[More Cowbell]

Poor shooting doomed SV in this one. Credit to Pikeville's defense for holding Valley to 36% from the field (and only 2 of 11 from 3).

Not surprised by this result. I said on here a couple weeks ago that SV's win at the All-A was an upset, and some folks on BGR (including one Pikeville poster) said I was wrong. Now that Pikeville owns 2 wins to Valley's one, it should be clear to everyone who the favorite to win region is.

Nothing has changed since the beginning of the year. Pikeville is 17-4 and has only lost once in-region all year, that being the loss to SV at the Expo. Until Rowe is 100% healthy (which unfortunately will not be the case until next year), Pikeville is just the better team. Not saying Valley can't win, because they can and already have once. But they are not the favorite.

Hopefully SV gets another crack at them in the district tournament.