DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS

The opening round games of the 2012 Boys/Girls 53rd District Tournament got underway last night at Jenkins High School.  

In game one the LCC Lady Cougars advanced to the championship game by beating Cordia 89-32 and in game two the Knott County Central Patriot boys advance to the championship game beating Jenkins 62-39.

Tonight it's two more 53rd District opening round games.  Game one will be boys action as Letcher County Central takes on Cordia and game two tonight will be the girls as Knott County Central plays Jenkins.  We'll have both games live here on the Bulldog with pregame beginning for 5:30pm.

The girls 53rd championship game will be Friday at 7:00pm and the boys 53rd championship game will be at 7:00pm on Saturday all at Jenkins High School and all games will be broadcast here on the Bulldog.

In other District Tournament action last night:

In the boys 55th Breathitt County beat Riverside 77-35 and in the boys 56th Estill County over Lee County 63-53.  No score from the Hazard-Leslie County game in the boys 54th District game.

In the girls 54th Perry Central beat Buckhorn 81-28 and in the girls 56th it was Powell County over Estill County 51-48.

There's a big matchup tonight in the opening round of the boys 54th District Tournament as Buckhorn will play Perry County Central at Leslie County.

UK BASKETBALL

The UK Wildcats had a great come from behind thrilling SEC conference win over a tough Mississippi State team last night on the road in Starkville.  Kentucky came from 13 down at halftime to win by nine 73-64.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist led UK with 18. Anthony Davis had 13 along with 11 rebounds. Darius Miller was big down the stretch and had 12. Doron Lamb and Terrence Jones had 11 each.

The Cats are 27-1 overall and 13-0 in SEC play.  With the win they claim at least a tie for the SEC regular season championship.  UK has 2 more regular season games and they play next on Saturday at home against the Vanderbilt Commodores.  Game time is 12 noon with the Countdown to tipoff at 10:30 Saturday morning and you can catch all the action on 103.9 The Bulldog, your home of the Big Blue in Letcher County.