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Stat leaders were:

Scott County
Guyn 22 points
Jackson 19 points
Phares 26 points, 16 rebounds

Lexington Catholic
Sanford 28 points, 5 steals
Martin 17 points

This was an interesting game and a fun game to watch. Scott County played without their 6th man Ford due to an ankle injury earlier in the week. Manning also injured his ankle about midway through the 2nd quarter. With Manning and Ford on the bench and Jackson in early foul trouble, Scott County was left playing some kids at the guard spot that usually don't play a lot in tight games. The freshman Ivey played well in this capacity. The story of the game however was Sanford and Phares. LC had no answer for Phares and SC had an equally hard time with Sanford.

There was also a quite entertaining point about midway through the 3rd quarter. Phares went up for a shot and looked to be fouled. However, the official that had the best look called a held ball with LC getting the alternating position. The clock keeper apparantly forgot to change the arrow. Less than 30 seconds later there was another held ball and LC got the ball again. Hicks went nuts but the three officials refused to reverse the call and correct the arrow. Hicks called a timeout to get his point across but to no avail. It was pretty funny, even though my team was getting hosed. Strange things always happen in the SC/LC rivalry.