2024 Girls’ Sweet 16: Wrap-up from the final day of the basketball state tournament

Lexington Herald-Leader
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The Mingua Beef Jerky Girls’ Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament concluded Saturday with the semifinals and championship game in Rupp Arena.

Those games followed the four opening-day games Wednesday won by Bowling Green, McCracken County, Butler and Franklin County and the four other first-round games Thursday captured by Bethlehem, Henderson County, Sacred Heart Academy and Cooper. Then, on Friday, McCracken County, Butler, Sacred Heart and Cooper advanced to the semifinals.

Here are Saturday’s results:

Game 15: Championship: Sacred Heart 60, McCracken County 49 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow to come.

Game 13: Semifinals: McCracken County 74, Butler 57 | Box score | Recap.

Game 14: Semifinals: Sacred Heart 58, Cooper 50 | Live stats | Box score | Recap.

Here are Friday’s results:

Game 9: McCracken County 47, Bowling Green 41 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.

Game 10: Butler 39, Franklin County 36. | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.

Game 11: Sacred Heart 71, Bethlehem 47 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.

Game 12: Cooper 47, Henderson County 37 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

Here are Thursday’s results:

Game 5: Bethlehem 56, Pikeville 49 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.

Game 6: Henderson County 43, Owensboro 39 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.

Game 7: Sacred Heart 57, George Rogers Clark 46 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.

Game 8: Cooper 65, Danville Christian 63 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow.

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.

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.

The 63rd girls state high school basketball tournament was set to come to an end on Saturday night.
The 63rd girls state high school basketball tournament was set to come to an end on Saturday night.

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