Monday, March 05, 2018

Campbell Co, and Scott win in the semis, will meet in the championship game

The Campbell County Camels and the Scott Eagles will meet in the championship of the 10th Region Tournament for the second straight year.

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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