FIRST ROUND -- Owensboro 71, Bardstown 43

The final game of the night was a match up between top 25 opponents Owensboro (6-0) and Bardstown (3-3). The 9th ranked Red Devils were hot from the opening tip shooting nearly 70% in the first half to crush the 18th ranked Tigers of Bardstown.

The opening quarter of action saw the two teams battle back and forth with Bardstown taking the early 6-2 lead. From there the Tigers missed six straight shots going scoreless for nearly four minutes as the Red Devils pushed ahead by as many as six. Owensboro's Justin Miller scored his thirteenth point of the game in the final seconds of the opening quarter to extend the lead to 19-11. The Tigers got within five with a Donovan Nance three-pointer to open the second quarter but never got any closer. By the end of the opening half Owensboro pushed their lead to 18 points. 

The second half started much the same way with Owensboro scoring seven of the first nine points of the half to push their lead to 56-32 at the end of the third quarter. The Red Devils lead grew to a game-high 35 points with three minutes remaining in play. Bardstown's shooting woes continued in the fourth quarter as they shot just 25%, but the Tigers ended the game on a 9-2 run to bring the final score to 71-34.

Bardstown was led in scoring by senior Donovan Nance with 10 points. Owensboro was led by senior forward Justin Miller with a game-high 22 points. Aric Holman added a double-double for the Red Devils with 18 points and 12 rebounds and Dylan Sanford added 9.

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2014 Forcht Bank King of the Bluegrass Holiday Classic - Game Box Score
Owensboro Red Devils vs. Bardstown Tigers
Date: 12/19/2014   Time: 9:00pm   Site: Fairdale High School

Visitors: Bardstown Tigers
##	Name	P	FG	3 Pt	FT	PTS	ORB	DRB	TR	PF	AST	TO	BS	ST	MIN
1	Quindon Litsey	G	2/8	0/3	3/6	7	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	2	12:15
2	* Keanu Young	G	3/9	1/3	0/0	7	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	28:29
3	Santrel Farmer	G	1/5	0/3	0/0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11:02
4	Tyler Holsclaw	F	2/2	0/0	0/0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6:24
5	* JuQuintis Mason	G	0/4	0/2	0/0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	12:02
10	Kel Livers	G	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3:10
11	* CJ Hennessy	F	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6:54
12	Tarvis Slaughter	G	1/2	1/2	0/2	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2:49
14	* Jerrett Dennison	G	0/2	0/2	2/2	2	0	4	4	3	1	1	0	3	19:08
20	Corin Stone	G	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1:26
23	TraJan Walls	F	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1:26
24	Coshon Livers	F	1/2	0/0	0/2	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	12:43
25	Donovan Nance	G	3/7	2/5	2/2	10	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	13:56
30	* Elijay Cowherd	G	3/11	0/2	0/0	6	0	1	1	2	3	5	0	3	23:06
33	Devin Cummings	F	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1:26
34	Devin Boggs	F	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	3:44
	Team						0	3	3		1	1
	Totals		16/52	4/22	7/14	43	7	14	21	15	8	13	2	9	160
Total FG 1st Half 10/28 35.7% 2nd Half 6/24 25.0% Game 16/52 30.8% 3 PT FG 1st Half 3/14 21.4% 2nd Half 1/8 12.5% Game 4/22 18.2% Free Throws 1st Half 2/2 100% 2nd Half 5/12 41.7% Game 7/14 50.0%
Home: Owensboro Red Devils
##	Name	P	FG	3 Pt	FT	PTS	ORB	DRB	TR	PF	AST	TO	BS	ST	MIN
10	Deonte Douglas	F	1/3	0/2	0/0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5:29
11	Rashai Wimsatt	G	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2:49
12	* Shawn Pendelton	G	0/3	0/1	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14:05
15	* Darion Morrow	G	4/6	0/2	0/0	8	1	3	4	4	5	2	0	1	23:15
20	Jacoby Harris	G	4/5	0/0	0/1	8	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	15:39
21	* Dylan Sanford	G	3/10	1/7	2/2	9	3	8	11	0	1	3	0	1	26:03
22	Brian Acton		0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2:49
24	Airius Phillips	G	1/2	0/0	0/0	2	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	14:14
32	* Aric Holman	G	7/8	0/1	4/5	18	0	12	12	2	2	6	1	0	27:06
33	Darius Brown	F	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2:49
44	James Howard	F	1/2	0/0	0/0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2:49
55	* Justin Miller	F	10/13	0/0	2/2	22	0	4	4	4	1	7	0	0	22:53
	Team						3	1	4		2
	Totals		31/52	1/13	8/10	71	7	34	41	16	16	21	1	4	160
Total FG 1st Half 20/29 69.0% 2nd Half 11/23 47.8% Game 31/52 59.6% 3 PT FG 1st Half 0/4 0.00% 2nd Half 1/9 11.1% Game 1/13 7.69% Free Throws 1st Half 3/4 75.0% 2nd Half 5/6 83.3% Game 8/10 80.0%
BARDS OWEN BARDS OWEN BARDS OWEN Free Throw Pts 7 8 3Pt Points 12 3 Pts/Possession 0.66 1.03 Pts off Turnovers 16 19 2nd Chance Points 3 4 Pts off Bench 28 14 Total Rebounds 21 41 Team Rebounds 3 4 Dead Ball Reb 3 1 Off Rebound % 17.1 33.3 Def Rebound % 66.7 82.9 Total Rebound % 33.9 66.1 3Pt Efficiency -8.5 -43.6 Def. Stops 35 47 Pts/Shot 0.73 1.25 Technical Fouls BARDS None OWEN None Officials Unknown
Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 OT 1 OT 2 OT 3 OT 4 Total Bardstown Tigers 11 14 7 11 0 0 0 0 43 Owensboro Red Devils 19 24 13 15 0 0 0 0 71

Largest Lead	OWEN 69 BARDS 34   (35 pts)	Lead Changes	1			Number of Ties	1
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