LEXINGTON – Warren Central and Madisonville-North Hopkins punched their tickets to the boys’ Sweet 16 semifinals with opening round wins scored at Rupp Arena Thursday night.
The Dragons pulled away in the final quarter to eliminate Mayfield, 73-55 while the Maroons slipped past Lincoln County, 57-49.
Warren Central was led by Dre Boyd’s 18 points while Tayshaun Bibb tossed in 15 and Aiyontre Pillow added 13 as the Dragons moved to 21-11.
Carson Guthrie and Kent Trey Matthews led Mayfield (25-8) with 12 each. Guthrie finished with a double-double, adding 13 rebounds.
Kenny White fired in a game-high 21 points for MNH, now 30-5. Ksuan Casey followed with 11.
Jaxon Smith finished with 19 for the Patriots, who finished 23-13.
At Lexington
(Sweet 16 quarterfinals)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
MNH (30-5)…..10 17 12 18 – 57
LC (23-13)…….9 12 10 18 – 49
Scoring:
Madisonville-North Hopkins (57) – Ksuan Casey 3 5-6 11; J.D. Gilbert 1(1) 1-2 6; Kenny White 9 3-5 21; Keshawn Stone 0 2-3 2; Cade Cunningham 3 3-4 9; Marquise Parker 2 0-0 4; and Jordan Vaughn 1 2-2 4. Totals: 19(1) 16-22 57.
Lincoln County (49) – Bryson Yaden 0(1) 0-0 3 Riley Bodner 5 1-2 11; Blake Smith 1(2) 2-2 10; Elijah Frye 0 1-2 1; Jaxon Smith 6(1) 4-6 19; Bryston Alcorn 1 0-0 2; and Baylor Mattingly 0(1) 0-0 3. Totals: 13(5) 8-12 49.
At Lexington
(Sweet 16 quarterfinals)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
MF (25-8)…….9 17 17 12 – 55
WC (21-11)…16 14 19 24 – 73
Scoring:
Mayfield (55) – Desean Jones 2 3-5 7; Carson Guthrie 3(1) 3-4 12; Kade Neely 5 1-2 11; Connor Guthrie 2 1-1 5; Kent Trey Matthews 4(1) 1-1 12; Alonzo Daniel 1 0-1 2; and Husten Lancaster 0(2) 0-0 6. Totals: 17(4) 9-14 55.
Warren Central (73) – Tayshaun Bibb 4 7-8 15; Jamale Barber 0 3-4 3; Dre Boyd 9 0-1 18; Kobe Brents 0(2) 0-0 6;Aiyontre Pillow 2(3) 0-0 13; Tegra Muleka 3(1) 0-0 9; Kamden Lawrence 1(1) 2-2 7 and Antonio Barbee 1 0-0 2. Totals: 20(7) 12-15 73.