Another banner will be raised at The Fieldhouse because the Mason County Royals are the 2023 2A state champions.
Mason County edged the Lexington Catholic Knights 40-39 in the championship game of the Kentucky 2A Championships state tournament at the Owensboro Sportscenter on Sunday afternoon.
The Royals did not take their first lead in the game until the 3:36 mark of the third quarter when Terrell Henry's layup made the score 29-28. There would be six more lead changes.
After a 33-33 tie, Henry hit two free throws with 2:05 remaining in the game and Riley Mastin made a layup to give Mason County its biggest lead at 37-33 with 1:31 left.
Lexington Catholic guard John Reinhart missed a 3-point shot, but was fouled. He sank all three foul shots with 1:12 to go.
A steal and a basket by Rowan Williams gave the Knights their last lead at 38-37.
Henry converted an old fashioned three-point play with 31 seconds left to push the Royals back in front at 40-38.
Lexington Catholic's Brody Turner was fouled on a missed shot with six seconds remaining. He missed the first free throw and made the second.
Henry missed the front end of the 1-and-1 with five seconds left. After getting the rebound and calling timeout with four seconds to go, the Knights drove the length of the floor and missed a shot from the right corner at the buzzer.
Henry scored a game-high 14 points and was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Mastin had 13 points and six rebounds.
Mastin, KG Walton, Philip Bierley and Carter McClahanan were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Mason County is 17-2 and has won seven straight games. The Royals will travel to Falmouth on Tuesday night to play the Pendleton County Wildcats.
The loss snapped Lexington Catholic's 19-game winning streak. The Knights are 19-2.
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