Frankfort at Henry Clay (Boys)

Henry Clay High School
Lexington, Kentucky
February 15, 2005

©2005 by Ron Harrison

Frankfort (16-7) at Henry Clay (22-2)

Frankfort coach Brad Mefford started the following lineup:  6-4 Sr. Tory Robertson, 5-11 Jr. Matt Anderson, 6-3 Sr. Ryan Cash, 5-11 Sr. Josh Oliver, and 6-1 Sr. Will Current.  Henry Clay coach Kirk Chiles countered with 6-3 Fr. Aaron Boyd, 6-0 Sr. Bryan Turnage, 6-2 Jr. Aaron Miller, 5-9 Sr. Noade Day, and 6-2 Jr. Aaron Dunaway.

Henry Clay went on a late 18-2 run to pull away for a 93-67 victory over Frankfort.  Frankfort would pull within 10 at times but Henry Clay would answer to maintain a comfortable margin.  Henry Clay held a 38-20 advantage in rebounding and outscored Frankfort 27-6 on second chance points.

Henry Clay shot 60.6% from the field, including six of 15 from the three point line.  The Blue Devils connected on seven of 12 free throws, and scored 29 points off 17 Frankfort turnovers.  Frankfort shot 47.3% from the field including five of 18 from beyond the arc.  The Panthers connected on 10 of 12 throws and scored 17 points off 16 Henry Clay turnovers.

Bryan Turnage led Henry Clay tonight with 23 points, 13 rebounds, five assists, four steals, and 12 deflections.  Turnage was 10 of 12 from the field  and two of five from the free throw line.  Turnage also scored his 1,000th career point with his second basket of the night.  Aaron Miller added 21 points and Aaron Dunaway chipped in with 17 points and six rebounds.  Tory Robertson led Frankfort with 34 points and eight rebounds.  Robertson had two three point baskets and recorded several crowd-pleasing dunks.  Will Current added 14 points and dished out six assists.  Henry Clay focused a lot of their defense tonight toward stopping the deadly three point shooting of Matt Anderson, who was held scoreless.

Frankfort

10

18

21

18

-

67

Henry Clay 

18

23

22

30

-

93

 

Frankfort 

(67)

 - 

Robertson 34, Anderson 0, Cash 2, Oliver 3, Current 14, Tillman 8, Z. Smith 6.

Henry Clay 

(93)

 - 

Boyd 7, Turnage 23, Miller 21, Day 7, Dunaway 17, Carson 4, Bowman 4, Shelton 2, Cayson 2, Burton 2, Moses 4.

 

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to WL Stats for the comprehensive statistics provided for tonight’s game. 
 

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Western

44

 

Barbourville

72

Leslie County

68

(2OT)

Bell County

77

Harlan

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Breathitt County

76

Prestonsburg

68

 

Breckinridge County

54

Owensboro Catholic

48

 

Bryan Station

76

Western Hills

38

 

Cawood

85

Knox Central

60

 

Central

52

St. Xavier

49

 

Clark County

68

Powell County

57

 

Corbin

65

Rockcastle County

62

 

East Jessamine

81

Lexington Christian

71

 

Elizabethtown

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Bowling Green

52

 

Franklin County

57

Tates Creek

55

 

Jeffersontown

71

Valley

58

 

Lexington Catholic

61

West Jessamine

47

 

Male

50

Butler

30

 

Montgomery County

69

Lee County

66

(OT)

Muhlenberg North

57

Muhlenberg South

39

 

Newport Central Catholic

61

Holmes

51

 

Perry County Central

88

Wolfe County

68

 

Sayre

88

Berea

64

 

Scott County

86

Lafayette

62

 

Shelby County

61

Sheldon Clark

50

 

Somerset

58

Wayne County

37

 

Trinity

56

Meade County

32

 

Warren Central

76

Ohio County

59

 

 
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