Ashland, — Ky Lawrence Co. ( 7-5 ) jumped out to a 16-2 lead and then hung on for 65-60 victory over Lewis Co. ( 3-7 ) Saturday afternoon in the 65th Annual Ashland Invitational Tournament at Paul Blazer.
Tyler Maynard poured in 27 points to lead four Dawgs in double figures, Cody Maynard tallied 13 points, Baden Gillispie netted 11 points, Chase Sartin chipped in with 10 points, Alex Ratliff had 4 points.
The Bulldogs hit 8 three pointers and went 11-12 from the line.
Lawrence 21 18 15 11 = 65
Lewis 13 18 18 11 = 60
Lawrence Co. will play perennial power Scott Co. ( 5-5 ) at 4:00 for fifth place in the AIT at Paul Blazer.
Lewis Co. will play Christian Co. today at 2:30 for 7th place.
Ashland 76 Lawrence Co. 54 ( Friday )
The Tomcats ( 10-0 ) remained undefeated with the victory over the Bulldogs in the first round of the AIT Friday night.
Chase Sartin led the Dawgs with 18 points, Tyler Maynard tallied 15 points, Cody Maynard netted 14 points, Baden Gillispie chipped in with 4 points and Will Lafferty hit a three pointer for his 3 points.
Lawrence Co. hit 2 three pointers and went 10-13 from the line.
Ashland will play Louisville Butler for the Championship at 7:30 tonight.
LCHS 14 12 13 15 = 54
APB 22 16 24 14 = 76
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Chandler Thompson
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Beating Lewis Co. was a good win for our team. This has been a very tough tournament with some of the top teams in the state participating. It has also been tough from a team perspective with the amount of injuries that we have right now.
“…I’m very proud of the guys that stepped up and did what they had to do to make sure we got a win yesterday. One thing about this team is that they will fight and play hard no matter what and that means more than anything from a coach’s perspective.
“…Got a great opportunity to play a tradition rich Scott County team today. We are very excited about that! Then we will try to shift our focus on getting healthy next week before heading into the 2A at Belfry.”
