Worthington, Ky — Lawrence Co. ( 6-4 ) fell short in the 15th annual Raceland Derby Championship game 68-58 to Raceland ( 7-1 ) Sunday night at Ram Gymnasium.
Tyler Maynard led the Dawgs with 18 points, Baden Gillispie played well with 17 points, Cody Maynard and Trenton Adkins had 7 points each, Chase Sartin tallied 5 points, Alex Ratliff and Will Lafferty chipped in with 2 points each.
The Bulldogs went 6-11 from the line and hit 4 three pointers.
Raceland was led by Kirk Pence with 23 points. The Rams went 17-26 from the charity stripe and hit 7 three pointers.
LCHS 11 10 15 22 = 58
RHS 12 17 19 20 = 68
The Dawgs will return to action Friday night at 8:30 in the 65th Ashland Invitational Tournament against the host team Ashland Paul Blazer.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Chandler Thompson
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… First half we struggled to get a hand up in the shooters face and they hit six three pointers. That hurt us a lot. They got to see the ball go in the basket and got their confidence flowing. In the second half we did a better job and kept them off the three point line but they hit some tough mid range jumpers.”
“… I bet we missed 15 eight feet and in shots and it’s hard to win like that. We played better defense and caused some turnovers but couldn’t convert on the other end to cut into their margin. We made one run at the end but it wasn’t enough.”
“… We had some good wins but wasn’t able to make it four in a row against Raceland. Our December schedule has been tough and our four losses have been to quality opponents. Can’t win District or Region in December so hopefully it prepares us for tourney time.”
