Lady Royals lose to Clark County 56-53 in OT in region final

The Mason County Lady Royals suffered a heartbreaking 56-53 overtime loss in to the Clark County Lady Cardinals in the championship game of the 10th Region Tournament Saturday night at Harrison County.

Briana McNutt's potential game-winning layup just before the fourth quarter buzzer was waved off by by an official who called McNutt for traveling 

Clark County led by 10 points at halftime and took its biggest lead at 39-26 with 6:16 left in the third quarter.

Mason County closed the gap to five points at 43-38 at the end of the third quarter.

A.J. Reed hit two free throws to tie the score at 48-48 with 3:31 left.

Jordan Frodge made a reverse a layup to give the Lady Royals their first and only lead at 50-48 with 2:19 to play.

Clark County guard Kennedy Igo hit two free throws to tie the game with 1:33 left.

After the traveling call, one second was put back on the clock. Clark County, inbounded the ball, but did not attempt a shot.

Igo opened the overtime period with a three-pointer.

Whitney O'Mara made one of two free throws with 2:42 to play.

A basket in the low post from Malena Bell gave the Lady Cardinals a 55-51 lead two minutes left.

O'Mara hit a jumper off the dribble with 1:35 to go.

Shemaya Behanan pushed the lead back out to three by making one of two free throws with 18 seconds left.

Mason County missed three shots in the lane in the closing seconds.

Clark County will play 13th Region champion Harlan in the first round of the St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls Sweet Sixteen Basketball Tournament Wednesday at 8 p.m. at BB&T Arena at Northern Kentucky University.

Igo scored a game-high 22 points.

Behanan added 13 points.

Frodge led Mason County in scoring with 15 points.

O'Mara followed with 13 points and Reed tossed in 11 points.

CC (29-4) J. Flowers 8, Igo 22, Bell 8, Behanan 13, T. Flowers 3, Hardiman 5

MC (23-9) O'Mara 13, Reed 11, McNutt 8, Frodge 15, Boone 6

CC  13 22 08 07 06- 56

MC 09 16 13 12 03- 53

Lady Royals beat Campbell Co. 51-47, face Clark Co. in championship game

After trailing for most of the first three quarters, the Mason County Lady Royals used a 20-4 run to defeat the Campbell County Lady Camels 51-47 in the 10th Region Tournament semifinals tonight at Harrison County.

Mason County will play Clark County in the championship game Saturday night at 7 o'clock.

Campbell County led 10-4 at the end of the first quarter, 24-22 at the half and 33-29 with 2:12 remaining in the third quarter.

Whitney O'Mara started the 20-4 run with a putback. A.J. Reed hit a three-pointer and Briana McNutt had an old fashioned three-point play to give the Lady Royals a 37-33 lead with 12 seconds left in the third quarter.

Alexis Keeton hit a shot for Campbell County with six-tenths of a second left in the third quarter.

Jordan Frodge opened the fourth quarter with a three-pointer.

After Keeton scored again, the Lady Royals reeled off nine straight points on a basket by Frodge, a floater by O'Mara, a Frodge three-pointer and basket by McNutt to lead 49-37 with 3:49 to play.

Makenzie Schwarber scored five straight points for Campbell County to cut the Lady Royals' lead to seven.

Reed scored Mason County's final basket with 2:13 to play.

Taylor Clos scored to cut the lead back down to seven with 1:58 remaining.

Chloe Seckman banked in a three-pointer for the final basket of the game with eight seconds left.

Mason County committed a turnover, but the Lady Camels passed the ball around before missing a 30-footer at the buzzer.

The Lady Royals shot 60 percent from the field in the second half and 51.3 percent for the game.

Mason County outrebounded Campbell County 34-25.

O'Mara led Mason County in scoring with 16 points.

McNutt added 11 points.

Clos led Campbell County with 17 points.

Schwarber tossed in 12 points.

Clark County defeated Nicholas County 71-41 in the upper bracket semifinal.

The Lady Cardinals outscored the Lady Jackets 21-6 in the second quarter.

Mason County beat Clark County 54-51 in Winchester on January 25.

MC (23-8) O'Mara 16, Reed 5, Moran 6, McNutt 11, Frodge 8, Boone 5

CC (20-13) Clos 17, Schwarber 12, Keeton 6, Seckman 3, Holbrook 9

MC 04 18 15 14- 51

CC  10 14 11 12- 47

Lady Royals rout Bracken Co. 77-32 for district title

The Mason County Lady Royals shared the ball in a 77-32 rout of the Bracken County Lady Bears tonight in the championship game of the 39th District Tournament at the Fieldhouse.

Mason County had 21 assists on 29 field goals and shot 49.2 percent.

The Lady Royals made nine three-pointers.

Mason County went on a 19-4 run to take a 33-13 lead with 4:51 left in the second quarter.

The Lady Royals led 56-20 with 4:33 to go in the third quarter and the rest of the game was played with a running clock

Whitney O'Mara led Mason County in scoring with 13 points.

A.J. Reed followed with 11 points.

Maddie Boone had 10 points, seven rebounds and six assists.

MC (21-8) Brooks 4, O'Mara 13, Reed 11, Littleton 8, Moran 5, McNutt 6, Butler 7, May 2, Frodge 9, Simms 2, Boone 10

BC (11-14) Myrick 1, Ruf 4, Florer 2, Hamilton 1, Jefferson 8, Carl 5, Goecke 2 Kalb 9

MC 18 26 17 16- 77

BC  09 09 08 06- 32

Lady Royals rout Bourbon Co. 83-18

The Mason County Lady Royals celebrated Senior Night with an 83-18 rout of the Bourbon County Lady Colonels Wednesday night at the Fieldhouse.

Mason County led 22-7 at the end of the first quarter and 46-11 at the halftime.

The Lady Royals outscored the Lady Colonels 19-1 in the fourth quarter.

Mason County shot 53.2 percent from field and 47.6 percent (10-of-21) from three-point range.

Bourbon County had just five field goals in the game.

The Lady Royals scored 43 points off the Lady Colonels' 24 turnovers.

Brianna Littleton was 5-of-5 on three-point shots and scored a game-high 17 points.

A.J. Reed followed with 15 points and Whitney O'Mara added 11 points.

Mason County closes out the regular season Friday night at Franklin County.

MC (19-7) Highfield 2, O'Mara 11, Reed 15, Littleton 17, Moran 6, McNutt 9, Butler 4, May 2, Frodge 8, Simms 2, Boone 7

BC 15-14)  Bentley 1, Curtis 1, Hardy 3, Evans 2, Wilson 10, Kelly 1

MC 22 24 18 19- 83

BC  07 04 06 01- 18

Lady Royals rout Montgomery Co. 77-14

The Montgomery County Lady Indians, in rebuilding mode, were no match for the Mason County Lady Royals tonight.

Mason County led by 26 at the end of the first quarter and by 40 at halftime, then outscored the Lady Indians 26-3 in the second half for a 77-14 victory at the Lady Royals Gym.

The Lady Royals had a 13-0 run and an 11-0 run in the first quarter, and a 14-0 run in the second quarter.

Mason County scored the final five points of the first half and the first 19 of the second half.

Montgomery County didn't score in the second half until the 2:47 mark of the fourth quarter.

The Lady Royals shot 69.7 percent from the field in the first half and 55.6 percent for the game.

Mason County had 21 steals and scored 36 points off Montgomery County's 26 turnovers.

A.J. Reed had a game-high 10 points for the Lady Royals.

Mason County's starters did not play in the second half.

The Lady Royals travel to Winchester Wednesday night to play the Clark County Lady Cardinals.

Mason Co. (14-4) Reed 10, O'Mara 9, McNutt 9, May 8, Frodge 7, Boone 6, Littleton 6, Schumacher 6, Simms 6, Brooks 4, Dotson 2, Payne 2, Butler 2
Montgomery Co. (4-19) Harris 9, Bromagen 3, Williamson 2

Mason Co.            32 19 08 18- 77
Montgomery Co.  06 05 00 03- 14

Lady Royals rout Fleming County 72-30

The Mason County Lady Royals jumped out to a 12-0 lead and never looked back in a 72-30 rout of the Fleming County Lady Panthers tonight at Fleming County.

Mason County led 30-8 at the end of the first quarter and 43-16 at halftime.

The Lady Royals scored 38 points off the Lady Panthers' 35 turnovers and ran their winning streak to nine games.

Whitney O'Mara had a game-high 15 points.

Briana McNutt scored 11 points and A. J. Reed added 10 points.

MC (11-2) Brooks 9, Highfield 2, O'Mara 15, Reed 10, Littleton 6, Moran 8, McNutt 11, Frodge 5, Boone 6

FC (9-5) Fern 1, Pfeffer 2, Argo 6, A. Jackson 4, K. Jackson 4, Steward 11, Mitchell 2

MC 30 13 16 13- 72

FC   08 08 09 05- 30 

Lady Royals cruise to district title

The Mason County Lady Royals led 16-0 and 35-3 on their way to a 64-21 win over the St. Patrick Lady Saints in the championship game of the 39th District Tournament tonight at Bracken County.

Ten Lady Royals scored. Whitney O'Mara led the way with 12 points. A.J. Reed followed with 11 and Erin Kumler added 10.

Victoria McKay had a game-high 14 points for St. Patrick.

MC (26-3) Littleton 2, O'Mara 12, Boone 4, McNutt 5, Frodge 8, Kumler 10, Moran 2, Brooks 4, Highfield 6, Reed 11

SP (9-23) V. McKay 14, Scales 3, L. Gallenstein 4

MC 27 15 08 14- 64

SP  03  05 09 04- 21