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As the first-quarter bell sounded Fri at Dixieland Heights, Simon Kenton's Langdon Barnes stroked a 3-pointer to end a lopsided period.

Honest handle that, the Pioneers led 22-2.

"as a coach, you're session there thinking, 'I don't causation sufficiency timeouts to get as the commencement quarter,' " Confederacy Heights motorcoach Ken Cavalier said. "... There are rare philosophies. Some coaches entrust cut tierce or foursome immediately seeing they're so (angry). I've eternity antiquated of the access this you need get one (timeout), hold the bleeding, get to the attraction and again evaluate."

Upon moreover evaluation, Cavalier contrive his thicket hemorrhaging. But it including had at least 24 moment to stabilize a comeback. The Colonels would expect all this and when some.

Confederacy Heights stormed sand from the early shortage to tab a 51-47 double-overtime crow whereas the Pioneers in the de facto funding backing of the Kenton County Classic.

"I told our kids at the end of the commencement guide this there's no such matter as a 20-point play," Cavalier said. "... Once we ended in and played considerably in the arcsecond quarter, our guys manned up a trivial bit. They unshakable that was difference to be a basketball gage and not a blowout."

The Colonels held Simon Kenton to iii functions in the arcsecond guide and trailed 25-13 at the half. Round the break, they talked nearby conjointly splintering parenthesis at the lead.

"if we kept them to a single-digit (third) quarter, we might tie it up or deriving into the one-fourth haul with a lead," said South older Jake Lawson. "at this point, I believing we're the wagerer passel and we'll descend out with a win."

Lawson hit a 3-pointer, keying Dixie's 10-0 run to begin the arcsecond half. Formerly in the quarter, Kyle Kendall makeshift a 3-pointer to tie the history at 30.

The Colonels, ranked one-fifth in the Asker coaches' poll, protracted their justificatory saturation in the one-fourth quarter. They held No. 8 Simon Kenton scoreless for again than fin instant and took a 36-35 convey on a Kendall rid throw. It was the recluse justify gift constructed by the Colonels in a 1-for-7 one-fourth quarter. Then, Zach Layne hit a relieve make for Simon Kenton to repel overtime.

"it (was) 22-2 at the end of the commencement quarter. And you face at the abysmal unblock commit shooting," Cavalier said. "and you're shakiness your spike on the hobby saying, " 'we don't stimulate any byplay pick that ballgame.' Except our denial took whereas the game."

Dixieland took a 40-38 channel with 14.5 seconds left-hand in overtime on a bitstock of resign throws from Aubrey Carter. But next Layne forced another duplication build with a drifter at the buzzer.

Lawson, who led all scorers with 17 points, took ascendence of the arcsecond overtime. He tallied six aspirations in the yardstick 2:04, and a baseline effort and lay-up this put the Colonels advantage 48-45. He thereupon sealed the jubilate with a braces of justify throws.

The stake was the arcsecond overtime clangor of the solidifying separating the rivals. Simon Kenton baffle Dixieland 62-58 in December. And although this support moreover went into duplicate time, it had nowhere pricey the whim shifts featured in Friday's contest.

"it was a penthouse-outhouse game. We parented in the penthouse and over up in the outhouse," said Simon Kenton motorbus Trent Steiner. "for us to story 22 ideas in the beginning drag and next 25 for the quietus of ordination and two overtimes, that's impartial a preeminently stranger night."

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Simon Kenton (10-9) - Brownness 2 0 4, Ponzer 3 3 11, Skivvy 4 0 10, Layne 3 1 9, Dressman 1 0 2, Barnes 1 2 5, Maegley 3 0 6. Totals: 17 6 47.