Final: Shelby County 53, Hazard 50
By Mike Fields
See photos and hear comments from Shelby County senior guard Alex Matthews, Shelby Coach Mike Clark and Hazard Coach Al Holland.
- Hazard’s Josh Whitaker missed on a long three-point try from the left wing just before the buzzer and Shelby County holds on to win 53-50. The Rockets rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to reach the semifinals. Cache Tomlison led the winners with 12 points, and Coty Minnis had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Whitaker had 21 to lead Hazard. Cory Martin added 13 points and 7 rebounds.
- After hitting 12 of 21 shots in the first half, Hazard made only 7 of 26 in the second half.
- Hazard has a chance to tie. Timeout with 5 seconds left, the Bulldogs have the ball and trail Shelby County 53-50.
- Shelby County leads 48-39 with 3:24 left in the game. Nigel Beach has 9 points in the second half, including the basket that put the Rockets ahead of the first time.
- It was a dream third quarter for Shelby County, and a nightmare for Hazard. Shelby County blitzed the Bulldogs 18-5 to take a 38-35 lead going in the fourth quarter.
- Shelby County has tied Hazard 33-33 on Tim Sanford’s three-pointer with 1:40 left in the third quarter.
- Shown at right: Hazard’s Justin Jones (35) and Robert Warren (30) go for a rebound in photo by Charles Bertram.
- Shelby County is on a 9-0 run and has trimmed Hazard’s lead to 30-29 with 4:22 left in the third quarter. Alex Matthews has contributed 4 points in the Rockets surge.
- Halftime: Hazard 30, Shelby County 20. Josh Whitaker hit his first four three-pointers to help the Bulldogs take control. Whitaker has 14 points. Cory Martin has 10 points, including a pair of threes. Hazard is shooting 57% (12-for-21 overall). Coty Minnis has 8 points for Shelby County.
- Hazard’s hot shooting continues. It has hit 5 of 6 threes. Josh Whitaker is 3-for-3 and Cory Martin is 2-for-2 and the Bulldogs lead 25-15 with less than three minutes left in the first half. Shelby County is shooting 35% — 6-for-17. Coty Minnis has 7 points and 4 rebounds for the Rockets.
- Hazard holds a 15-13 lead after the first quarter. The Bulldogs are 6-for-9 shooting and have hit all three of their three-point tries. Josh Whitaker has 8 points to lead Hazard. Shelby County’s Coty Minnis has 5 points.
- Hazard is off to a good start. It’s 3-for-3 on three-pointers and leads 15-11 late in the first quarter. Josh Whitaker has hit two of the bombs for the Bulldogs.
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March 21, 2008 at 8:05 pm |
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March 22, 2008 at 4:27 am |
Looks like you, Al, will have to recruit some more players from Bell co or who ever has one or two to get rid of. Maybe even Rose Hill with it’s stars going to Scott co or wherever. The recruiting wars are heating up and you need to be right in the middle of them. Didn’t Hazard recruit Johnny Cox out of Fleming Neon and won a campionship? And didn’t they recruit Mickey Gibson out of Carr Creek but lost to Carr Creek in the regional that year? LOOK OUT THE RECRUITING WARS HAVE JUST BEGAN AND LOOK WHAT’S HAPPEN SO FAR.
March 22, 2008 at 8:36 am |
Didn’t they change the rule on calling timeout when going out of bounds? Interesting how they gave the timeout to Shelby Co. last night when one of their players was going out. Congrats Hazard on a great season!