Stanville, Ky. — Lawrence Co. ( 20-5 ) came from 15 points down to win an absolute thriller 81-74 over Betsy Layne ( 15-7 ) Friday night at Junior Newsome Arena.
Tyler Johnson sets up the offense after the Dawgs win the opening tip.
With the victory the Bulldogs moved to 5-0 in District play and clinched the #1 seed in the Tournament which will be played at Floyd Central.
The Dawgs trailed 45-30 with just over a minute to play in the first half and then trailed 69-60 with just over 4 minutes left in the ballgame before storming back for the victory.
Cody Maynard knocks down a three pointer to tie the game in the second quarter.
Cody Maynard led the victors with 33 points including 7 three pointers, Andrew Bloomfield scored a career high 22 points, Trenton Adkins and Will Lafferty had 9 points each, Tyler Johnson tallied 5 points before leaving the game in the first quarter with an injury, Kaden Gillispie chipped in with 3 points.
Will Lafferty came up with two huge baskets in the final minutes to seal the victory for the Dawgs.
The Bulldogs hit 11 three pointers and went 14 of 20 from the foul line.
Betsy Layne was led by Nick Howell with 28 points, Brady Robinson 17 points, Jordan Frazier 16 points, Chase Mims 8 points and Cam Pente 4 points.
The Bobcats hit 12 three pointers and went 7 of 13 from the foul line.
LCHS 22 10 24 25 = 81
BLHS 18 27 17 11 = 74
LCHS Head Coach Chandler Thompson greets Andrew Bloomfield after his bucket to force a Betsy Layne timeout.
The Dawgs will return to action on Tuesday night at Floyd Central ( 12-9 ) to finish 58th District play.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Chandler Thompson
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Togetherness, this guys truly love each other, they spend a lot of time together. Tyler Johnson has only been here a year but I feel like he is my son, all these boys are brothers, he has been such a leader for us all year long. He set there on the floor for 30 minutes and all he kept saying was you boys better get this win tonight. I feel like he sacrificed a bunch and these guys took that to heart and they weren’t going to accept anything but a win. I’m proud of them, to rally back from that really shows something. It was emotional and we talked about it at halftime. Gotta keep focus for Tyler and that’s what they did. It felt good to come into the locker room after the win and FaceTime him.”
“… This one was wild that’s for sure, I know they hit 8 threes in the first half and then 4 or 5 more in the second half and for us to win by 7 is really encouraging. It’s been an emotional night and I’m just so proud of our guys. This was postseason basketball for sure, it was a wild night and a tournament atmosphere. We had so many guys step up, Andrew Bloomfield was huge tonight for us he took it personal when Tyler went down and stepped up to the challenge. He is a great teammate. Dawson Bellomy got in there and battled and fought and from top to bottom all of our guys were huge.”
“… Lord willing we will get to see these guys again because that would mean we are playing for a District title. Both games have been battles so far.”
