2014 Championship Preview -- Taylor County vs. St. John's

Tonight's 2014 Forcht Bank King of the Bluegrass Championship will have some unique flair. The final game will feature undefeated Taylor County (10-0) against St. John's College High School (6-2) from Washington D.C. The game marks the first time since 2005 and just the thirteenth time in the 34 year history of the event that a Louisville school will not be in the KOB final.

The 17th ranked Cardinals defeated unranked Waggener, 7th ranked Wayne County and 10th ranked Doss in route the tournament final. Taylor County is averaging 82.0 points per game and is led by sophomore Quentin Goodin who is averaging 32.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game.

The Cadets of St. John's come into the tournament final on a six game winning streak. St. John's has defeated the last two King of the Bluegrass Champions in route to the tournament final with wins over No. 2 Ballard, No. 16 Bullitt East, The Tennessean's Midstate No. 1 Christ Presbyterian Academy. The Cadets, ranked sixth by The Washington Post for the Washington D.C. area, are holding opponents to just 53.6 points per game. University of Louisville target Anthony Cowan Jr. leads the charge for St. John's averaging 22.6 points and more than 3 steals per game.

The overall edge based on tournament play goes to Taylor County who has the advantage in Scoring, Productivity, Accuracy, Range, Concentration, Strength and Alertness. The Cadets hold the pregame advantage in Defense, Aggressiveness and Ball Handling. The final will surely be memorable as we will crown a first time champion after tonight's game.

St. John's Tournament in Review

Player Statistics

St. John's Cadets
##	Name	P	FG	3 Pt	FT	PTS	ORB	DRB	TR	PF	AST	TO	BS	ST	DA	MIN
00	Kylia Sykes	F	13/18	0/0	4/9	30	8	15	23	10	1	6	3	4	0	65
1	Anthony Cowan Jr.	G	20/40	5/16	23/31	68	2	11	13	11	5	14	0	10	0	92
2	Tre Wood	G	5/13	0/2	5/13	15	0	5	5	7	6	7	1	1	0	56:18
10	Kris Saulny	F	4/13	0/3	7/14	15	3	15	18	11	3	4	3	4	0	71
11	Jeffrey Dowtin	G	11/25	6/11	9/10	37	5	12	17	7	1	4	0	1	0	95
12	Zack Long	G	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	DNP
14	Matas Budrys	F	8/24	1/7	0/0	17	5	5	10	7	2	4	1	1	0	50:52
15	Emanuel Hylton	G	1/2	0/0	0/0	2	1	5	6	3	3	2	0	3	0	33:43
20	Reese Mona	G	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	10:25
32	Richard Njoku	F	0/0	0/0	0/2	0	1	2	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	10:23
40	LJ Bryan	C	0/0	0/0	1/2	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	12:33
	Team						4	10	14
	Totals		62/135	12/39	49/81	185	29	83	112	67	21	44	8	24	0

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Game Results

Date	Result			High Scorer	High Rebounder
12/19/2014	Ballard	61-69	St. John's	23-Multiple	13-K Sykes (St. John's)
12/21/2014	St. John's	62-48	Bullitt East	33-A C Jr. (St. John's)	9-Multiple
12/22/2014	St. John's	54-52	Christ Presbyterian	18-Multiple	12-B Blackwell (Christ Presbyterian)

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Game Summary

St. John's Cadets
Opponent	FG	3 Pt	FT	PTS	ORB	DRB	TR	PF	AST	TO	BS	ST	DA
Ballard Bruins	22/52	1/10	24/35	69	12	33	45	24	7	14	4	12	0
Bullitt East Chargers	21/43	6/18	14/27	62	10	31	41	21	4	17	3	6	0
Christ Presbyterian Lions	19/40	5/11	11/19	54	7	19	26	22	10	13	1	6	0

Taylor County Tournament in Review

Player Statistics

Taylor County Cardinals
##	Name	P	FG	3 Pt	FT	PTS	ORB	DRB	TR	PF	AST	TO	BS	ST	DA	MIN
2	Cam Morgeson	G	7/9	1/3	4/7	19	2	8	10	5	1	9	0	1	0	51:17
3	Quentin Goodin	G	36/65	6/15	19/29	97	7	21	28	11	7	12	0	4	0	91
5	Will Miller	G	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6:11
10	David Sloan	G	20/38	6/13	14/23	60	2	6	8	11	3	10	1	5	0	81
14	Brandon Berry	F	11/28	3/9	9/12	34	1	13	14	13	0	5	0	5	0	57:27
20	Austin Ellis	G	0/0	0/0	0/2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0:40
21	Eric Quinn	G	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:47
23	Austin Webster	F	1/4	0/0	8/10	10	5	14	19	12	1	1	0	3	0	60
24	Ezra Oliver	G	7/11	0/3	2/5	16	4	4	8	7	2	6	0	5	0	68
30	Marcus Moore	G	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	DNP
32	Etienne Bastanier	G	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0:47
33	Jared Rodgers	C	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0:47
35	John Chewning	C	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9:19
41	Devin Rafferty	F	6/10	0/0	2/3	14	3	7	10	9	1	5	0	5	0	51:13
45	Evan Davis	C	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	DNP
	Team						1	12	13			1
	Totals		88/166	16/43	58/91	250	25	85	110	73	15	51	1	28	0

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Game Results

Date	Result			High Scorer	High Rebounder
12/19/2014	Taylor County	84-74	Waggener	29-Q Goodin (Taylor County)	13-K Kirby (Waggener)
12/21/2014	Wayne County	68-72	Taylor County	36-Q Goodin (Taylor County)	10-Multiple
12/22/2014	Taylor County	94-83	Doss	32-Q Goodin (Taylor County)	14-Q Goodin (Taylor County)

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Game Summary

Taylor County Cardinals
Opponent	FG	3 Pt	FT	PTS	ORB	DRB	TR	PF	AST	TO	BS	ST	DA
Waggener Wildcats	28/59	6/15	22/33	84	10	27	37	27	5	16	0	8	0
Wayne County Cardinals	27/59	4/16	14/22	72	9	22	31	21	1	14	0	14	0
Doss Dragons	33/48	6/12	22/36	94	6	36	42	25	9	21	1	6	0