2024 Girls’ Sweet 16 state basketball tournament: Day 1 wrap-up from Rupp Arena
The Mingua Beef Jerky Girls’ Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament tipped off with four first-round games Wednesday in Rupp Arena.
Four more first-round games are on tap for Thursday. Who will else punch their tickets to Friday’s quarterfinals?
Follow along live Thursday as Jared Peck and Caroline Makauskas of the Lexington Herald-Leader provide live updates from courtside along with freelancer Josh Moore.
Scroll down below to read their Twitter updates.
Here are Wednesday’s results:
Game 1: Bowling Green 46, Owsley County 44 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.
Game 2: McCracken County 50, Russell 33 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.
Game 3: Butler 58, Anderson County 49 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.
Game 4: Franklin County 51, North Laurel 30 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.
Here’s Thursday’s lineup:
Game 5: Bethlehem (26-8) vs. Pikeville (27-5), 11 a.m. | Live stats | Box score to come | Recap to come | Slideshow to come.
Game 6: Owensboro (20-11) vs. Henderson County (25-7), 1:30 p.m. | Live stats | Box score to come | Recap to come | Slideshow to come.
Game 7: George Rogers Clark (30-4) vs. Sacred Heart (27-7), 6 p.m. | Live stats | Box score to come | Recap to come | Slideshow to come.
Game 8: Cooper (29-4) vs. Danville Christian (29-2), 8:30 p.m. | Live stats | Box score to come | Recap to come | Slideshow to come.
More Sweet 16:
BRACKET: View the full tournament schedule
PRIMER: How to watch and follow the tourney
ROSTERS: KHSAA rosters for all 16 teams
STATISTICS: KHSAA statistics for all 16 teams
PREVIEW: A glance at every team and predictions for who could win it all
PREVIEW: Sixteen things to get you ready for the 2024 Girls Sweet 16
FEATURE: Two of Kentucky’s best teams forced to square off in opening round
FEATURE: Owsley County girls make first Sweet 16 in school history
LIVE UPDATES ON X (FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER) FROM THE SWEET 16.
This story was originally published March 13, 2024 at 10:03 AM.
