Boys Louisville Invitational Tournament: Check out winners of Monday's first-round games
Will Crockett score 20 points and Cameron Edwards added 16 to lead the Kentucky Country Day boys basketball team to a 60-52 victory at Holy Cross on Monday in the first round of the Republic Bank Louisville Invitational Tournament.
Antuan Wordlow Jr. hit three 3-pointers and added 13 points for KCD (8-6), which built a 37-28 halftime lead.
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The Bearcats will play at fourth-seeded Eastern at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in a second-round game.
Jacob Hand scored 14 points to lead Holy Cross (12-5).
KCD 14 23 13 10 - 60
HOLY CROSS 11 17 16 8 - 52
Kentucky Country Day (8-6) – Antuan Wordlow Jr. 13, J.J. Sutton 9, Kassani Wilson 2, Cameron Edwards 16, Will Crockett 20.
Holy Cross (12-5) – Joey Foushee 2, Chris Perry 10, Andre Woods 9, Wes Meiman 3, Mike Loftis 10, Jeremiah Carter 2, Jacob Hand 14, Lukas Emberton 2.
Central 68, Fern Creek 63
Down nine points at halftime, the Yellow Jackets outscored the host Tigers 43-29 in the second half to get the victory.
Devin Henderson led Central’s balanced scoring attack with 15 points, nailing four 3-pointers. Jenuel Aquino added 14 points, and Kaevon Ennis pitched in 13.
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Central (7-9) will play at second-seeded Pleasure Ridge Park at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in a second-round game.
Tahj Boston score 19 points to lead Fern Creek (5-8).
CENTRAL 9 16 15 28 – 68
FERN CREEK 14 20 11 18 - 63
Central (7-9) – Devin Henderson 15, Lance Briggs 3, Devin Rowan 5, Kual Deng 3, Kaevon Ennis 13, Will Hazard 8, Jenuel Aquino 14, Alberto Franco 7.
Fern Creek (5-8) – Jamal Chambers 11, Camren Trice 12, Noah Glover 3, Caron Brumfield 4, Tahj Boston 19, Jaden Johnson 12, Naz Shahid 2.
Jeffersontown 84, Bullitt East 70
Brenton Moore scored 26 points and Cam McDaniels added 17 to lead host J’town (6-6) over Bullitt East (4-11).
J’town built a 60-45 lead after three quarters and will play at Manual at 7 p.m. Tuesday in a second-round game.
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Nolan Davenport hit five 3-pointers and scored 24 points to lead Bullitt East.
BULLITT EAST 16 10 19 25 - 70
JEFFERSONTOWN 19 19 22 24 - 84
Bullitt East (4-11) – Nolan Davenport 24, Ryan Watson 2, Andrew Jackson 6, Kaeden Russ 1, Cooper Harkey 11, Kylan Richie 1, Chase Wiehebrink 5, Sam Wilson 4, Cam Brogan 16.
Jeffersontown (6-6) – Antwan Thornton 3, Brandon Gatewood 14, Rhys Taylor 5, Lukus McDaniels 10, Brenton Moore 26, Omarie Cox 4, Cam McDaniels 17, Michael Clay 5.
Male 73, Doss 57
Meechie White had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead the host Bulldogs (7-8) over the Dragons (2-15).
Jayson Gasaway added 11 points and five rebounds for Male, which will play at Butler at 7 p.m. Tuesday in a second-round game.
LeeTwon Bray scored 19 points to lead Doss.
DOSS 14 13 17 13 - 57
MALE 18 16 22 17 - 73
Doss (2-15) – MyShaun Barnes 11, Marcus Barker 11, Cameron Jackson 5, LeeTwon Bray 19, Anthony Jackson 2, Quinten Shaw 5, Tyrece Tolley 4.
Male (7-8) – Cole Edelen 10, Meechie White 19, Antonio Harris 2, Jack Edelen 10, Shammai Gates 2, Max Gainey 9, Terrence Hall 10, Jayson Gasaway 11.
Seneca 76, North Bullitt 63
QuelRon House scored 24 points and RaVante Coward added 21 as the host Redhawks (8-5) rolled past the Eagles (9-7).
Coward hit five 3-pointers, including four in the fourth quarter. Seneca will play at St. Xavier at 7 p.m. Tuesday in a second-round game.
Kaylen Alexander scored 25 points to lead North Bullitt.
NORTH BULLITT 9 13 19 22 - 63
SENECA 14 17 22 23 - 76
North Bullitt (9-7) – Jaydon Reisser 11, Aaron Appleby 4, Conner Boley 11, Braxton Sievert 1, Kaylen Alexander 25, Cayden Gibbs 8, Braylen Duncan 3
Seneca (8-5) – Brayden Trice 5, RaVante Coward 21, Joshua Lewis 5, Kevin Evans 2, QuelRon House 24, Davion Bibb 6, Kuer Akol 2, Tyran Gray 8, Tannor Revor 3.
Iroquois 77, Southern 64
Jordan Williamson scored 22 points to lead the host Raiders (12-5) over the Trojans (5-11). Williamson scored all of his points in the first three quarters as Iroquois built a 58-40 lead.
Jamir Ford added 16 points for Iroquois, which will play at third-seeded Trinity at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in a second-round game.
Myles Jones scored 25 points to lead Southern.
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SOUTHERN 13 9 18 24 - 64
IROQUOIS 16 17 25 19 - 77
Southern (5-11) – Evan Rafferty 3, Troy Coatley 2, Myles Jones 25, Jaylin Brown 3, Anthony Johnson 10, Caetrell Thompson 2, Tahj Meadows 10, Josh Nkone 9.
Iroquois (12-5) – Alonzo Basemore 13, Kevin Johnson 8, Jamir Ford 16, Angelo Persley 6, Javion Stone 5, Jordan Williamson 22, Mike Taylor 7.
Fairdale 83, Atherton 58
Jacob Tucker scored 25 points and Joe Hurt added 19 to lead the host Bulldogs (10-5) over the Ravens (6-9).
Fairdale hit 10 3-pointers, getting five from Hurt, and will play at Western at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in a second-round game.
Chris Talbott scored 16 points to lead Atherton.
ATHERTON 15 8 19 16 – 58
FAIRDALE 24 11 30 18 - 83
Atherton (6-9) – Solomon Johnson 7, Donovan Bizzle 8, Keenan Tudor 3, Chris Talbott 16, Erion Sanders Strain 12, Sincere Smith 5, Henrich Barjolo 2, Noah Stephens 3, Braylin Taylor 2.
Fairdale (10-5) – Cam Croney 7, Dionte Sweeney 8, Dalton Hicks 15, Jake Dewboys 6, Joe Hurt 19, Jacob Tucker 25, Jackson McCutchen 3.
Moore 78, Beth Haven 45
Karmelo Jackson scored 21 of his 26 points in the first half – including five 3-pointers – to lead the Mustangs (7-7) over the host Bearcats (11-4).
Dayvone Harrison added 21 points for Moore, which led 50-22 at halftime and cruised the rest of the way.
Moore will play at top-seeded Ballard at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in a second-round game.
Jordan Harris scored 18 points to lead Beth Haven.
MOORE 26 24 11 17 – 78
BETH HAVEN 8 14 14 9 - 45
Moore (7-7) – Dayvone Harrison 21, Jacob Forney 7, Montrell Hambric 1, Mekhi Jones 2, Jerry Bartlett 8, Yuvi Bimwal 10, Hunter Wheatley 3, Karmelo Jackson 26.
Beth Haven (11-4) – Jordan Harris 18, Michael Ray Stinnett 5, Isaac Cornwell 6, Joshua Chancey 2, Levi Langley 3, Brady Allen 6, Jayden Andrews 3, Connor Holland 2.
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