2011MCTAC

Madison Central (13-5)  vs.  Tates Creek (14-2)

Tates Creek High School

Lexington, KY

January 25, 2011

Madison Central coach Allen Feldhaus Jr. started the following lineup: 6-0 Sr. Brenton Covington, 6-2 Sr. Nick Ford, 6-6 Jr. Hunter Allen, 6-1 Jr. John O’Bryan, and 6-0 So. Dominique Hawkins.  Tates Creek coach Wayne Breeden countered with 6-4 Sr. Marcellus Barksdale, 6-0 Jr. Darius Gibson, 6-2 Sr. Todd Bradley, 5-11 Sr. Kendale Mack, and 6-2 Sr. Ryan Fucci.

Tates Creek defeated Madison Central 50-43 in an old fashioned defensive slugfest.  Tates Creek led 20-8 early in the second quarter but Madison Central battled back to pull within one; 26-25 in the third quarter but could never take the lead.  Tates Creek pushed the lead to 46-33 in the final quarter but Madison Central cut into the margin.  Madison Central’s achilles’ heel was free throw shooting and offensive rebounding.  The Indians were an anemic one of 10 from the free throw line and was outrebounded 14-4 on the offensive boards.  It was a hard fought but clean game with Tates  Creek’s senior dominated lineup having the advantage tonight.

Tates Creek shot 40.4% from the field including one of seven from the three point line.  The Commodores connected on 11 of 15 free throws, pulled down 34 rebounds, and scored 14 points off 15 Madison Central turnovers.  Madison Central shot 52.5% from the field including zero of four from beyond the arc.  The Indians connected on only one of 10 free throws, pulled down 21 rebounds, and scored 11 points off 13 Tates Creek turnovers.

Marcellus Barksdale led Tates Creek with 13 points, 12 rebounds, three assists, and four steals.  Ryan Fucci also scored 13 points.

Dominique Hawkins led Madison Central with 15 points.  Hunter Allen added 12 points and six rebounds.

Madison Central     8   9   8   18  -  43

Tates Creek         16   8   5   21  -  50

Madison Central (43) – Covington 6, Ford 2, Allen 12, O’Bryan 2, Hawkins 15, Taylor 6.

Tates Creek (50) – Barksdale 13, Gibson 8, Bradley 4, Mack 6, Fucci 13, McFarland 6.

Acknowledgements:

A special thanks to the Madison Central Stats Crew for providing the comprehensive statistics for tonight’s game.