2024 Girls’ Sweet 16 state basketball tournament: Day 1 wrap-up from Rupp Arena

Jared Peck
·2 min read

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.

‘We changed a lot of our bad habits.’ Butler takes down Anderson County in Girls’ Sweet 16.

‘It starts with defense.’ McCracken County shuts down Russell on opening day of Sweet 16.

‘Win or go home.’ Bowling Green’s veterans rally from 15 down to end Owsley’s dream season.