Campbell Co. tops Scott 68-62 for 10th Region title

Reid Jolly scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the Campbell County Camels to a 68-62 victory over the Scott Eagles tonight in the championship game of the 10th Region Tournament at The Fieldhouse.

It's Campbell County's third region title in five seasons.

The Camels led 32-21 with 3:20 left in the second quarter, but Scott pulled to within two at 34-32 at the end of the half and led 46-45 at the end of the third quarter. 

Campbell County scored the first four points of the fourth quarter and had the lead the rest of the game.

The Camels were up 65-56 with 38 seconds remaining after Nate Schaefer hit two free throws, but Scott guard Nelson Perrin made two three-pointers to make it interesting.

Perrin's second trey cut Campbell County's lead to four at 66-62 with 18 seconds to play, and the Camels committed a turnover trying to inbound the ball against the Eagles'press.

But Perrin was called for traveling while attempting to shoot another three-pointer.

Campbell County point guard Joel Day sank two free throws to seal the victory.

The Camels outshot the Eagles 54.8 percent to 45.3 percent and won the rebounding battle 33-20.

Tanner Clos scored 13 points including his 1,000th career point for Campbell County.

Day and Drew Wilson scored 11 points apiece.

Perrin led Scott in scoring with 19 points.

Trey Meister tossed in 16 points and Chad Ohmer added 14 points.

Jolly, Day, Clos, Wilson, Perrin, Meister and Ohmer were named to the All Tournament Team.

Campbell County will play 2nd Region champion University Heights Academy in the first round of  the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 at noon on Thursday, March 15 at Rupp Arena.

CC (28-5) Wilson 11, Jolly 21, Schaefer 6, Clos 13, Day 11, Lawrence 6

S (23-9) Ohmer 14, Hunter 4, Meister 16, Perrin 19, Pouncy 4, Joyce 5

Paris and Scott win nail biters in Boys 10th Region semifinals

The Paris Greyhounds and the Scott Eagles both won nail biters tonight in the Boys 10th Region Tournament at The Fieldhouse and will meet in the semifinals Monday night.

Eric Johnson hit a floater in the lane with nine seconds to play to give the Paris Greyhounds a 51-50 victory over the Pendleton County Wildcats.

Trey Meister sank a shot from the left elbow with three seconds remaining to lift the Scott Eagles to a 55-53 win over the Mason County Royals.

Mason County jumped out to a 9-0 lead and was up 16-6 at the end of the first quarter. 

Scott rallied and took its first lead in the third quarter and was up 49-45 with 2:47 to play.

The score was tied at 49-49 and 51-51.

The Eagles held the ball for more than a minute before Nelson Perrin scored to give Scott a 53-51 lead with 36 seconds remaining.

Leevi Dunaway sank two free throws to tie the game with 30 seconds left.

Scott took a timeout with 20 seconds to play.

The Eagles got the ball to Meister and he hit the turn around shot.

Mason County called timeout with 2.6 seconds left.

Dunaway's shot from behind the timeline at the buzzer hit the backboard and fell off the front of the rim.

"This is a tough one," Mason County coach Buddy Biggs said. "I'll take full responsibility for it. Our kids competed, played their hearts out. They listened to the game plan; they executed. We outshot 'em 45 percent to 37 percent, outrebounded 'em 33-28, shot more free throws than they did, shot better from the three than they did, and we still lost. I thought the one negative thing was the turnovers- we had 21 of them, they didn't really press us that much, just a couple of possessions, so that was out undoing. But, you know, to be shorthanded tonight (and) not have our point guard and our second leading scorer, leading rebounder, second leading assist guy to come out and compete like to did, I'm just so,so proud of these kids, very proud to be their coach."

The Royals were without junior point Jaylen Lofton who cut his hand while opening a window in the locker room at intermission of the district championship game.

There were seven ties and five lead changes in the second half.

Dunaway scored a game-high 23 points and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Xylon Frey tossed in 13 points.

Dalton Perkins had 12 rebounds and blocked six shots to go along with his six points.

There were eight ties and 18 lead changes in the Paris vs. Pendleton County game. Seven of the lead changes were in the third quarter. The largest lead was six points.

After Johnson's go ahead basket, Pendleton County junior Dontaie Allen missed a long, contested jumper just before the buzzer sounded.

Allen scored a game-high 25 points and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

P (23-7) Strings 14, Clark 3, Maggard 4, Byars 10, Johnson 16, Ashford 2, Adams 2

PC (24-8) Yelton 8, Allen 25, Sullivan 9, Walsh 3, Antrobus 5

P    17 08 13 13- 51

PC 15 11 10 14- 50

S (22-9) Ohmer 18, Perrin 10, Pouncy 6, Hunter 2, Meister 8, Simpson 5, Joyce 6

MC (17-14) Dunaway 23, Perkins 6, Frey 13, Jones 5, Devine 2, Brammer 4

S      06 16 19 14- 55

MC  16 11 15 11- 53