The UK HealthCare Boys Sweet 16 comes out swinging Wednesday morning at 11 with Rupp Arena still waking up, and the basketball tournament wasting zero time easing anyone into the madness of March. The blind draw tossed subtlety aside and delivered the matchup most everyone was hoping to see days later: No. 2 Covington Catholic […]
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Boys Sweet 16 by the numbers
The UK Healthcare Boys Basketball Sweet 16 gets underway on Wednesday at Rupp Arena in Lexington. We take a deep dive inside the numbers from leading scorers, rebounders and shooters to team scoring, defense and average margin of victory for the 16 teams involved. Action begins on Wednesday when arguably the game of the tournament […]
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Hot start by GRC ends Simon Kenton’s historic run in Sweet 16 semifinals
Simon Kenton’s dream has ended two wins short. The Lady Pioneers came up short in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 semifinals on Saturday at Rupp Arena in Lexington, falling 66-40 to George Rogers Clark. A nightmare start to the game was the key culprit in ending the Lady Pioneers season. The Lady Cardinals […]
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Fast start sends Simon Kenton to first Final Four in program history
It may have been a tale of two halves, but Simon Kenton’s girls basketball team made history Friday night. The Lady Pioneers advanced with a 63-50 victory over Owensboro Catholic in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 quarterfinals. They can thank their first 16 minutes for moving on to their first Final Four in […]
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Pandas go cold at wrong time in state quarterfinal loss
A late rut did Notre Dame no favors. The Pandas went cold at the wrong time and ulitmately their season came to a close in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 quarterfinals in a loss to Taylor County, 44-36. Going into the fourth with a 32-29 lead, the Pandas hit just 2-of-11 shots from […]
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Kabeya’s career-high 29 points helps Simon Kenton get over Sweet 16 hump
Not this time. Trying to erase past state tournament demons, Simon Kenton was able to prevail on Thursday afternoon at Rupp Arena in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16 over Ashland Blazer, 70-61. In a physical battle that featured 37 fouls, it was an eighth grader playing the role of hero as Angela Kabeya […]
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‘Be us’: Simon Kenton seeks first-round win over Ashland
Simon Kenton’s basketball philosophy is simple. Just Be Us. Those two words are working well enough. The Eighth Region champion Pioneers meet 16th Region winner Ashland in the Clark’s Pump-N-Shop Girls Sweet 16® first round at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Simon Kenton (31-2) coach Jeff Stowers coined the phrase after Simon Kenton’s […]
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A 3-point barrage: Notre Dame sets 3-point Sweet 16 record in win over Pikeville
So much for teams shooting lower percentages at Rupp Arena. Notre Dame Academy burned the nets down on Wednesday night in the girls KHSAA Clark’s Pump-n-Shop Sweet 16. They hit 17 three-pointers on their way to a 77-38 victory over Pikeville to advance to the quarterfinals. The 17 triples made broke Mercer County’s record against […]
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CovCath rolls into state: Colonels overwhelm Ryle in 9th Region championship
Dominant could be the easy word to choose. How about annihilation? That’s exactly what Covington Catholic did to 9th Region opponents this season. It didn’t stop on Tuesday night either, routing Ryle 82-51 on their way to a region title at Northern Kentucky University’s Truist Arena. It was a typical region contest for the Colonels […]
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Girls Sweet 16: Notre Dame likes being defensive
Go ahead, call Notre Dame “defensive” about basketball. It’s not a character flaw. The Ninth Region champion Pandas are preparing for Wednesday’s Clark’s Pump-N-Shop Girls Sweet 16® first round game against 15th Region winner Pikeville (6 p.m. at Rupp Arena in Lexington) because of their stinginess. Notre Dame averaged 50.7 points a game this season, including […]