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Marschall is still trying to come back from that serious knee injury and that takes time. She is getting playing time with the JV to try to help that process. She plays for short periods and then comes out. I think that is by design and is done to not go too fast with her recovery. If she can get back fully that will make Boone even stronger.

Me too!!!!!! :thumb:

Moss actually plays a double post at Boone and is often away from the basket. Last night she missed her first 3 shoots, all close in and heavily contested. She then hit her next 11, not including a past mid-court "throw" at the end of the half. Five of those shots were face-up 12-15 footers. She does score a lot inside because it's difficult to stop her. She has scored over and around some of the best "big" players in the state, all taller than she. The most formidible defensively was Sarah Hammond of Rockcastle County. She is long (legit 6-2), long armed, good jumper, outstanding shot blocker. Moss had 27 against Hammond. The fact that Moss is now hitting the shots away from the basket makes her that much more difficult to defend. As to Boone "feeding" her, I guess that depends on perspective. Do they look for her in their sets? Of course, why wouldn't they, but she gets her shots within the offense. She is averaging 15.6 shots per game to get 22.1 PPG. There are other players in Region 9 averaging that many shots per game and only Lauren Tibbs is above 20 PPG (~23.5 last time I checked). The idea expressed that she could become a candidate for Miss BB in Kentucky? That's a ways off but it very well could be. I expect her to just get better over the next couple years at Boone as she continues to learn and understand more about the game and is tutored by Coach Fookes to utilize her talent.

Coach Fookes had no hand in getting Moss to Boone. That was a decision made by Moss and her mother and approved by the Boone County BOE and the KHSSA. Nell has been an instrumental figure in the improvement shown by Moss over the past couple of seasons but Moss is a "happy camper" at Boone and that's a huge factor.

I had started a reply to your post but doubledeuce has already done so "appropriately". I used my better judgement and deleted my original one. :sssh: One additional thought though. When you start your post with "I don't know" anything after that becomes speculative and subject to some interesting interpretation from those who understand all the dynamics involved. There are several things I wanted to respond to in this thread but your post took priority.

Are you saying you consider it "bad behavior" to play your regulars less than 3 quarters of games and allow your reserves to play significant minutes????? Helps us understand your response, maybe I'm missing something.

Let's look at the Boone games you mention here, since I believe I can show why Boone doesn't deserve criticism for them: Boone 66 Cooper 29 The starters played an average of 24 minutes in that game, an average of 3 quarters each, and scored 52 of the 66 points. Boone played 12 players in the game. Boone 97 Purcell Marion 42 The starters played an average of 19 minutes each, less than 2 1/2 quarters each, and scored 51 of the 97 points. Boone played 11 players in the game. Boone 57 Holy Cross 29 Starters played an average of only 21 minutes each and scored 32 of the 57 points. Boone played 14 players. Boone 71 Campbell County 46 Starters played an average of 19 minutes each and scored 45 of the 71 points. Boone played 15 players in the game. In the four games mentioned Boone starters played an average of only 21 minutes each (again, about 2 1/2 quarters) and scored just 62% of the points Boone produced in those games. As I said in an earlier post, sometimes talent differences and other things simply dictate a lopsided score. But there are ways to minimize the score difference. Playing reserves is one way. In the four games listed I don't think a Boone starter played in the last quarter of any game. The scores were lopsided but could have been even moreso had Boone chosen to play the regulars more. Coach Fookes chose to play the kids who work hard all week but don't always have a chance to get in games.

From checking scores you must be speaking of NCC as "your team" in replying to Blue Pride. I can't find a box score on their game with Holmes, but I suspect I'd find the same thing I see in their box against Ludlow. In that game NetCath ran out to a big first quarter lead and then played everybody. Fourteen players scored for NCC in the game and it appears the starters accounted for no more than 30 of the 68 points they scored. Sometimes it is difficult to keep the score down because of differences in talent (and other factors can come in to play as well). Playing the reserves a lot is a way to help when that imbalance occurs.

Final Regulars sat a lot. 17 points from Lydia Nash who typically backs up Moss. Great job Lydia! From Kentucky.com: Campbell Co. 11 9 8 12 40 Boone Co. 25 18 17 11 71 Campbell Co. (7-6) -- Dumaine 2, Griffin 2, McGovern 1, Berkley 9, Brooks 1, Rauch 9, Miller 4, Peters 12. Boone Co. (12-3) -- Marschall 2, Davis 8, Spicer 2, Shrout 3, Browning 4, Sandlin 7, Moss 23, Nash 17, Switzer 5.

Yes, she was on Allen most of the time. Of course Sandfoss turned an ankle and missed probably six minutes of the second quarter. She had the ankle iced the rest of the half and I thought she might be done for the game, but she was back and played well, as you said, without scoring a lot but directing the NCC attack and playing the tough D. Allen's only FG was on a fast break layup.

Ugly game............but exciting! Lots of defense, Highlands in a zone and NCC in man, lots of turnovers, lots of missed shots. NCC came back from 11 point and then 9 point second half deficits to win on a steal and layup by Courtney Sandfoss with 3.4 seconds left. NCC used smothering full court pressure to fuel the comeback. I'm not sure about the time but I believe Highlands was up 9 with about 3:30 or so left and went to a delay game which ended in a turnover. After NCC scored they applied the full court pressure and Highlands turned the ball over several times to allow New Cath to get back into and finally tie the game with about 20 seconds or so left. Highlands called a timeout to set up a play but the NCC pressure forced a risky pass that was deflected. Sandfoss flashed between two Highlands players who appeared to have the best opportunity to get the deflected ball, picked it off, and zipped to the basket for an easy lay up. NCC's last effort ended when a mid-court pass was picked off on the end bounds play.

I'd say he was pretty close, It was 23 at the 1:26 mark when Boone put five completely new players on the floor.

260 points at Heritage as a 7th grader in 21 games, 285 at Ryle in 19 games after being brought up from the middle school team as an 8th grader, 185 at Ryle in 13 games (not all in a starting role) after starting late and leaving the team as a freshman, and now 282 in 13 games as a sophomore at Boone. If she had played the games at Ryle that she could have played, or had she gone to Boone after Heritage, that total would likely be approaching 1500!

Moss had 21, Shrout had 16, and Davis had 12, and seven players had 4 or more for Boone. The best balance the Lady Rebels have shown so far this season. Elizabeth Switzer also showed some of her potential with 8 and a nice active job all over the floor. Point guard Heather Sandlin again handled the ball well for Boone and added several nice assists to their attack. For Scott the second leading scorer was Kraft with 9. Boone ended up with at least three starters and maybe four with four personals. Here is the box from the game: Boone Co. 70 Scott 51 Boone Co. 20 15 14 21 70 Scott 9 10 16 16 51 Boone Co. (10-3) -- Robertson 1, Davis 12, Sellers 4, Shrout 16, Browning 4, Sandlin 4, Moss 21, Switzer 8. Scott (9-4) -- Stinson 3, Kraft 9, Buntin 2, Tibbs 31, Taylor 1, Kuhse 5.

That's good because I made the drive!

With schools closed in Boone County for the day will games still be played as scheduled or are they postponed?

Sydney scored 80 in three games at the Gateway Holiday Classic and has averaged 26+ over the last six games to raise her seasons average to 21.8 PPG. She is also averaging double figures in rebounding and is shooting 61% from the floor and 76% from the free throw line for the season. What a difference a year makes! And you're right about Nell. She moves on quickly from loses and uses them as teaching opportunities. By the way, Moss is now 9 points from 1000 for her career, which began as a seventh grader at Heritage Academy. Not bad considering she only played in 32 of the potential 57 games she could have played in during her two years at Ryle.

I doubt that she was pleased........but her husband ended up getting the technical foul call! Basketball is a difficult game to call. I did it for a number of years and also coached girls at a very strong Church League level before West Virginia had Girls HS basketball, and I'm betting I would have gotten a T had I been on the Boone bench last night. I remember years ago when legendary coach Abe Lemons was asked about the idea of going from two to three officials. He responded, and this is a paraphrase because I don't remember the exact quote, "I don't like paying two guys to be bad so I certainly don't want to pay three!" Thought of that last night when Moss grabbed an offensive rebound with her back to the basket, turned to put up a 6- to 8-footer, and the ball didn't even hit the rim! Reason why? She got whacked on the forearm hard enough that you heard it! Plus it was in the open, up above evrything else on the floor and easy to see. You just shake your head and wonder what three officials are looking at when that happens.

Actually the two teams played much the same as far as defensive aggressiveness. There was, from my obviously biased view :lol:, no discernable difference in how the teams attacked each other with perhaps a bit more penetrating on the part of Rockcastle. But not to the degree to cause a 39 to 9 imbalance in free throw attempts. Most of Boone Countys Moss' damage was done inside yet she shot only 5 free throws. The margin did grow some at the end when Boone pressed but there was a huge disparity even before that. In fact Boone shot 6 of their 9 free throws in the last quarter. I have no clear explanantion for the margin of free throws but I can't recall ever seeing anything like it before. And I'll add this........NO team wins a game where they are on the wrong end of such a margin.

The Lady Rockets rode a three pronged scoring attack from Angie Lawrence, Jackie Alexander, and Sara Hammond and a incredible number of free throws to a win over Boone County in the finals of the Gateway Holiday Classic The final totals showed Rockcastle going to the free throw line 39 times compared to 9 by Boone County. The game started slowly as a defensive struggle as both teams played hard-nosed defense, Boone in a straight man and Rockcastle alternating between man and zone, often changing possession to possession. The first stanza ended 10-8 in favor of the Lady Rockets. Rockcastle stretched the lead out to 23-15 at the half, running off a string of free throws during the last 4 minutes of the second quarter. The Lady Rockets lead expanded to 13 points early in the third quarter before Boone's Sydney Moss began to assert herself. Moss had 10 points in the quarter, got on the boards hard, and assisted on a couple of baskets. Boone actually tied the game at 32-32 with 1:58 to go in the third before Rockcastle closed the quarter out with 5 more free throws to push the lead back to 37-32. Boone again tied the game at 37-37 on a three by point guard Heather Sandlin with 5:22 to go in the game, but The Lady Rockets parade to the free throw line continued and they pushed the lead back out to 10 and then 13 over the next 2 minutes. From there Boone had to gamble and that led to some easy baskets for the Lady Rockets and they continued to drill free throws. Boone never got closer than seven over the last couple of minutes. The game featured an interesting match up between two of the better players in the state as Boone's Moss, at 5-11, and Rockcastle's Hammond, at 6-2, often went head to head. Moss finished with 27 points, including 19 in the second half, to Hammonds 14 but I think Hammond won the rebounding battle. I was curious to see if the shorter Moss could shoot the ball inside over the long-armed, athletic, and quick jumping Hammond. She could and did. Hammonds did block one shot by Moss but Moss grabbed the ball back and powered it in anyway. Rockcastle was led in scoring by Lawrence who had 24 and Alexander with 19 in addition to Hammonds' 14. Boone got the 27 from Moss and 14 from Sandlin who continued to show solid play. The three high scorers for Rockcastle County made the All-Tournament Team and Boone placed Moss, Sandlin, and guard Annie Browning. The tournament was one of the best run high school events I have attended and the Montgomery County High School folks and the friendly people of Mt. Sterling are to be commended for a fine event. Rockcastle Co. 64 Boone Co. 53 Boone Co. 8 7 17 21 53 Rockcastle Co. 10 13 14 27 64 Boone Co. -- Davis 4, Moss 27, Sandlin 14, Browning 2, Shrout 5, Switzer 1. Rockcastle Co. -- Hammond 14, Alexander 19, Abney 5, Lawrence 24, Hunter 2.

I think there were several factors in last night's slow start. 1.) It took a while for Boone to adjust to the "funky" defenses used by Franklin County used to try to slow Moss. That adjustment began in the second quarter and continued through the rest of the game. 2.) The loss of Sandlin for much of the second quarter after she picked up her second foul hurt. I thought when Boone was down just one at the half.....with Sandlin on the bench.....that that bode well for the Lady Rebels in the second half. The mid-court steal and basket by Moss also gave Boone a big lift going to the lockerroom. 3.) The really good outside shooting that started in the second quarter continued in the second half and was huge. Boone has not shot the 3 particularly well and is very capable, as shown last night. 4.) Defensive intensity picked up as the game went on and was really good in the second half. It made it very difficult for Franklin County to run their offense. Hopefully the slow starts will be less evident from here on out.

Boone County advanced to the finals of the Gateway Holiday Classic to face Rockcastle County tomorrow night. The Lady Rebels rode a 24 point, 16 rebound performance by sophomore Sydney Moss and some solid outside shooting to the victory. The Lady Flyers played tough aggressive defense and the game was tight for a good period of the game. They led 10-6 at the quarter and 21-20 at the half and led by as many as 6 before Moss got a steal and bucket just before the buzzer. The third quarter saw Franklin County and Boone trading 3's and the Lady Flyers continuing to hold off Boone's charge. But the Lady Rebels jumped in front on a basket by Moss at the 1:17 mark of the 3rd quarter and never looked back. From the point at which Franklin County scored to lead 31-30 at the 2:11 mark of the third, Boone outscored the Lady Flyers 22-5 the rest of the way to walk away with the victory. Moss contributed 10 points and 7 rebounds during that surge. Franklin County used a box-and-one and a variety of other defenses to double and triple team Moss but she responded with an 11-15 performance from the floor and went to war on the boards against a Franklin County squad that had several players similar in size to her. The physical battle between Moss and Franklin County's Chelsea Craig was something to watch! Senior point guard Heather Sandlin sat out much of the second quarter after picking up two fouls but was outstanding in the second half with her floor generalship and also shot the ball well to finish with 9 points. Sandlin, Stacie Shrout, and Annie Browning each had two 3's and all were key baskets for the Lady Rebels.

Here you go: Scott County Girls vs. Montgomery County Girls 2:00 PM Barn Casey County Girls vs. North Hardin High Girls 3:30 PM Arena Rockcastle County Girls vs. Sheldon Clark Girls 6:00 PM Barn Franklin County Girls vs. Boone County Girls 7:30 PM Arena The last two are the winners bracket games.

Boone Co. 68 - North Hardin 49 Boone Co. 16 14 18 20 68 North Hardin 16 11 7 15 49 Gateway Holiday Classic at Montgomery Co. Boone Co. -- Davis 6, Sandlin 11, Browning 8, Moss 29, Shrout 6, Nash 4, Switzer 2, Spicer 2. North Hardin -- Taft 17, Woodson 7, Jones 5, Roberts 12, Spencer 2, Chatman 4, Taft 2.

The Lady Rebels were led by Sydney Moss who had 29 in less than three quarters of action. Heather Sandlin added 11 points for Boone and handed out a ton of assists. This game was tied at 16 after a quarter as North Hardin shot the ball very well in the opening stanza. After Boone led 30-27 at the half, Moss took over in the third, scoring 12 straight points to break the game open. Boone will now face Franklin County tomorrow at 7:30 PM in the semi-finals of the Gateway Classic at Montgomery County High School. Franklin County defeated Casey County 53-45.