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KHSAA Boys Sweet 16: Top scorers, rebounders, shooters, enrollments and much more to know

jason frakes, louisville courier journal
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Breaking down the field for this week’s UK Healthcare/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Teams and players ranked among the top 25 in the state noted in parentheses:

KHSAA RPI

1. Great Crossing, .72104 (No. 1 in state)

2. Newport, .69303 (No. 2)

3. Harlan County, .69148 (No. 4)

4. Lyon County, .68200 (No. 6)

5. Evangel Christian, .65132 (No. 15)

6. Trinity, .64448 (No. 16)

7. Ashland Blazer, .63551 (No. 21)

8. Campbell County, .63368 (No. 22)

9. Adair County, .62786 (No. 24)

10. Marshall County, .62054

11. Spencer County, .61106

12. Butler County, .59037

13. Warren Central, .58191

14. Pulaski County, .57150

15. Magoffin County, .56390

16. Perry County Central, .56178

Enrollment

1. Great Crossing, 1,713

2. Campbell County, 1,546

3. Trinity, 1,261

4. Marshall County, 1,215

5. Pulaski County, 1,183

6. Warren Central, 1,079

7. Spencer County, 971

8. Harlan County, 942

9. Ashland Blazer, 882

10. Perry County Central, 799

11. Adair County, 798

12. Butler County, 640

13. Magoffin County, 587

14. Newport, 366

15. Lyon County, 293

16. Evangel Christian, 37

Current winning streak

1. Newport, 24

2. Great Crossing, 22

3. (tie) Campbell County, 12

3. (tie) Lyon County, 12

5. Harlan County, 10

6. (tie) Evangel Christian, 7

6. (tie) Marshall County, 7

6. (tie) Spencer County, 7

9. Butler County, 6

10. Trinity, 5

11. Magoffin County, 4

12. (tie) Adair County, 3

12. (tie) Ashland Blazer, 3

12. (tie) Perry County Central, 3

12. (tie) Pulaski County, 3

12. (tie) Warren Central, 3

Scoring offense

1. Lyon County, 85.7 ppg (No. 1 in state)

2. Butler County, 76.6 (No. 5)

3. Harlan County, 76.5 (No. 6)

4. Great Crossing, 74.6 (No. 11)

5. Evangel Christian, 74.3 (No. 13)

6. Adair County, 72.0 (No. 24)

7. Spencer County, 70.4

8. Magoffin County, 68.6

9. Perry County Central, 67.6

10. Campbell County, 67.0

11. Ashland Blazer, 66.2

12. Newport, 64.7

13. Warren Central, 64.4

14. Trinity, 64.1

15. Marshall County, 63.6

16. Pulaski County, 61.8

Scoring defense

1. Newport, 48.7 ppg (No. 6 in state)

2. Trinity, 50.2 (No. 11)

3. Great Crossing, 50.9 (No. 13)

4. Campbell County, 52.68 (No. 25)

5. Pulaski County, 52.69

6. Marshall County, 52.8

7. Ashland Blazer, 55.8

8. Evangel Christian, 56.1

9. Warren Central, 57.8

10. Lyon County, 58.5

11. Spencer County, 59.3

12. Perry County Central, 59.9

13. Adair County, 60.0

14. Butler County, 61.6

15. Harlan County, 62.1

16. Magoffin County, 63.8

Top 16 scorers

1. Trent Noah, Harlan County, 29.7 ppg (No. 3 in state)

2. Ty Price, Butler County, 29.6 (No. 4)

3. Travis Perry, Lyon County, 29.5 (No. 5)

4. Aden Barnett, Magoffin County, 29.4 (No. 6)

5. Zander Carter, Ashland Blazer, 22.7

6. Luke Erhardt, Spencer County, 20.1

7. Vince Dawson, Great Crossing, 18.4

8. Tay Kinney, Newport, 18.03

9. Lawson Rice, Butler County, 17.96

10. Kyran Tilley, Evangel Christian, 17.8

11. Brady Shoulders, Lyon County, 17.7

12. Maddox Huff, Harlan County, 17.6

13. Connor Loy, Adair County, 17.5

14. Christian Doerr, Evangel Christian, 17.3

15. Elijah Starks, Warren Central, 17.0

16. Isaiah Cochran, Adair County, 16.9

Top 16 rebounders

Great Crossing's Malachi Moreno (24) goes for two against Newport at Thursday's 2023 Chad Gardner Law King of the Bluegrass holiday basketball tournament at Fairdale High School. Dec. 21, 2023
Great Crossing's Malachi Moreno (24) goes for two against Newport at Thursday's 2023 Chad Gardner Law King of the Bluegrass holiday basketball tournament at Fairdale High School. Dec. 21, 2023

1. Malachi Moreno, Great Crossing, 13.0 rpg (No. 7 in state)

2. Lawson Rice, Butler County, 10.9 (No. 19)

3. Trent Noah, Harlan County, 10.5 (No. 25)

4. Brady Shoulders, Lyon County, 10.3

5. Connor Weinel, Campbell County, 10.0

6. Elijah Starks, Warren Central, 9.5

7. Isaiah Cochran, Adair County, 8.9

8. Zak Anderson, Pulaski County, 7.8

9. Julius Edmonds, Trinity, 7.7

10. Trever Deweese, Butler County, 7.54

11. Zane Whitaker, Magoffin County, 7.52

12. Drevin Bratton, Warren Central, 7.2

13. Kade Unseld, Warren Central, 6.8

14. Johnny Djema, Evangel Christian, 6.57

15. Walker Russell, Magoffin County, 6.55

16. Zander Carter, Ashland Blazer, 6.54

Top 16 3-pointers made

Lyon County's Travis Perry (11) shoots against Newport's Marquez Miller (5) during the Sweet 16 tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. on Mar. 16, 2023.
Lyon County's Travis Perry (11) shoots against Newport's Marquez Miller (5) during the Sweet 16 tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. on Mar. 16, 2023.

1. Travis Perry, Lyon County, 170 (No. 1 in state)

2. Ty Price, Butler County, 143 (No. 2)

3. Luke Erhardt, Spencer County, 110 (No. 10)

4. Camden Cox, Spencer County, 100 (No. 16)

5. Maddox Huff, Harlan County, 95 (tie No. 21)

6. Trayten Woods, Perry County Central, 86

7. Trent Noah, Harlan County, 83

8. Grayson Whitaker, Magoffin County, 79

9. Kyran Tilley, Evangel Christian, 73

10. Jack Reddick, Lyon County, 72

11. Jayden Johnson, Trinity, 69

12. Tyson LaLonde, Ashland Blazer, 68

13. Tay Kinney, Newport, 65

14. Vince Dawson, Great Crossing, 61

15. Gavin Cook, Pulaski County, 60

16. (tie) Braxton Jennings, Ashland Blazer, 58

16. (tie) Andreas Jimenez-Conway, Evangel Christian, 58

KHSAA Boys Sweet 16: Ranking the 2024 field from No. 16 to No. 1

Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Follow on X @kyhighs.

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: KHSAA Sweet 16, Rupp Arena: Kentucky basketball state tournament field