justice was hurt. SV can play with absolutely anybody in this state, they have great guard play, quickness, and size. I think they are at the very least one of the top 5 or 6 teams in the state at this point.

You won't see SV match up to anyone in man-to-man, as they pretty much exclusively play a 2-3 zone. Valley's guards are relatively small at 5'11 and 5'10, but the front court goes 6'3, 6'6, and 6'10 with 6'7 and 6'5 coming off the bench...

I'm afraid the Shelby Valley players may be a little too focused on playing Elliott County. While Elliott appears to have a cakewalk to the semi's, I think SV will have to play a pretty good game to beat the Danville/NCC winner, and I'm not sure about Henry County since I've not seen them play. If SV is looking ahead to Elliott then they may fall before they get there.

I don't understand why the Saturday games are scheduled so early. That puts the teams that play late on Friday at a disadvantage. They will probably finish up at midnight and are schedule to play at 1:30 the next day. That doesn't seem like good scheduling to me since the championship isn't until 3:00 on Sunday...

Massey High School Basketball Matchup sees it like this: Lyon County over Edmonson County 63-53 LCA over Bardstown 67-65 Murray over Shawnee 62-58 Hazard over Clinton County 56-36 Pineville over Calvary Christian 67-65 Elliott County over Whitefield Academy??? 96-49 Shelby Valley over Henry County 66-40 NCC over Danville 56-51 LCA over Lyon 67-63 Hazard over Murray 59-47 Elliott County over Pineville 95-57 Shelby Valley over NCC 60-48 Hazard over LCA 63-54 Elliott County over Shelby Valley 84-72 Elliott County over Hazard 78-63

The matchups (according to Dave Cantrall) look like this: #11 Edmonson County vs. #8 Lyon County #5 Bardstown vs. #7 Lexington Christian #6 Murray vs. #9 Shawnee #12 Clinton County vs. #3 Hazard #15 Calvary Christian vs. #13 Pineville #16 Whitefield Academy/Collegiate winner vs. #1 Elliott County #2 Shelby Valley vs. #14 Henry County #10 Danville vs. #4 Newport Central Catholic Elliott County's quad includes the #13, #15, and #16 seed. That could make for a cakewalk for them to the semi's.

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