The Breckinridge County Fighting Tigers pushed their score all the way to 64 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 80-64 bruising from Owensboro Catholic. While losing is never fun, Breckinridge County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 48th, while Owensboro Catholic is ranked sixth).
Breckinridge County lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Caroline Lucas, who scored 22 points along with five rebounds and two steals. That was a full 34.4% of Breckinridge County's points, marking the sixth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Kayleigh Huffines, who scored 15 points along with six rebounds.
Owensboro Catholic had a senior duo take command as Hailee Johnson scored 21 points along with seven rebounds and six assists and Delaney Cooper scored 23 points along with five rebounds and three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Cooper has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Karmin Riley, who scored 17 points along with two steals.
Breckinridge County dropped their record down to 19-9 with that defeat, which was their third straight at home. As for Owensboro Catholic, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 25-4.
Breckinridge County will square off against Hancock County at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Breckinridge County focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 23 on Friday. Owensboro Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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