Male, Scott County, Briarcrest Christian pick up Saturday Hoopfest wins

Murray senior Will Lovins, guarded by Male’s Tyren Moore (10) led the TIgers in scoring with 18 points

Murray High and Male tipped off in game two Saturday morning, a great game that went down to the wire with Male coming out on top 69-62. Most Valuable Player went to Male’s Tyren Moore with 33 points, Will Lovins led Murray with 18 points and 17 from Hunter Utley. Tim Haworth, long-time coach at Hopkinsville, is in his first year at the helm of the Male program.

  1   2   3  Final
Murray  18  35  47   62
Male  22  36  50   69

SCORING
Murray: Lovins 18, Utley 17, Whitaker 14, Stickland 8, Waldrop 3, Mohler 2
Male: Moore 33, Evans 8, Buford 8, Courtney 8, Gray 7, Pope 2, Stone 2, Scott 1
Murray: 2FG 16/36, 3 PT 6/11, FT 12/14, REB 33, AST 9, TO 17, PF 17
Male: 2FG 12/28, 3 PT 10/28, FT 15/20, REB 26, AST 5, TO 9, PF 16

Scott County’s Diablo Stewart on his way to the basket under the out-stretched Joe Cooper with Olive Branch, MS.

Game three Saturday morning featured Scott County and Olive Branch, MS. Scott County was last year’s runner-up in the Kentucky state tournament while the Conquistadors are the reigning Mississippi State 5A state champions. Down by three at the end of the first quarter, Scott County tied the game at 31 at halftime and went up by one point at the end of the third quarter, pulling away in the fourth quarter to win 65-55. Bryce Long led Scott County with 15 points and Most Valuable Player was awarded to Lorenzo Williams with 11 points and 13 rebounds. D.J. Jeffries, a Memphis commit, led Olive Branch with 10 points.

  1   2   3  Final
Scott County  12  31  44   65
Olive Branch  15  31  43   55

SCORING
Scott County: Long 15, Fluker 14, Stewart 12, Williams 11, Moreno 5, McKenzie 2
Olive Branch: Jeffries 20, Cooper 10, Taylor 9, Owens 8, Matthews 5, Jones 3
Scott County: 2FG 15/24, 3 PT 6/23, FT 17/25, REB 42, AST 9, TO 19, PF 20
Olive Branch: 2FG 15/39, 3 PT 5/12, FT 10/23, REB 25, AST 12, TO 13, PF 20

Sophomore guard, Ben Johnson (33), led Lexington Catholic over Briarcrest Christian, TN with 12 points.

Lexington Catholic and Briarcrest Christian, TN tipped off in the final game of Saturday’s early Hoopfest session. Despite holding a two point lead at halftime, Lexington Catholic was out-scored 19-4 in the third quarter to fall to 54-41. Rodney Newsom, 6’5″ center for Briarcrest Christian, led with 12 points, earning MVP honors. Lexington Catholic was led by sophomore guard Ben Johnson with 15 points.

  1   2   3  Final
Lexington Catholic  16  24  28   41
Briarcrest Christian  1  22  41   54

SCORING
Lexington Catholic: Johnson 15, Wedding 10, Geoghegan 8, Scott 4, Poulton 3, Gowing 1
Briarcrest Christian: Newsom 12, Chandler 11, Harrington 11, Brigham 11, Malone 4, Thomas 2, Neely 2, Dixon 1
Lexington Catholic: 2FG 4/22, 3 PT 8/25, REB 25, AST 7, TO 12, PF 18
Briarcrest Christian: 2FG 16/32, 3 PT 3/14, REB 41, AST 5, TO 15, PF 15