LKY won the last time they faced Bluegrass United and things went their way on Saturday too. The LKY Saints put the hurt on the Bluegrass United Bluehawks with a sharp 68-48 win. The Saints pushed the score to 52-26 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bluehawks cut but never quite recovered from.
Marshall McCartney had a dynamite game for LKY, going 9 of 12 en route to 20 points and eight boards. Ezekiel Taylor was another key player, going 5 for 7 to rack up 12 points and six rebounds.
02/08/25 vs Bluegrass United | 18 |
02/06/25 vs Southern | 12 |
01/30/25 @ Kentucky Country Day | 14 |
01/27/25 @ Fairdale | 8 |
01/25/25 @ Bluegrass United | 16 |
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LKY was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in February of 2024.
Despite the loss, Bluegrass United saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Everett Pieratt dropped a double-double with 27 points and ten boards. That was a full 56.3% of Bluegrass United's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Kyle Graham also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steal of the season.
LKY's record is now 6-16. As for Bluegrass United, they dropped their record down to 6-19 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road.
LKY didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 76-67 loss against Christian Educational Consortium on the 8th. As for Bluegrass United, they will venture away from home to take on Anderson County at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bluegrass United is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.2 points per game this season.
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