Girls’ Sweet 16 basketball: Day 2 wrap-up from Rupp Arena
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2025 Girls’ Sweet 16 coverage
Click below to read all of the coverage from Kentucky.com and the Lexington Herald-Leader during the Girls’ Sweet 16 state basketball tournament in Rupp Arena.
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The 66th Clark’s Pump-N-Shop Girls’ Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament continued with four first-round games Thursday in Rupp Arena.
Four quarterfinal games are on tap for Friday. Who will punch their tickets to Saturday’s semifinals?
Follow along live Friday as Jared Peck of the Lexington Herald-Leader provides live updates from courtside along with freelance writer Josh Moore.
Scroll down below to read their Twitter updates.
Thursday’s first-round games
Game 5: Sacred Heart 71, Johnson Central 25 | Box score | Recap.
Game 6: Cooper 70, Mercy 45 | Box score | Recap.
Game 7: Henderson County 45, Marshall County 30 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.
Game 8: Danville Christian 53, Daviess County 40 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.
Friday’s quarterfinal games
Game 9: North Laurel (32-2) vs. George Rogers Clark (26-7), 11 a.m. | Live stats | Box score to come | Recap to come | Slideshow to come.
Game 10: Frederick Douglass (26-7) vs. Taylor County (25-8), 1:30 p.m. | Live stats | Box score to come | Recap to come | Slideshow to come.
Game 11: Danville Christian (26-7) vs. Henderson County (28-5), 6 p.m. | Live stats | Box score to come | Recap to come | Slideshow to come.
Game 12: Sacred Heart (32-3) vs. Cooper (26-5), 8:30 p.m. | Live stats | Box score to come | Recap to come | Slideshow to come.
Wednesday’s first-round games
Game 1: North Laurel 51, Ashland Blazer 42 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.
Game 2: Taylor County 53, Knott County Central 35 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.
Game 3: George Rogers Clark 64, Franklin-Simpson 42 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.
Game 4: Frederick Douglass 48, Simon Kenton 39 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.
More Sweet 16
Bracket: View the tournament pairings and scores
TV, radio: How to follow the state tournament
Sweet 16 predictions: A look at every team, plus @HLpreps’ game-by-game picks
Sweet 16 preview: Sixteen things to watch during the Sweet 16
Rosters: View the lineups for every team
Statistics: View stats leaders for every team
Live updates
View live, in-game updates on Twitter/X from the Sweet 16.
This story was originally published March 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM.
