FRANKFORT — Carlisle Coun- ty was practically dog-paddling, hoping to avoid getting swept away by the current of Bard- stown’s full-court pressure and superior athleticism. For most of the first 3 1 /2 quar- ters, the Comets managed just that. When high tide arrived, how- ever, Carlisle found itself cast adrift in a matter of minutes. Bardstown, still stinging from a runner-up finish in last year’s All A Classic state tournament, blew open a tight game with 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter and prevailed 61-46 on Thursday morning at the Frank- fort Civic Center. “We called a timeout when we were down 46-42 (with 4:10 left), just to try and give our guys a breather,” Carlisle coach Brian O’Neill said. “And we’re thinking we maybe can hold on and give ourselves a chance. They hit a three out of the timeout, we had to start playing at their tempo and they got on a roll.” Reserve guard L.J. Cowherd (13 points, four assists) buried a three from the corner to start the surge, and the game was never in doubt after that. Devonte Grundy, a 6-6 senior guard, scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Bardstown (16-5) into today’s quarterfinal contest with Rich- mond Model, a 68-56 winner over Second Region champion Univer- sity Heights. “We don’t see many guys in the First Region with that kind of size that can put the ball on the floor,” O’Neill said of Grundy. “I thought Tanner Guhy did a really good job on him in the first half, but we couldn’t rest him. They go pretty deep, and this was a game I thought we could’ve used some media timeouts just to get a quick rest.” For much of the first half, Carl- isle (14-8) felt good about its up- set chances. Guhy and Cody Rowe BY JOEY FOSKO [email protected]Thursday’s NBA scores Toronto 97, Orlando 95 New York at Boston, (n) L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, (n) Thursday’s men’s Top 25 scores No. 2 Michigan 68, Purdue 53 No. 6 Arizona vs. UCLA, (n) No. 10 Gonzaga vs. BYU, (n) Richmond 86, No. 19 VCU 74 No. 23 Mississippi 62, Tennes- see 56 SCOREBOARD TENNIS Djokovic joins finalists Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates after his easy three-set victory over David Ferrar in the Austrialian Open men’s semifinals. In the women’s finals, Li Na plays against Victoria Azarenka, who ended Sloane Stephens’ run in the semifinals. CONTACT US Page 2B Sports The Paducah Sun | Friday, January 25, 2013 | paducahsun.com Section B PRO BASKETBALL: Memphis maintains its momentum after fast start to season. | 3B Sports................... 575-8665 [email protected]Joey Fosko ............ 575-8661 [email protected]Dusty Luthy Shull ...575-8662 [email protected]PHOENIX — Justin Up- ton is having a family re- union in Atlanta. Arizona traded its star right fielder to the Braves on Thursday in a seven- player deal that sent for- mer All-Star infielder Martin Prado to the Dia- mondbacks. For the first time since he was a high school fresh- man, Upton will have old- er brother B.J. Upton as a teammate. The brothers combine with Jason Heyward, who won a Gold Glove in 2012, in an out- field poten- tially packed with power and speed. “If we push our- selves to the next level, I feel with the extra push from each other there’s no question we can be the best outfield in baseball,” Justin Upton said in a telephone interview. “I’m not going to give us that label until we prove it.” The Braves, who also get third baseman Chris Johnson, are giving up one of their top pitching prospects, Randall Delga- do, and three minor leagu- ers in the deal. They are right-hander Zeke Spruill, shortstop Nick Ahmed and first baseman Brandon Drury. Prado, projected to play third base for the Dia- mondbacks, can become a free agent after this sea- son, but Arizona general manager Kevin Towers said he already was work- ing with Prado’s agent on a long-term deal. B.J. Upton, 28, signed Arizona sends Upton to Braves BY BOB BAUM Associated Press Upton BOYS Derik Elliott, Carlisle County Size: 6-3 Class: Senior Position: Forward Elliott averaged 16 points and five rebounds in three games and hit a jumper with three seconds left to lift Carlisle County past Mayfield 55-54 in the All A Classic regional championship game. Elliott also hit a 3-pointer to tie the score with 1:16 left as the Comets advanced to the small-school state tournament for the first time since 2004. Bardstown tide swallows up Comets Please see COMETS | 3B After sitting on the bench for the majority of the first half, Ed Daniel turned it on in the second half for the Murray State men’s basketball team. Daniel, who scored four points in the first five minutes of play, finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds and was instrumental in the Racers’ comeback 47-39 win over the Golden Eagles at the Eblen Center in Cookeville, Tenn. It’s the fewest points the Rac- ers (15-4, 6-1 Ohio Valley Con- ference) have scored in a game, win or lose, this season. They av- erage 70.5 points. The senior forward hit two free throws, after missing a pair two minutes earlier, to tie the score at 32 with 10 minutes to go after the Racers trailed 26-20 at the half. Daniel then took a charge on the Golden Eagles’ return trip and added a block and a rebound on the next possession. Tennessee Tech took advan- tage of Daniel’s absence in the post in the first half, outscoring the Racers 26-12 without him. With Daniel in the game, the Golden Eagles only scored 13 points. Racers win defensive struggle with Eagles BY DUSTY LUTHY SHULL [email protected]Please see RACERS | 3B LEXINGTON — Basketball fans in the Bluegrass State have had the wind knocked out of them with both Louisville and Ken- tucky being punched in the gut this week. The fifth-ranked Cardinals (16-3, 4-2) have lost back-to- back games since entering last weekend as the nation’s top- ranked team. Louisville travels to Georgetown on Saturday looking to bounce back from its latest set- back, a 73-64 Big East Conference loss at struggling Villanova. Kentucky fans have even more reason to be concerned. The young, inconsistent Wild- cats were halfway to winning their third consecutive Southeast- ern Conference game at unranked Alabama before letting it slip away. Kentucky (12-6, 3-2) ended up losing 59-55 — which could be another blemish on its resume if the defending champions need an at-large bid to get into the NCAA tournament. Kentucky hosts LSU Saturday. “Anytime you play in the ACC, Big East, Big Ten or any great conference,” Louisville coach Rick Pitino said Thursday, “you’re going to have peaks and you’re Kentucky, Louisville hit bumps in the road BY GARY GRAVES Associated Press Please see BLUEGRASS | 3B Photo courtesy of Tim Webb Bardstown’s Seivon Schooling shoots over Carlisle County’s Mar- cus Burnett during the opening round of the Touchstone Energy Boys All-A Classic State Tournament in Frankfort on Thursday. Bard- stown won 61-46, but Burnett scored 13 points with 12 rebounds for the Comets. Photo courtesy of Tim Webb Carlisle County’s Keaton Marlow drives against Bardstown’s Nic Patterson during the opening round of the Touchstone Energy Boys All-A Classic State Tournament in Frankfort on Thursday. Please see BRAVES | 2B Associated Press Kentucky coach John Calipari tries to get his team to adjust against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Tuesday at Coleman Coli- seum in Tuscaloosa, Ala. 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FRANKFORT — Carlisle Coun-ty was practically dog-paddling, hoping to avoid getting swept away by the current of Bard-stown’s full-court pressure and superior athleticism.
For most of the fi rst 3 1⁄2 quar-ters, the Comets managed just that.
When high tide arrived, how-ever, Carlisle found itself cast adrift in a matter of minutes. Bardstown, still stinging from a runner-up fi nish in last year’s All A Classic state tournament, blew open a tight game with 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter and prevailed 61-46 on Thursday morning at the Frank-fort Civic Center.
“We called a timeout when we were down 46-42 (with 4:10 left), just to try and give our guys a breather,” Carlisle coach Brian O’Neill said. “And we’re thinking we maybe can hold on and give ourselves a chance. They hit a three out of the timeout, we had to start playing at their tempo and they got on a roll.”
Reserve guard L.J. Cowherd (13 points, four assists) buried a three from the corner to start the surge, and the game was never in doubt after that. Devonte Grundy, a 6-6 senior guard, scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Bardstown (16-5) into today’s quarterfi nal contest with Rich-mond Model, a 68-56 winner over
Second Region champion Univer-sity Heights.
“We don’t see many guys in the First Region with that kind of size that can put the ball on the fl oor,” O’Neill said of Grundy. “I thought Tanner Guhy did a really good job on him in the fi rst half, but we couldn’t rest him. They go
pretty deep, and this was a game I thought we could’ve used some media timeouts just to get a quick rest.”
For much of the fi rst half, Carl-isle (14-8) felt good about its up-set chances. Guhy and Cody Rowe
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates after his easy three-set victory over David Ferrar in the Austrialian Open men’s semifinals. In the women’s finals, Li Na plays against Victoria Azarenka, who ended Sloane Stephens’ run in the semifinals.
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PRO BASKETBALL: Memphis maintains its momentum after fast start to season. | 3B
PHOENIX — Justin Up-ton is having a family re-union in Atlanta.
Arizona traded its star right fi elder to the Braves on Thursday in a seven-player deal that sent for-mer All-Star infi elder Martin Prado to the Dia-mondbacks.
For the fi rst time since he was a high school fresh-man, Upton will have old-er brother B.J. Upton as a teammate.
The brothers combine with Jason Heyward, who won a Gold Glove in 2012,
in an out-fi eld poten-tially packed with power and speed.
“If we push our-selves to the next level,
I feel with the extra push from each other there’s no question we can be the best outfi eld in baseball,” Justin Upton said in a telephone interview. “I’m not going to give us that label until we prove it.”
The Braves, who also get third baseman Chris Johnson, are giving up
one of their top pitching prospects, Randall Delga-do, and three minor leagu-ers in the deal.
They are right-hander Zeke Spruill, shortstop Nick Ahmed and fi rst baseman Brandon Drury.
Prado, projected to play third base for the Dia-mondbacks, can become a free agent after this sea-son, but Arizona general manager Kevin Towers said he already was work-ing with Prado’s agent on a long-term deal.
B.J. Upton, 28, signed
Arizona sends Upton to BravesBY BOB BAUMAssociated Press
Upton
BOYSDerik Elliott, Carlisle County
Size: 6-3Class: SeniorPosition: ForwardElliott averaged 16 points and five rebounds in three
games and hit a jumper with three seconds left to lift Carlisle County past Mayfield 55-54 in the All A Classic regional championship game. Elliott also hit a 3-pointer to tie the score with 1:16 left as the Comets advanced to the small-school state tournament for the first time since 2004.
Bardstown tide swallows up Comets
Please see COMETS | 3B
After sitting on the bench for the majority of the fi rst half, Ed Daniel turned it on in the second half for the Murray State men’s basketball team.
Daniel, who scored four points in the fi rst fi ve minutes of play, fi nished with 10 points and 10 rebounds and was instrumental in the Racers’ comeback 47-39 win over the Golden Eagles at the Eblen Center in Cookeville, Tenn.
It’s the fewest points the Rac-ers (15-4, 6-1 Ohio Valley Con-ference) have scored in a game, win or lose, this season. They av-
erage 70.5 points. The senior forward hit two free
throws, after missing a pair two minutes earlier, to tie the score at 32 with 10 minutes to go after the Racers trailed 26-20 at the half. Daniel then took a charge on the Golden Eagles’ return trip and added a block and a rebound on the next possession.
Tennessee Tech took advan-tage of Daniel’s absence in the post in the fi rst half, outscoring the Racers 26-12 without him. With Daniel in the game, the Golden Eagles only scored 13 points.
LEXINGTON — Basketball fans in the Bluegrass State have had the wind knocked out of them with both Louisville and Ken-tucky being punched in the gut this week.
The fi fth-ranked Cardinals (16-3, 4-2) have lost back-to-back games since entering last weekend as the nation’s top-ranked team. Louisville travels to Georgetown on Saturday looking to bounce back from its latest set-back, a 73-64 Big East Conference loss at struggling Villanova.
Kentucky fans have even more reason to be concerned.
The young, inconsistent Wild-cats were halfway to winning their third consecutive Southeast-ern Conference game at unranked Alabama before letting it slip away. Kentucky (12-6, 3-2) ended up losing 59-55 — which could be another blemish on its resume if the defending champions need an at-large bid to get into the NCAA tournament. Kentucky hosts LSU Saturday.
“Anytime you play in the ACC, Big East, Big Ten or any great conference,” Louisville coach Rick Pitino said Thursday, “you’re going to have peaks and you’re
Kentucky, Louisvillehit bumps in the road
BY GARY GRAVESAssociated Press
Please see BLUEGRASS | 3B
Photo courtesy of Tim Webb
Bardstown’s Seivon Schooling shoots over Carlisle County’s Mar-cus Burnett during the opening round of the Touchstone Energy Boys All-A Classic State Tournament in Frankfort on Thursday. Bard-stown won 61-46, but Burnett scored 13 points with 12 rebounds for the Comets.
Photo courtesy of Tim Webb
Carlisle County’s Keaton Marlow drives against Bardstown’s Nic Patterson during the opening round of the Touchstone Energy Boys All-A Classic State Tournament in Frankfort on Thursday.
Please see BRAVES | 2B
Associated Press
Kentucky coach John Calipari tries to get his team to adjust against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Tuesday at Coleman Coli-seum in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Ala-bama won another wild nail-biter 58-55.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Sloane Stephens sat for nine minutes, mostly star-ing at the court and trying to forget the curious timing of Victoria Azarenka’s med-ical timeout. She may have been the only one trying to ignore it.
The 19-year-old Ameri-can had just saved fi ve match points and broken Azarenka. But she knew she had to hold serve to stay in her fi rst Grand Slam semi-fi nal whenever Azarenka — the No. 1 player and de-fending Australian Open champion — returned to Rod Laver Arena.
Azarenka eventually hus-tled onto the court, and Ste-phens won only three more points, losing 6-1, 6-4.
“I almost did the choke of the year,” Azarenka said in a frank admission during an on-court interview. “At 5-3, having so many chances, I couldn’t close it out.”
The crowd that had cheered wildly for Ste-phens, only 25 hours after she ousted an injured Sere-
na Williams, gave Azarenka tepid applause as she left the court. She’ll face 2011 fi nalist Li Na in the fi nal Saturday night. Li won 6-2, 6-2 win over No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapova,
Novak Djokovic dis-pensed with No. 4-seeded David Ferrer 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in the night match, saying he “played perfectly” to reach his third consecutive Aus-tralian Open title match. Then he dispensed some medical advice of his own.
The Serb, who won the Australian titles in 2008, 2011 and 2012, wore a white shirt with a red cross on the back, pretending to be a doctor to treat Henri Lecon-te during a legends doubles match at Rod Laver Arena.
He’s relaxed and has an extra day to prepare for Sunday’s fi nal. Djokovic will next play the winner of Fri-day’s semifi nal between No. 2 Roger Federer, a four-time Australian Open champion, and No. 3 Andy Murray.
Azarenka, Djokovic reach finalsBY JOHN PYEAssociated Press
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN)6 p.m. -- Loyola, Md. at Manhattan (ESPNU)6 -- Stetson at Florida Gulf Ciast (CSS)8 -- Wisconsin-Green Bay at Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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7 p.m. -- Northern Iowa at Creighton (FCS Pacifi c)TENNIS11 a.m. -- Australian Open: men’s semifi nal
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SATURDAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL – Doublehead-
ers: Graves County at Lone Oak, Lyon County at Reidland, St. Mary at Livingston Central, Calloway County at Community Christian, Fulton County at Dawson Springs, Christian Fellowship at Clover-port, Caldwell County at Crittenden County. Boys: Heath at Ballard Memorial. Pinckneyville Shootout: Massac County vs. TBA. All A Classic (at Frank-fort Civic Center): Semifi nals (5 p.m.). Girls: Trigg County at Madisonville. All A Classic (at Frankfort Civic Center): Semifi nals (9 a.m.).
HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING – Region 1 Tournament (at Cardinal Lanes).
COLLEGE BASKETBALL – LSU at Kentucky (3 p.m.), Murray State at Jacksonville State (4:30 p.m.), Louisville at Georgetown (11 a.m.), Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee (5 p.m.), Freed-Har-deman at Mid-Continent (4 p.m.), Shawnee at Ol-ney Central (3 p.m.). SEC: Arkansas at South Caro-lina, Alabama at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt at Missouri, Georgia at Texas A&M, Florida at Mississippi State, Mississippi at Auburn. OVC: Southeast Missouri at Eastern Illinois, Belmont at Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee State at Morehead State, Tennessee-Martin at SIU-Edwardsville, Austin Peay at Tennes-see Tech. Women: Murray State at Jacksonville State (2 p.m.), Freed-Hardeman at Mid-Continent (2 p.m.).
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MURRAYSTATE
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LOUISVILLE
a fi ve-year, $75.25 million con-tract with Atlanta in November.
Justin Upton, who has fi ve full seasons in the majors but is just 25, said he already got tips from his brother from afar. Now there will be more chances
for the two to help each other.“I think from that standpoint
it will be good, but I think more than anything being able to show up at the ballpark genu-inely excited every day and have that energy,” he said. “The more energy you can bring from the start every day, it makes you a
better player.”Braves general manager
Frank Wren said he expects the brothers will push each other.
“I do think it will drive them,” Wren said. “We’ve been looking for that young dynamic, right-handed, power-hitting outfi eld-er that can hit in the middle of
the lineup and makes that other team think a little bit.”
The younger Upton, who has three years and $38.5 million left on his contract, had been the subject of trade speculation throughout the offseason and vetoed a trade to the Seattle Mariners.
BRAVES
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Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Spain’s David Ferrer 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in their semifinal match at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday.
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Briefs
— Associated Press
CINCINNATI — Billy Hamilton is ready to show the major leagues that he can steal a base anywhere.
The Reds invited the 22-year-old outfielder to spring training, giving him a chance to see firsthand what it’s like to take off running with a major league pitcher and catcher trying to keep him from taking the next base.
Hamilton set a professional record with 155 steals last season, which he split between Class A and Dou-ble-A. The Reds plan to start him at Triple-A Louisville this season, giving him time to develop his bunting and his new position of center field.
First, he’ll get a chance to attend camp in Arizona as a non-roster invitee, providing an opportunity to see if big leaguers really are all that much better at cutting down runners.
Record-setting base stealer joins Reds
— Associated Press
At Hickman, Kaitlyn Snelling led the offense with 17 points as Lone Oak cruised past Fulton County 43-20 in Thursday’s high school girls basketball.
The Lady Flash opened with a 19-2 run in the fi rst quarter and did all their scoring in just three quar-ters. Denisha Pierce topped the Lady Pilots with nine points
–––Lone Oak 19 32 43 43Fulton County 2 8 12 20
LONE OAK — Boyd 7, S. Lawson 5, J. Lawson 2, Summerlin 8, Snelling 17, Roof 4, Henson, Smith, Wooten, Perry, Robert-son, Swift, Rayburn, Lemus.
Field goals 19. 3-pointers 3 (Boyd, S. Lawson, Snelling). Free throws 2/12. Fouls
6. Record 16-5.FULTON COUNTY — Kimble 2, Alexander
3, V. Pierce 6, D. Pierce 9, Wilson, Shields, McNeil.
Field goals 8. 3-pointers 1 (Alexander). Free throws 3/5. Fouls 11. Record 2-8.
Boys
Fulton Co. 74, CFS 39 — At Briensburg, Steven Roberson led the way with 13 points as Fulton County downed Christian Fel-lowship. Austin Matheny, Sheron Nolan and Octa-vious Smith each scored 11 points for the Pilots. Eric Teodozow was the game’s top scorer with 14 points, while teammate Joe Paul Dean also fi nished with 13
FULTON COUNTY — Smith 11, Nelson 11, Pierce 10, Roberson 13, Matheny 11, Holman 8, Hampton 4, Williams 3, King 3, McClerkin.
Field goals 27/47. 3-pointers 5/13 (Nolan 2, Matheny, Pierce, Williams). Free throws 15/28. Fouls 20. Rebounds 20. Record 5-12.
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP — Teodozow 14, J. Dean 13, Ward 5, Pruitt 2, Lewis 1, S. Dean 4, Smith, Sassaman, Powell, Fleming, Gillespie, Na.
Field goals 16/41. 3-pointers 1/9 (Ward). Free throws 6/22. Fouls 22. Re-bounds 8. Record 1-16.
Webster 61, Livingston 35 — At Smithland, after a close fi rst half, Webster County recovered better during halftime than Liv-ingston Central and rolled
on to victory. Daniel Bo-swell led the Trojan charge with 14 points, while Kyle Hayes and Logan Prow each scored 11. Austin Woodward topped all scor-ers with 14 points for the Cardinals.
–––Webster County 14 31 43 61Livingston Central 14 27 32 35
WEBSTER COUNTY — Hayes 11, Bo-swell 14, Prow 11, Newton 9, Roland 8, Hazelwood 2, Pugh 2, Shoulers 2, McMain 2, Melton, Stubblefi eld.
LIVINGSTON CENTRAL — Woodward 14, Wright 9, Ramage 5, Miller 5, Wring 2, Curnel, Kinnes, Rodgers, Gilbert, Tinsley, Thomason.
Field goals 14. 3-pointers 4 (Woodward 2, Ramage, Wright). Free throws 3/8. Fouls 15. Record 3-17.
Lone Oak rides to win on early runStaff report
going to have valleys, un-less you have one of those great basketball teams that dominates the conference — which is not the case in college basketball this year.
“That being said, what I try to emphasize is just get-ting better execution-wise leading into March, just playing our best basketball at that time. Keep working on the execution and good things will happen.”
Finishing has been a problem in Louisville’s loss-es to then-No. 6 Syracuse — which upset the Cardi-nals Saturday 70-68 — and Villanova. Tuesday’s defeat against the Wildcats was especially frustrating for Pitino because of his team’s poor performance at the free throw line.
The Cardinals trailed the Wildcats by as many as 10 points in the fi rst half before rallying to take the lead 52-46 with 8:25 remaining in the game. Villanova closed with a 27-14 run helped by Louisville’s 7 of 18 free throw shooting, including missing fi ve of its fi nal six.
Sophomore forward Chane Behanan had an es-pecially rough game, hit-ting just 3 of 9 from the line and Junior Gorgui Dieng
missed both of his second-half attempts.
“I do have concern about our power forwards and what they’re shooting from the foul line,” Pitino said of Behanan and freshman Montrezl Harrell, who are averaging 54 percent and 52 percent respectively on free throws.
“Anytime they’re shoot-ing in the 50 percentile that bothers me, so we have to work on that.”
Kentucky has several issues it needs to work through.
The Wildcats are look-ing to rebuild the chemistry that keyed last week’s wins over Tennessee and Au-burn. Kentucky appeared especially poised in its 75-65 win over the Volunteers, and hot-shooting second halves clinched victories against the Vols and the Ti-gers.
In its 22-point win over Auburn, Kentucky players looked for — and found — teammates on offense. The Wildcats shot 67 percent in the second half against the Tigers. Kentucky seemed to have that same trust against Alabama, forging a nine-point halftime lead.
But in the fi nal 6 1/2 min-utes against the Crimson Tide, some of Kentucky’s
freshmen reverted to old individual habits. Alex Poythress fouled out with only six points and fi ve re-bounds in 15 minutes while Archie Goodwin was just 2 of 12 from the fi eld and fi nished with seven points. Sophomore Ryan Harrow (3 of 12, six points) strug-gled as well from the fi eld as well.
Seven-foot forward Wil-lie Cauley-Stein missed his second straight game fol-lowing a procedure on his left knee a week ago, which meant another game of pro-longed playing time for 6-10 forward Nerlens Noel. The freshman had 13 rebounds, eight points and seven blocks in 39 minutes while sophomore Kyle Wiltjer (35 minutes) added 14 points, including a couple of timely drives to keep the Wildcats in the game.
Coach John Calipari was encouraged by the play of his big men, but he’s back to trying to get his Wildcats to “buy in” to a team concept.
“This is a team that is growing and getting better,” Calipari said afterward. “We showed signs of that and now we took a step back.”
The Wildcats have al-ready tripled last year’s loss total and have yet to beat a ranked opponent.
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each hit a 3-pointer and freshman guard Ethan Weatherspoon found Rowe on the break to put the Com-ets up 16-9 with less than three minutes left in the fi rst half.
But Bardstown cranked up its press and fi nished the half with a 10-0 run sparked by Cowherd, a quick 5-9 sophomore who was ef-fective taking the ball to the basket, even with Carlisle behemoth (6-8, 250) Marcus Burnett in the paint. Cowherd scored on a pair of drives and hit a pair of free throws to give the Tigers a lead they never relin-quished.
“He’s been a starter for most of the year, but he’s been in the doghouse,” said Bardstown coach James Brewer, a former University of Louisville player. “He started the second half, though. I made sure of that.”
Grundy caught fi re in the third quarter, hitting a pair of threes in a 12-point uprising, and the Tigers’ press began to take a toll.
“I didn’t handle the ball well and made some bad passes,” said Guhy,
who scored 12 points. “I wasn’t coming to meet the pass a lot, and I was getting screamed at it a lot. And I still wasn’t doing it.”
Burnett fi nished with 13 points and 12 rebounds, but admitted he could have easily scored more. Bur-nett missed several point-blank shots and was 6-for-13 from the fi eld, hounded in part by Bard-stown’s quickness and an athletic counterpart in 6-6 Sevion School-ing, who had nine boards and three blocked shots.
“I was rushing my shot a lot, not getting my feet set,” Burnett said. “And (Schooling) blocked me two or three times.”
Field goals 20⁄49. 3-pointers 3⁄13 (Guhy 2, Rowe). Free throws 3⁄4. Rebounds 29. Fouls 13. Record 14-8.
Contact Joey Fosko, a Paducah Sun sports writer, at 270-575-8661.
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The Racers had 14 turn-overs at the half and fi n-ished with a season-high 23. Defensively they forced 19 turnovers and held the Golden Eagles (7-12, 1-5 OVC) to 25.5 percent from the fi eld and 17.6 percent from behind the arc.
Overall, it was a defen-sive battle for both teams. The Racers shot 34 percent from the fi eld and could only hit one 3-point shot out of their 18 attempts — which came in the second half at the hands of Isaiah Canaan. The Racers also struggled from the foul line,
making 14 of their 25 free throws.
Canaan led all scorers with 15 points and had one assist to go along with fi ve turnovers.
Jud Dillard led the Golden Eagles with 12 points and fi ve rebounds. Dennis Ogbe added 10 points for TTU.
The Racers next play at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Jacksonville State to fi nish the conference road swing.
Call Dusty Luthy Shull, a Paducah Sun sports writ-er, at 270-575-8662 or follow @DustyLuthyShull on Twitter.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Grizzlies, the team that turned in the NBA’s best start this season, is busy learning how to deal with success.
Sure, Memphis has been a good team reaching the playoffs the previous two seasons and even played in the Western Conference semifi nals in 2011. They followed that up with their
best winning percentage in last year’s lockout-short-ened season.
But that sizzling 12-2 start ratcheted up expec-tations enough that not even the Grizzlies’ best re-cord through 41 games and fourth in the West seems to be enough now.
“I think for certain out-side the team, but some-what inside the team as well,” Memphis coach Lio-nel Hollins said of the ex-
pectations. “I’ve had con-versations with our group to remember who we are, when we were fortunate to get off to a good start and everyone was ranting and raving. But we’re still the same team. We struggle to shoot at times and struggle to score at times.”
They beat the Lakers 106-93 on Wednesday night, just the 12th time they’ve scored at least 100 points this season and eight of
those came during the 12-2 start. The good thing is their defense is so good that they are undefeated in those games because the Grizzlies rank second in the NBA giv-ing up an average of 89.5 points per game.
Memphis now has held 37 of 41 opponents under 100 points this season, best in the NBA. They also rank second in with 9.2 steals per game and forcing 16.2 turn-overs per game.
Grizzlies still off to best start in team historyBY TERESA M. WALKER
Associated Press
ULLIN, Ill. — Shawnee Community College needed a little something extra to stop Kaskaskia Community College 73-71 in double-overtime in men’s college basketball action Wednesday night. Kil’Ron Coleman led the Saints (11-5) with 22 points, followed by Ryan Donald (14), Jobe Dillard (13) and Stanley Malcolm (10). Malcolm also earned a double-double by making 11 assists. Kevin Swanson led the Blue Devils (7-11) with 20 points, while Daquan Boyd had 15.
Shawnee edges Kaskaskia in 2 overtimes
— Staff report
Photo courtesy of Tim Webb
Carlisle County’s Cody Rowe shoots around Bardstown’s Marcus Cosby (3) and Seivon Schooling (23) during the opening round of the Touchstone Energy Boys All-A Classic State Tournament in Frankfort on Thursday.
NEW ORLEANS — Hornets owner Tom Benson says changing his team’s nickname to the Pelicans will create a bond with the city that could lead to a cham-pionship.
The Hornets announced Thursday they are going ahead with the name change. The NBA has to ap-prove it, but Commissioner David Stern has said he wouldn’t object to any name Benson chose. The league is expected to expedite the change at the start of next season.
The new color scheme is blue, gold and red, a de-parture from the Hornets’ teal, purple, gold and white.
The Hornets moved from Charlotte in 2002.
Hornets announce name change to Pelicans
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Drilling pullback?Energy services company Halliburton reports fourth-quarter earnings today.
The company’s previous earnings were hurt as business fell in its core North America market and revenue grew by the smallest rate in more than two years. Some of its customers have pulled back on drilling for natural gas because supplies are high and prices have declined from a year earlier.
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P&G retoolingProcter & Gamble has set out to cut costs and focus on its most profitable markets and products.
Its latest quarterly results, due out today, should give investors some indication on how the strategy is playing out globally. The consumer goods maker, whose products range from Tide detergent to Crest toothpaste, ran into problems when it raised and lowered prices too much on some items. It has since been adjusting prices.
Eye on housingDecember is typically a slow month for new home sales, but Wall Street is betting builders finished 2012 on a strong note.
Analysts anticipate that a report due out today will show that new home sales acceler-ated to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 383,000 last month. That would be the second monthly increase in a row. In November, sales of new homes hit a 2 1/2-year high.
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Since early last year, its namesake stores, Old Navy and Banana Republic have pushed candy-colored jeans, designer collaborations and enlivened the shopping experience. That combination has perked up sales.
After languishing for a decade, the stock price has shot up 78 percent in the last 12 months. “The turnaround is gaining traction,” says Jennifer Black, an indepen-dent retail analyst. “They’re getting
their mojo back.” Poor fit and dull fashions hurt the Gap brand for
years. It has also been competitively squeezed between lower-cost options, such as H&M, and higher-priced Abercrombie & Fitch and J.Crew.
Under CEO Glenn Murphy, the chain has closed stores and cut inventory. It has also expanded overseas and invested in its newer brands Athleta and Piperlime
Gap reports fourth-quarter results next month, but revenue from Gap stores already exceeds last year’s total.
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