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Powell County played good defense last night against Owsley. Their 48 free throws to Owsley's 16 is a major difference, however Owsley was fouling more often than Powell was, simple. You shouldn't let a player stay in the game after having 4 fouls in the first quarter. Powell took the ball to the basket, rather than shooting 3 pointers. They deserved to win and came out on top like everyone was hoping. what an upset. go red!

I don’t agree that “Owsley was fouling more often than Powell was”. Powell was fouling too, A LOT. They just weren’t called. Macie Gibson was pushed and held all night, wedged between two girls like a ham sandwich. That’s not good defense. That’s bodying up, that’s fouling. When the ball was lobbed to her she would go up to get it and the smaller girl guarding her would undercut her. She has a right to verticality. She has to be allowed space to land after she jumps. And someone else said Owsley settled for 3’s and didn’t attack the basket. That’s false too. Macie usually takes a few 3s every game and shoots 40% from that range. She made 54 this year. But she had numerous shots inside the paint and was hacked but nothing called. But Lynch barely breathed on someone and was whistled for a foul. Go figure! If Lynch could have played all 4 quarters , or even 3, Owsley wins the game by about 10, which is around the margin of both wins over Powell this year. She is is the pg that handles the ball and works well with Macie. But she wasn’t permitted the leverage that the opponent’s guards were. In a district game the kids should be given a little more freedom from a tight whistle. Those are one and done games. Please allow the players to determine who wins these games. Fluff fouls that take a key player out of a key game is not how it should be.
Also, Macie scores 37 and 34 in the two season wins over Powell. But in those games the defense wasn’t allowed to body up to her and bump and push all night , when they did fouls were whistled.
This was a game that was called strict on one team and very loose on the other. What occurs when that happens? I’ll tell you, one team shoots 48 free throws to the other’s 16, and one team has 3 starters foul out while the other has zero. Guess which team wins with that type of whistle and those numerical odds. Not difficult to figure out.