Jerone Morton's buzzer beater sends GRC to state

Jerone Morton's buzzer beater layup gave the George Rogers Clark Cardinals a 60-59 victory over the Campbell County Camels in the championship game of the 10th Region Tournament tonight at The Fieldhouse. 

It's GRC's second straight region championship.

Morton scored a game-high 27 points. Jared Wellman added 15 points for the Cardinals who will play 8th Region champion Oldham County in the first round of the Boys' Sweet 16.

Campbell County was led in scoring by Garrett Beiting with 24 points. Eric Davie followed with 15 points.

The Camels' last three losses in 10th Region Tournament games have been on buzzer beaters. 

George Rogers Clark     21 14 10 15 -- 60

Campbell County           14 14 15 16 -- 59

George Rogers Clark -- Slone 8, Wellman 15, Morton 27, Edwards 4, Smothers 4, Mundy-Lloyd 2

Campbell County -- Gross 5, Davie 15, Beiting 24, Hamilton 8,

Hegyi 4, Jackson 3

GRC rallies to defeat Mason County 64-58

The George Rogers Clark Cardinals rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to defeat the Mason County Royals 64-58 in the semifinals of the 10th Region Tournament tonight at The Fieldhouse. 

Mason County shot 58.3% from the field in the first half and led 36-26 at the half. 

GRC outscored Mason County 18-4 in the third quarter and opened the fourth quarter on a 5-2 run to lead 49-42.

The Royals answered with a 9-2 run to tie the game at 51-51 with 2:55 left in the game. 

The Cardinals scored six straight points to lead 57-51 with 1:45 remaining.

Mason County got to within three points twice in the final minute, but GRC answered both times. 

The Cardinals outshot the Royals 70.8% to 34.6% in the second half.

Jerone Morton led GRC in scoring with 18 points. Jared Wellman had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Trent Edwards added 11 points.

Terrell Henry led Mason County with 18 points. Mason Butler followed with 12 points. Nate Mitchell tossed in 11 points and AP Perry added 10 points.

The loss snapped the Royals' 14-game winning streak. They end the season with a 19-4.

GRC advances to tomorrow night's championship game against the Campbell County Camels.

George Rogers Clark    13 13 18 20 -- 64

Mason County               15 21 04 18 -- 58

George Rogers Clark -- Slone 8, Morton 18, Edwards 11, Wellman 17, Smothers 6, Mundy-Lloyd 4

Mason County -- Perry 10, Butler 12, Mitchell 11, Henry 18, Schumacher 7

GRC defeats Harrison County 68-53

Defending champion and tournament favorite George Rogers Clark defeated the Harrison County Thorobreds 68-53 in a quarterfinal round game of the 10th Region Tournament today at The Fieldhouse.

GRC forward Jared Wellman scored 15 of his game-high 17 points in the second half. The Cardinals also got double figure scoring from Trent Edwards with 15 points and Aiden Slone with 12 points.

Harrison County, playing without Kaydon Custard and Tayshaun Custard due to injuries, was led in scoring by James Soard with 15 points. Will Furnish added 10 points.

George Rogers Clark    20 09 18 21 -- 68

Harrison County            11 12 12 18 -- 53

George Rogers Clark -- Slone 12, Wellman 17, Morton 9, Edwards 15, Smothers 7, Mundy-Lloyd 3, Hernandez 2, Hampton 3

Harrison County -- Soard 15, Biddle 4, Kendall 6, Hinton 8, Furnish 10, Carpenter 6, Harris 4

Clark County outlasts Scott 60-57 in OT in region semis

The Clark County Cardinals pulled out a 60-57 victory over the Scott Eagles in overtime tonight in the semifinals of the 10th Region Tournament at The Fieldhouse.

Clark County trailed by nine points in the first quarter and by eight in the third quarter, but they rallied and took their first lead at 47-46 with 3:39 left in the game.

The Cardinals went up 53-50 with 37 seconds to play. Scott guard Chad Ohmer tied the game at 53-53 with 8.6 seconds to play by hitting a three-pointer from the volleyball line.

Clark County committed a turnover with 2.4 seconds left. Scott missed a long three-pointer at the buzzer.

Ohmer fouled out with 3:20 left in overtime. 

Down by a point in the closing seconds, Scott missed a baseline jumper. Clark County sophomore Jared Wellman got the rebound and was fouled with a half second left. He sank both free throws and Scott's desperation shot at the buzzer was way short.

Jordan Graham led Clark County in scoring with 15 points. 
Wellman tossed in 13 points and Brenna Canada scored 10 points before fouling out with 2:27 left in regulation,

Nathan Joyce led Scott in scoring with 19 points including 10 in the fourth quarter. David Hunter added 12 points.

Clark County advances to the championship game for the first time since 2012 when they won the region.

CC (26-7) Graham 15, Wellman 13, Canada 10, Jenkins 2, Morton 8, Rucker 2, Bush 9

S (19-12) Ohmer 8, Simpson 7, Meister 9, Hunter 12, Joyce 19, Allen 2

CC 10 11 18 14 07- 60
S    15 10 15 13 04- 53