Westminster overcame nine three-3-pointers and 33 points by Newport Central Catholic's Ronny Dawn, beating the Thoroughbreds 73-59 in the championship game of the Kentucky Fifth Third Holiday Classic at Lexington Saturday night.

        Jakob Sigardson had 19 points and Ben Bowling scored 18 for Westminster, which led 36-24 at halftime and never trailed in the second half.

        WESTMINSTER (73) — Lambert 2 1 6, Magnusson 3 2 10, Von Bronkhorst 2 2 7, Bowling 7 0 18, Sigardson 7 2 19, Fikiel 5 2 13. Totals: 26 9 73.

        NEWPORT CC (59) — A. Dawn 2 1 6, Colson 2 0 4, R. Dawn 10 4 33, Helster 2 0 5, Myers 3 1 7, Lynn 1 0 2, Kellinghaus 0 2 2. Totals: 20 8 59.

        Westminster ....... 19  17  20  17—73

        Newport CC ....... 15   9  21  14—59

        3-pointers: W—Lambert, Magnusson 2, Bowling 4, Sigardson 3, Fikiel. N—A. Dawn, R. Dawn 9, Helster. Records: N 9-1, W 13-2.

        ›Hopkins Central 63, Bishop Brossart 59, Owensboro Classic consolation — Hopkins Central converted 10 of 13 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off a late charge by the Mustangs, who trailed 43-35 after three quarters.

        Carroll Coffman scored 19 points for Hopkins Central.

        Chris Ryan paced Bishop Brossart with 17 points.

        HOPKINS-CENTRAL (63) — Hill 5 6 17, Barber 2 3 8, Coffman 8 3 19, Roberts 2 6 10, Dugger 2 3 8, Evans 0 1 1. Totals: 19 22 63.

        BISHOP BROSSART (59) — Ziegler 1 8 10, Lloyd 2 0 4, Eten 1 0 2, Ryan 7 2 17, Luschek 3 5 11, D. Rhoden 2 0 4, P. Rhoden 2 7 11. Totals: 18 22 59.

        Hopkins-Central ....... 19   3  21  20—63

Bishop Brossart ....... 10  16   9  24—59

        3-pointers: H—Hill, Barber, Dugger. B—Ryan. Records: H 6-3, B 7-4.

        • Covington Catholic 60, Milford 51, Fairfield Holiday Tournament consolation — The Colonels scored 16 points during overtime. Zach Strief finished with 11 points for the Eagles.

        Greg Hiltz scored a game-high 15 points for CovCath.

        COV. CATHOLIC (60) — Bain 1 0 3, Hiltz 5 4 15, Lewin 3 3 9, Finke 5 2 14, Quast 3 3 10, Wilcox 1 0 2, Albanese 0 2 2, Wachs 2 1 5. Totals: 20-53 15-20 60 .

        MILFORD (51) — Meranda 1 1 4, Robertson 3 2 8, Conner 1 0 2, Bradley 3 0 6, Halter 2 1 6, Bode 2 0 4, Huesman 4 2 10. Strief 4 3 11. Totals: 20-65 9-17 51.

        Cov. Cath. ....... 11   7  10  16  16—60

        Milford ....... 13  18  12   9   7—51

        3-pointers: CC 5 (Bain, Hiltz, Finke 2, Quast), M 2 (Meranda, Halter).

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