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I think that Coach James had a good set up for the zone, Paintsville just defended it well. Watts could have drove more and broke the zone open more. In the fourth when him and Maynard attacked the basket more, the Cards offense ran better and got them back into the game. those two are special athletes, and need to keep attacking the basket. The 3-2 plays well vs the 3 point ball and it slowed Davis down from behind the arc. He is a real competitor though and found other ways to score as well as making several big defensive plays. Dials made some big clutch 3s with hands in his face, and finished with an impressive performance. As far as coaching goes, Coach James and Crum are two of the best basketball minds around here, and other than the occasional slip, will have a plan to compete with anyone.

We also have to acknowledge that Paintsville has came a long was and is not a pushover team. Ethan Cole is tough to contain under 20, and Lauffer does a good job controlling the game. At the end of the day for this game though the Cards started to figure out what worked best, and proved they were the better team in basically every category.