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What a half from Kenyon Goodin!

Seriously, has Kenyon Goodin ever missed a 3 in New Castle before?!?!

Close one here...

DeSales with 2 straight turnovers in the final minute. J-Town with a reverse layup with 8 seconds left. Cru Gibson misses shot at the buzzer!

Wow! I predicted a North Oldham win, easily. I did not think Woodford was disciplined enough to win this game. But they came out as the more disciplined team by far and slowed the game down! Kudos to coach Jaron Brown and his squad. 

Side note: Jasper Johnson has got to be the best player in the 8th region. He will play in college anywhere he chooses. 

Just now, StevnASmith said:

Who is winning? I was watching but no feed now. 

The games are being live-streamed on Glicod on YouTube.

Coach Levitch appears to be using the ¨Hack-A-Shaq¨ with 5 minutes remaining. Smart move???

I believe North Oldhams posts have traveled more times than I have fingers. LOL

16 minutes ago, bigapplekid said:

Is he really top 20 in the country? 

Yes ranked like the #15 player in the country for the Sophomore Class.

6 minutes ago, Colonel-Rebel Fan said:

Probably, but he just started to focus this year in the 4th quarter against Owen.

I agree, he is very inconsistent, but very young. But when he is going, there is a reason he is a top 20 player in the country. 

Jasper Johnson has had some really impressive finishes already. Best player in the 8th imo....

WOW! 2 first quarter points for NO??

I see North winning, and it could turn into a blowout if WF does not show up. Which seems to often happen.....

Was not at this game, but appears my prediction was wrong. I did not think Cooper would win, especially without Pouncey. 

I got the Titans in this one. 

This is a pretty large upset isn't it?

Is Hussey playing?

1 minute ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

It was an awfully close one in January, sans Pouncey.

What's the difference maker in the rematch?

I am not saying it would not be close, but I do not see Cooper being able to stop the star power of Ipsaro. He can get a shot off anytime he needs to, and the stars get calls. 

I would say Collins by 30, but I also said the same thing about Owen County... Anything can happen. 

If Pouncey is out, I have no doubt CovCath wins. 

3 hours ago, Hoopstars said:

He could have beat gallatin for starters. Yes- they could have drawn Collins possibly but definitely wouldn’t have lost to Woodford!

Duvall botched the GC game ten ways to Sunday.

For starters, Duvall refused to foul up 3 late.
 

Duvall also refused to put his 6’9 center and Moore in the lane to get get offensive rebounds on the FT line in the GC game?! Impossible to defend that when OC missed a late one and one and the OC shooter almost got the rebound to boot. All this while Moore and Ward are on the opposite end of the floor. 
 

As far as how this ties to last night. How do you leave the game yesterday with multiple timeouts in your back pocket? if he felt he had to take Moore out for a rest/buy a few minutes… and leaves timeouts on the board…? Impossible to defend.

Duvall has had some unreal talent come thru that locker room and his inability to find or develop a second option is telling this year. Anyone could coach Teagan Moore and be “successful” record wise in this district, with Henry/Carroll/ Trimble/Emmenince being down significantly. Even Gallatin was down by their standards. 

8 minutes ago, Mojocat said:

Did the Owen coach make some mistakes last night?  I'm sure he did.  I don't recall the last time I saw a perfectly coached game.  But did his mistakes cost his team a win?  I don't think so.  Frankly, he's got one player.  The 6'9 player referenced above, simply put, isn't very good.  No one on that team is very good, save Moore.  I hate to talk about kids that way, but to characterize the coaching properly, you have to assess what he's got to work with.  I thought for 3+ quarters they did about as well as an OC fan could hope for.  The other team was complicit in that:  not impressed with WC.  But the one thing WC has is length and athleticism (is that 2 things?  heh).  And they deployed it.  Their defense in the 4th was a frenzy.  And you could tell, obviously, OC did not have the athletes or skill to contend with that.  Each possession was a countdown to a turnover, almost literally.  You're crossing your fingers hoping to just get a shot off.  Moore had to carry them - he was the only viable alternative.  Viewed that way, it was only a question of time - was their enough time for WC to catch them.  And they did.  I'm not sure what the OC coach could have done to ward off that outcome.

But 1 District title, 1 All ¨A¨ title, and losing to GC in Finals? All with Moore. 

Mr. Basketball advances!

1 minute ago, Woodsman said:

I think Owen’s game plan was much better than Woodford.  Moore was the best player on the floor last night. Grant and Owen were much the same as in not a deep bench and had little room for mistakes and missed opportunities.  Woodford am North athleticism was too much.  Don’t think woodford out coached them at all. Turnovers killed Owen and was key factor for game.   Just Curious how many woodford kids took extra Covid year?  

Thought both coaches were bad in this game...

Just now, Hoopstars said:

Not relied on to do as much?  Why because they were so amazing all year?  Woodford had a 500 record most of season and really struggled at times. What would cause a coach to not “rely on” this generational talent you speak of?

He is a top 20 ranked player for a reason. He is able to do things on the court that nobody in the Region is able to do. IMO Woodford is selfish. Woodfords coach is not a great coach, and does NOTHING to get him the ball.