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There are several factors that played into this game. Clay County has the guards to play with any team in the state and the fact when Ballard could have put the game away, the Tigers found answers and fought back. Clay County is an athletic mountain team, Ballard is a fast Louisville team. There is a difference and the Tigers were sucking wind from two minutes into the game. As good as Taylor is and he has gotten in better shape, he may be the best big in the state, that pace would have an affect on him or anybody else his size. Ballard isn't called a running team and do other things, they run, run, run, and run. Their 3 point shooter even had a second gear. Every time they got a board it seemed as though someone was waiting at halfcourt for the ball.