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Does anyone have stats for Kendall Noble (Breathitt)? Just wondering how many blocks per game she is averaging.

My .02.... if a player 'slaps down' in close proximity to the offensive player, then fouls are usually called. Boys or Girls.

Lots of times the 'swat' will carry the defender into the shooter. I always liked to swat when I played, but found out the hard way that the refs don't. It sure is impressive when you swat one up into the bleachers though lol.

Swatting to block shots and slapping as the dribbler goes around you usually result in a whistle.

The loss of the Kinser kid at the start of the second half Powell's leading scorer really hurt Powell,then the Banks kid fouled out at the start of the fourth which left them short on offensive options,give Lee credit they hit a two handed 35 foot shotput off the backboard when they needed it.

Same kid scored 22 other points and Powell had to know where the ball was going on that last shot. The same kid barely missed the same shot at the end of the first half.

How many did Kinser end up with?

Lee lost a critical rebounder (Tyler Campbell) when Kinser was ejected. Lee was ahead by 3 or more at the time of the ejections and ended up winning by that many.

Hard fought game by both teams in a highly charged atmosphere.

Aaron Charles hit a three from just inside half court line with no time remaining to win the game. Charles ended the game with 25.

This was a slug-fest! 2 ejections (one from each team) in the third qtr. Multiple foul-outs on each side and most players playing with 4 fouls for most of the fourth quarter.

Powell hit a three with about 12 seconds left to tie the game. Charles was knocked to the floor after a time-out but Lee retained possession. Thrown back in to Charles and it sailed home.

A closer game than I expected...whew...

Magoffin by 8.

Powell bet SF by 25 on a neutral floor Dec 8

JC beat SF by 23 at SF on Nov 27

Lee beat JC by 19 at Lee on Dec 7.

Powell is 3/0, Lee is 1/3 but the strength of their opponents has been different.

If Powell has some inside strength then it has been added since I saw them play against Magoffin Co on Dec 1.

Every team is trying to get their footing right now, Lee will find theirs soon. Does Powell have any strengths or weaknesses worth mentioning? I know the loss of so much experience is a huge weakness - but beyond that, I don't know a great deal about their team.

I've watched Powell once this year. They are guard oriented, but don't look as strong or experienced as Estill. Kinser is their lone returning starter (I think) and leads them in scoring from the point or 2G position. Big Romans is gone and his absence is very noticable.

24 points from behind the arc is your deciding factor? Wow. I see that Estill hitting 8 threes would be hard to argue that theyd come out with a loss - but 21 points off 7 threes...yeah, I would take that if it were offered.

What about 6 threes? 5? Can they win with only 4 threes?

Don't get me wrong, I think that Estill will have to play a solid game AND hit about 8 threes to beat the Owls at Booneville. Macintosh will be hard for the Engineers to handle in the paint.

If Estill hits more than 8 threes, then Estill wins.

If Estill hits less than 8 threes, then Owsley wins.

The Owls have a size advantage in the paint.

I think that Owsley may win by a basket or two in Booneville.

I agree with your assessment of their losses, ARC but they are still losses. Powell is undefeated thus far.

 

I know the Pirates lost a ton of players from last year's squad, but Lee lost a lot of experience as well. Lee looked bad in the Estill game until late. I haven't seen Powell's team yet this year, so I cant honestly say I know them to be better.

 

It will be a very big game for both teams as The Bobcats need it to keep from slipping back to the tail of the district, while The Pirates will be getting their first shot at a district rival this year. I am still putting my money on the Pirates though nothing would surprise me in this game.

I agree with you. Jackson City came into Beattyville 3/0 against 0/3 Lee. Lee may not have looked good in the Estill game, but were still within one point near the end and only lost by 4.

Lee looked better against JC, but still missed a bunch of easy ones in the paint and still need to improve in a lot of areas.

Based on Lee's start, that is a very optomistic spread for the Bobcats. I say Powell takes this one by 10.

I've saw them both play, can't see how Powell can match up inside or out. Lee's loss to Buckhorn at Buckhorn's opener and to an athletic Woodford Co team, those were tough games. Estill has also proven to be a decent team and Lee was within a point in the last minute or so at Estill. In other words, Lee's 3 losses weren't necessarily bad ones for such a young team.

Yep, I'm optomistic about this team!

Lee is 1/3, Powell is 2/0. The game is at Lee. I think Lee will win by 15.

Lee Co. 69

Jackson City 50

Thanks Lightning, I'll post it

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I know that Lee won by double digits but don't remember the exact score. Anyone have it?

Pelfrey had 27 for the Bobcats, Charles 14. The whole team played solid.

Davidson had 20+ for the Tigers.

Lee had the lead from start to finish.

Congrats to Coach Wright!

Theyre gone. The Bobcats lost 4 starters from last year's team and the inexpeirence has really hurt them thus far.

Actually Lee lost all 5 starters and 3 other seniors. Charles and Drake came off the bench.

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Nobody said it was a blowout - All credit was given to LEE. Football is key factor for Estill as the the whole team has been practicing since November 14 and 3 of the top 7 players were footballers. LEE is operating at a much greater percent of maximum potential than Estill. That said Estill may never even reach a portion of that potential.

I'm not taking anything away from Estill either. These two teams are ranked 8th and 9th in the region. Lee's total varsity experience returning from last season is two players with about 3 varsity starts between them. This is a very inexperienced team with miles of room to improve.

It was a 17 point lead with 5:00 minutes to go in the game. Estill relaxed and almost paid for it. Lee shot 22 free throws to Estill's 11 at Estill. Lee Co. is a scrappy team and competitive every year - Charles is a nice player and the rest complement him well. I look for both teams to improve with Estill having the most room for improvement. This is only the second full week for Estill's Football players and only second game with all of the players together.

Lee led by several at the end of the first qtr.

Estill led by two at half time.

Estill outscored Lee 24 -11 in the third qtr due to several made threes, ending the third qtr with Estill about 15 up.

Lee fought back in the fourth to within one point in the final two minutes but missed their last couple of shots and had to foul.

Lee outscored Estill in the first and fourth, Estill won the second and third with the third being decisive.

The free throw differential was due to Estill's reliance on outside shooting and little penetration. Estill made about 10 threes, Napier must have been about 6 for 10.

IMO Lee has the most room for improvement, as they return zero starters from last season. Estill has two or three starters back from last season. Estill seems to be all guard oriented.

It was a good game, not a blow out.

Game was at Estill

Engineers' Josh Napier hit 5 or 6 threes. Aaron Charles led the Bobcats with 32 points.

The game was at Jackson. I actually didn't see the event that led to the technical. OC player drove down the center of the lane and just inside the ft line collided with a JC player. This resulted in a charging foul on OC, which led to the technical. I didn't see the basketball go flying or anything like that.

I did think that there were a few charges called on OC that were questionable, but that's just from where I sat.

I was there. In the first half, JC took only outside shots and shot poorly. Owsley hardly took any outside shots, but instead penetrated to the basket.

Second half

JC played much better interior defense and so the Owls began to shoot more outside and were not as effective. OC was just not able to get their inside game going again.

JC began driving to the basket and getting fouled. Although JC didn't shoot very well from the line, they did rebound several key missed free throws.

I do think that the OC technical tipped the scales pretty solidly toward JC. The Owls point guard fouled out at the same time as the technical. JC shot two free throws (hit both) and got the ball.

Both teams did play with heart and wanted the win. The gym was packed.

It is hard to say how Lee Co's lack of experience could play out tonight. Over the summer this same team played JBS two times, losing once by a shot at the buzzer and the other by only a very few points. This team also was leading Scott County at half time (but ended up losing by about 18) on Scott's home floor in a summer scrimmage.

Inexperience is unpredictable.

Good luck to both teams.

I didn't get to see the Magoffin Vs Lee game but a parent of one of the Lee players said Lee won the first half but Magoffin won the second (apparently the game was broken into halves with the score being reset to zero for the second). I was told that Magoffin plays hard, physical style of ball.

Yep, score reset after 20 minutes. Neither personal nor team fouls were counted....no bonus free throws etc... Some of the scrimmages count fouls, others don't. I suppose that it is up to the coaches. Not counting the fouls can cause a 'tilt'.