[Stardust]

Central blew a 13-point halftime lead and fell behind by seven points, but the Yellowjackets pulled out a 53-51 victory over Graves County Wednesday night in Rupp Arena.

Central’s Alex Morrison’s rebound basket gave his team a 53-51 lead with 22 seconds left. Teammate Desmond Brown then came up with a steal. Graves County got one more chance when Tevin Hill stole the ball back with 4 seconds left, but his off-balance three-pointer at the buzzer wasn’t close and Central escaped.

Ridge Wilson, an all-state football player for the 3A state champ Jackets, led the winners with 16 points and 6 rebounds. Morrison had 11 points, and Tim Patterson, another football star, had 5 points and 10 rebounds. Central shot 33% and had 17 turnovers.

Graves County was led by Hill’s 18 points and 5 rebounds. Cass McAlpin had 8 points and 6 rebounds. The Eagles had 22 turnovers and shot 42%.

Central, which began the season 0-8, improved to 17-14 and advanced to the state quarterfinals for the first time since 1978.
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[Stardust]

Central 53 Graves Co. 51

Graves Co. 13 4 25 9 51

Central 18 12 7 16 53

Sweet 16 at Rupp Arena
First round
Graves Co. (23-10) -- Anderson 2, Hill 18, Morris 7, Haneline 2, McAlpin 8, Doggett 1, Vogt 7, Morphew 6.
Central (17-14) -- Morrison 11, Brown 4, Robinson 9, Wilson 16, Patterson 5, Williams 6, Rudolph 2.
kentucky.com

[outdoorsman43]

Congrats Central and good luck!

[TheGuyYouLoveToHate]

The 1st half of this game was horrible. Graves cam out in the 2nd half ready to play and handed it to Central. #20 for Graves county is an outstanding player, if it wasnt for him in the 2nd half, Graves would have got beaten badly. I thought he was going to hit that last second 3 after he stole it with 3.4 seconds left in the game. The second half was great to watch. # 20 really impressed me from Graves county.

[cougarpride08]

Congrats Central. When was the last time a team won football state title and was in the basketball finals or won it the same year?