In tonight's semifinals at The Fieldhouse, Campbell County blew a 16-point lead and trailed by three in the final minute of the fourth quarter, but pulled out a 76-71 victory over the Clark County Cardinals in overtime, and Scott outscored Paris 17-2 in the fourth quarter for a 46 -43 win over the Greyhounds.
Campbell County led 40-24 in the second quarter and was up 40-29 at the half, but Clark County rallied and took a 63-60 lead on an old fashioned three-point play by Will Philpot with 2:01 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Reid Jolly tied the game with a trey with 30 seconds to play.
The Cardinals played for the last shot and missed a three-pointer.
The Camels scored the first six points in overtime.
Clark County closed to within three points when Brennan Canada banked in a three-pointer with 1:20 to go.
Campbell County point guard Joel Day sank 2-of-3 free throws in a span of 13 seconds give the Camels a 74-68 lead with one minute to play.
After Clark County guard Chase Taylor drained a three-pointer with 20 seconds remaining, Day sealed the victory with two free throws with 15.9 seconds left.
Day scored a game-high 31 points. He hit four three-pointers and made 13-of-15 free throws, including 9-of-11 in overtime.
Jolly scored 17 points and Drew Wilson added 12 points.
Jordan Graham led Clark County in scoring with 24 points.
Philpot had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. He fouled out with 3:57 left in overtime.
Canada had a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Taylor added 10 points.
Graham and Philpot were named to the All-Tournament Team,
In the second game, Paris led 41-29 at the end of the third quarter, but Scott opened the fourth quarter on a 13-0 run.
The Greyhounds did not have a field goal in the fourth quarter. Their only points in the quarter were two free throws made by Jalen Byars to give Paris its final lead at 43-42 with 1:58 to play.
The Eagles regained the lead on a basket by Nathan Joyce with 1:35 remaining.
Scott junior guard Kyren Simpson sank two free throws with 21 seconds left to give the Eagles a 46-43 lead.
Paris missed two three-point shots in the closing seconds.
The Greyhounds were 0-of-9 from the field and 2-of-7 on free throws in the fourth quarter.
The Eagles hit 9-of-12 shots from beyond the arc in the game
Nelson Perrin was 4-of-4 on three-point shots and had a game-high 13 points for Scott.
Simpson made three treys and scored 11 points.
Eric Johnson led Paris in scoring with 11 points.
Byars had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds,
Travis Strings tossed in 10 points.
Johnson and Byars were named to the All-Tournament Team.
The championship game tips off Tuesday at 7 p.m. at The Fieldhouse.
Campbell County beat Scott 84-73 in the regular season and 58-57 in the championship game of the 37th District.
The Eagles edged the Camels 78-77 on Jake Ohmer's three-pointer at the buzzer in the 10th Region Tournament championship game last year.
Campbell County (27-5) Day 31, Clos 10, Wilson 12, Jolly 17, Schaefer 2, Lawrence 4
Clark County (29-5) Graham 24, Taylor 10, Cooper 8, Philpot 13, Canada 11, Johnson 2, Wellman 3
Campbell County 21 19 13 10- 76
Clark County 17 11 19 16- 71
Scott (23-9) Hunter 5, Meister 8, Perrin 13, Simpson 11, Pouncy 2, Joyce 7
Paris (23-8) Strings 10, Clark 2, Maggard 4, Byars 10, Johnson 11, Ashford 1, Adams 5
S 09 13 07 17- 46
P 16 11 14 02- 43
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