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Ballard 21 21 14 24 80
Manual 17 14 21 18 70

From Jason Frakes' blog:

* Ballard 80, Manual 70, final: The No. 1 Bruins (28-4) advance to Monday's 8 p.m. final against the J'town-Male winner. Bellarmine signee Keisten Jones scored 19 points to lead the Bruins. Ian Chiles added 18 points, and Tyrell Means pitched in 14. Sean Samsel hit 5 of 14 three-point tries and scored 21 points to lead the No. 11 Crimsons (21-10). Miles Mitchell scored 17 points.

http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/khs/blog.html

Good win for Ballard, should be another great game in the finals no matter who wins the other game...

Congrats Bruins

Congrats Ballard :Thumbs:

Ballard will come out of the 7th and will be one of the favorites in the state tourney.

new guy Wrote:Ballard will come out of the 7th and will be one of the favorites in the state tourney.

Not so sure about this quote. Male is playing very good basketball right now, while also playing with alot of confidence. Male has a good chance ot pull off the upset.


Ballard is extremely athletic and took it to Manual on the boards. When Ballard is hitting their three's it made it very hard for Manual to compete with their athletes. I was really impressed with Manual's PG. He brought Manual back and gave them a chance to win by cutting Ballard's lead to 1 point in the 4th by hitting 4 three's. He also handles the ball very well to go along with his speed and quickness.

Samsel has committed to Findlay and may see Bellarmine's commit Kiesten Jones again over the next 4 years. These two were the best players on the court last night. Good luck to the Bruins in the final on Monday.