NEW: Great Crossing head coach Steve Page breaks down Malachi Moreno's game ahead of his commitment on Friday.
“He does things that you just can’t teach at a high school level."
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I am gutted tonight. While I personally feel horrible, nothing compares to the pain I feel for my players. Survive and advance basketball can be ruthless and it was for us tonight after playing a solid 24 minutes. Thanks to my players for giving all they had. We will be back!
Warhawks beat Little Rock Central to claim the King of the Bluegrass championship.
@JeremiahGodfre8 claimed the hard hat with outstanding defense. Jeremiah also had 7 pts and 5 rebs.
@juniusburr13 had 17 pts, @vincedawson24 12 pts, 5 assts, @malachimoreno24 11 pts, 11 rebs
My phone has been busy the last week with coaches calling about @malachimoreno24. He already holds 5 D1 offers (EKU, Mizzou, Ohio St, Cincy, Purdue). Iowa, Indiana, Ole Miss and Rhode Island also called this week. He will be one of the most highly recruited kids ever from Gtown.
As I sit here in silence (besides the buzzing of my phone blowing up) I am in awe of my players. We were honest with them after the last 2 years and told them talk is cheap, it’s time for them to start doing it every day if they truly wanted to go to Rupp.
He’s a winner. Those 2 extra rebounds per game compared to regular season showed a senior just wanting to win and do whatever he needed to do. And basically matched his ppg average while having to handle a bigger load at PG. Such a versatile player. And a GREAT human being!!!!!
I have seen and heard about our young kids tonight and all year, but my heart aches for my seniors. They gave everything they had for all 3 years of our program. I will be forever grateful and never forget them.
Extremely proud of our group to win the first Classic with the legendary Billy Hicks’ name on the trophy. Billy is a great man, and it was nice hearing him complement our team after the game.