Tuesday’s Best Regional Matchups

Steve Quattrocchi February 28, 2023 @ 11:48 AM

The regional tournament started last night with the 9th region tipping off at NKU and there are some awesome opening matchups across the state. Here's a look at the top regional openers on Monday.   2nd Region: Henderson County vs Madisonville-North Hopkins (at Union County) - Henderson is the likely favorite in the second region but Madisonville is capable of knocking them off if they don't play well. [player_tooltip player_id='284106' first='Jarie' last='Thomas'] and [player_tooltip player_id='372711' first='Graci' last='Risley'] are two of the best in the second region but the Lady Maroons have 5 players averaging 8 points per game or better. [player_tooltip player_id='200348' first='Amari' last='Lovan'] and Destiny Whitsell are a tough duo in their own right. This should be a good game.   3rd Region: Breckinridge County vs Edmonson County (at Owensboro Sportscenter) - If you're a believer in the KHSAA RPI, this is a matchup between the number 3 team in the third and the 5th ranked squad. Breck's duo of Caroline Lucas and [player_tooltip player_id='364233' first='Kayleigh' last='Huffines'] is very tough but Edmonson plays hard nosed team defense. If they can force the Tigers to have an off scoring night, they're capable of pulling an upset.   12th Region: Southwestern vs Somerset (at Pulaski County) - Southwestern is always a factor in the 12th region title race and 2023 is no different. Ayden Smiddy, [player_tooltip player_id='403467' first='Kinsley' last='Molden'] and [player_tooltip player_id='304630' first='Payton' last='Acey'] are a three headed monster on the offensive end and any of the three is capable of scoring 20-25 points tonight. For Somerset, don't sleep on Grace Bruner and Kate Bruner while Jaelyn Dye is the X factor in a potential upset bid this evening.   12th Region: Mercer County vs Danville Christian (at Pulaski County) - Probably the best game on the schedule in Kentucky tonight, [player_tooltip player_id='164412' first='Anna' last='Kate Drakeford'] and [player_tooltip player_id='376806' first='Teigh' last='Yeast'] will try to get the Titans defense to slow down [player_tooltip player_id='403464' first='Grace' last='Mbugua'] (and that's a tall task). Grace and fellow Sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='304633' first='Alexia' last='Baldock'] are going to be tough to stop but the Titans have a winning pedigree and a good coach. Don't be surprised to see an upset in the 12th.

The regional tournament started last night with the 9th region tipping off at NKU and there are some awesome opening matchups across the state. Here's a look at the top regional openers on Monday.