titan101

Dunbar was on possession away from ending their season two years ago to a 12th region team in the 1st round and ended up winning state. Don't get ahead of yourself there

How many times has the favorite hosted region at their home gym?

I have seen 12th region tourney games at casey, SW Pulaski, Danville and mcreary central. It used to rotate between all schools.

It is interesting watching a team like Pulaski without Fitzgerald. The 1st time we played them it didn't seem like they had much scoring outside of Fitzgerald. They had several guys last night show some offensive potential but they just don't get the opportunity when Fitzgerald is playing. Same thing with Mercer people have said they don't have scoring outside of Trevon. There just aren't as many shots/scoring opportunities for other players when you have players of this caliber. If Mercer would have moved the ball as good in the 2nd half as they did in the 1st half this would have been a 15 point win. 2nd half Mercer had more 1 on 1 drives that were highly contested. In the 1st half Mercer broke the defense down and kicked for wide open 3's.

Nah I hope Pulaski stays ranked in the top 20 and ranked higher than all other 12th region teams the rest of the year. It will be hard to beat them at Pulaski. 12th region coaches/administrators need to wake up and open it up to more than Pulaski and Lincoln hosting region every year

Faulkner 32 Baughman 21 Drakeford 15

Mercer was in a lose/lose situation last night. Supposed to win because Fitzgerald was out. Butt may have had his best game at Pulaski. End of the day Mercer has beat Pulaski on neutral court and at Pulaski. Please keep them as the favorite the rest of the year

I haven't read the whole thread but what is his height and weight legit not what listed as.

No I agree just competitors going at it nothing wrong with it but can't say it was one sided or just one person starting it because it was both ways. If you want some comedy watch the around the 1:14 mark on the youtube game replay above. Around the 1:21 mark is funny also.

Watch the game on youtube. There is a time where smith is holding on to Trevon's shorts. You see in the video Trevon look down and smack Reece's hand away. From there they bump each other for 20-30 seconds. It was the play where Reece eventually flopped and nothing was called. I think it was going both ways for sure and not just Trevon initiating it.

Nah the W was enough

Danny played. This game was at King of Bluegrass. Trevon and Gillis only didn't play the whole 2nd qtr and part of the 3rd qtr because of foul trouble.

After playing boyle and Pulaski I thought boyle was better than Pulaski. That could change next week when we play Pulaski at at their place. Beat them 1st time on a neutral court. Boyle plays better defense and outside of Fitzgerald overall better talent and balanced scoring

Trevon drove a ton and shot two free throws the whole game until the end. You can't tell me he only got fouled once. Again doesn't really matter I just didn't realize Mercer shot so few free throws and so few fouls were called until the last 1:53

Right but whether both teams were in the bonus or not it is still a big difference in free throws up until Boyle started to foul intentionally at the end of the game. 21-8. Boyle had 18 fouls Mercer 17. But until the last 1:53 they foul count would have been Mercer 17- Boyle 9 had they not fouled intentionally.

Agreed Boyle shot 21 free throws and Mercer shot 8 free throws throughout the whole game. Mercer shot 18 of their free throws though in the last 1:53 which were intentional fouls so a big difference when you look at it that way.

Wayne beat West Jessamine which is top 5 in the 12th region. They beat Knox who was top 1-2 in the 13th region. They are playing a lot better now than they were at the beginning of the season. They aren't somebody you want to play the 1st or 2nd round in region

Another interesting stat is the free throws Trevon shot. He was 10-10 but according to the Danville paper he shot 8 of those with under 1:53 left in the game. He seemed to get fouled most every time he got in the paint which was a lot but only shot two free throw through the entire game except for the last 1:53 when they were trying to foul. Mercer as a team shot 18 of their 26 free throws in the last 1:53.

Yeah that's a tough schedule I just haven't heard much about Henry Clay. That is good for them to play the #1 team in the state that close.

I think Pulaski, Mercer or Boyle will win region but I also think West Jessamine or Wayne could beat any of these teams in a one game scenario in the region tourney. I haven't seen Somerset but may be able to throw them in that group with West and Wayne.

Was this one close? Henry Clay is 10-8.

A stat that jumps out to me is that Boyle had 15 more field goal attempts than Mercer. That is usually a recipe for a loss.

It was a great post season environment for both teams. Mercer played 4 games in five days and played this game with no time to prep or really put in a game plan. Mercer has jumped out early on West and Boyle but can't find a way to put teams away. Give Boyle credit for coming back and taking the lead. They will be a tough out for anybody in the region.

Wayne is better than their record shows. They are so well coached and their offense is a thing of beauty to watch. They don't have one dominant player but can get a layup whenever they want out of their offense. I don't think they can win region but they could end somebody's season