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Central leads for the first time in a long time 48-46 with 2 to go.

BG struggling to score at the start of the 4th. BG 46 WC 44 with 5 to play.

End of 3. BG 45 WC 37. 8 minutes to go for a ticket to Rupp arena.

Lightning fast first half. Over in 25 minutes. Refs letting them play a bit. Central has hit about 5 triples themselves as both teams shooting it well.

Halftime. BG 31 WC 26

End of the first quarter. BG 21 WC 14.

Agree with @DragonFire. I don't think there is any chance this game is played in the 70's. Central will sit in their 3/2 matchup zone and try to slow the pace. This game in particular between these two in the past have generally been played in the 50's/60's. The script has flipped from last season as now it's Bowling Green who is 3-0 on the year and the favorites with everything to lose and Central who can play loose with no pressure. Last year's final proved to be the Dragons biggest scare of the postseason and I won't be shocked if this one is another classic. I see BG pulling it out late 58-51.

The best rivalry in the state squares off again tonight for all the marbles in Diddle Arena. The Purples have beaten the Dragons 3 times this year, but this is the only one that matters. Who punches their ticket to Rupp Arena? Tip-off is set for 6:00 pm central time and will be broadcasted at the link below. - Sporting Times (stfanclub.com)

District tournament winners will play district tournament runners-up from a different district. Can't have the same districts on the same side of the bracket. Reason why BG and WC can only meet in the finals every year.

A win on Friday night would mark BG's 12th district crown in 17 seasons and 9 of the last 11.

Final from South Warren High School. Purples punch their ticket to Diddle Arena.

Final per Sporting Times twitter account.

Really good win for the Purples!

I have never heard of it either. Almost sounds fictional. Off the top off my head, I believe 7 played at some level at BG high and 2 left following their 8th grade seasons at BGJHS.

Strange situation unfolding in the 14th district. As of yesterday, two BGHS sophomores have transferred from Bowling Green and enrolled at Warren Central. Both have seen minimal varsity minutes this season, but enough for 1 to burn their eligibility for a year. I say strange because one of the transfers is the son of a current Bowling Green assistant coach. This marks the 3rd mid-season transfer from BG to Central in the last 2 seasons. Warren Central now has 9 former Purples currently in their program.

Didn’t get to watch this one but sounded like a whale of a game. Travis Perry finishes with 46 points. Purples had a couple looks in regulation and OT but couldn’t pull out the win. BG was down 13 and half and battled back. Good to see after a lackluster performance the night prior against rival Warren Central.

Well said @DragonFire a pretty abysmal watch with 2 teams who couldn’t buy a basket outside of 4 feet. Never had the feel of a true BG/Central game both from an atmosphere and intensity standpoint. WC doesn’t want to play BG in an up and down game, so I thought they did a great job dictating the tempo. Can WC beat BG in a game played in the high 60s or 70s? I’m not sure. They absolutely can beat the Purples if the game is played in the 40s like it was last night. I’m not sure if Kade will ever get to 100% this season, but have to think he will have more than 6 points in the game that matters. Central sat in their drop 3-2 zone for most of the game and this seemed to bewilder the Purples offensively. Bottom line, if BG plays like the team they are capable of and have shown flashes of this season, I’m not sure WCs best can match them. If they play like they have in the first 2 meetings between these two, the door is wide open.

Will be streamed for free at the link below: - Sporting Times (stfanclub.com)

Great stuff as always @DragonFire. I didn't realize it until reading your write-up that WC has only played 16 games to this point and finish out with 7 games in 18 days, nearly half the number of games they've played for the year. With Kade's clear limited injury restriction, do you see this stretch as a positive or negative for the Dragons? Would they benefit from resting Kade or getting him more game time to get right?

Great recap as always @DragonFire. Very interested to see the next 3 (likely) iterations of this matchup as the season goes on with WC getting healthy and getting newly eligible transfers to gel.

Seemed like a game where just about everything went against BG and they still found a way to win. Winning at Central is hard to do as it is, when the whistle goes the way it did, it makes it almost impossible to pull out a win. I'm shocked DG didn't pick up a technical because I sure would have. Agree with Purple 88. While Unseld only played half the game on minutes restriction, Wardlow and Ritter were essentially taken out of the game by the officials. I still think the talent gap is wide enough that the remaining 3 contests will feature at least 2 double digit wins for the Purples, but stranger things have happened. Also, congratulations to DG Sherrill as he picked up his 400th career win tonight.

Final per KHSAA scoreboard from the Clash at the Swap shootout.

Final per KHSAA scoreboard.

Whitney and Walkup went to school in the BG city school district up until their freshman year. Played for BGJHS 7th and 8th grade teams. Moved over to Central as freshman. Wells moved over there after his sophomore year at BG I believe and a kid who started for BG last year and some of this year moved to Central mid-season this year - though he is ineligible. I think this is where a lot of that story is coming from. All just high school kids throwing stones for twitter beef.

Rejects is the complete opposite term I would use, but a lot of them did move over there.