[More Cowbell]

Congrats to Shelby Valley on a tough win over a very good West Jessamine team!

I listened to this game, and here's how it went. Both teams came out of the gate slowly, with neither team shooting well early on. The first quarter ended with a score of only 10-9, SV.

West Jess owned the second quarter, as they began to heat up while Valley stayed ice cold. West Jess actually had a lead of 18-10 early in the second, the largest lead they would have the entire game. However, SV began to chip away at the lead, and managed to cut the lead to 26-24 at the break. The key shot was a three by Elisha Justice right before the buzzer, which cut the lead to two and gave SV all the momentum going into the locker room.

The momentum would continue into the third quarter, as Valley's shooting continued to heat up while the Colts began to cool off. Polson tried to single-handedly keep West Jess in the game, but Justice matched him point-for-point. By the end of the third, Valley had extended out to a 43-36 lead.

The fourth quarter was more of the same as Polson and Justice both continued to play well, but Valley gradually increased the lead to 13. As the shots for West Jess stopped falling, they had to resort to fouling, and SV spent most of the last 3 minutes of the game on the foul line. A couple of missed front ends of one-and-ones allowed the Colts to cut the lead down to 8, but it would get no closer than that.

In summary, Polson proved to be a tremendous player with great heart, but Justice played well too, slightly winning the statistical battle between the two. In addition, SV's supporting cast outplayed West Jess's, and thus the 13 point win.

Congrats to West Jessamine on a great season and to again to SV on the win. Good luck tomorrow morning!