(2025) - (C) Malachi Moreno to Kentucky

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Malachi Moreno 6'11" attends Great Crossing HS in Georgetown, KY.  Played AAU for 16U Indiana Elite on the Adidas circuit.

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	Gms	Pts	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk
22 AAU	14	8.6	54%	30%	55%	6.1	0.9	0.8	0.5	1.2

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Watching my 1st Malachi Moreno game.  In the 1st 4 minutes he has 3 blocks, got switched on to a pretty quick guard and stayed frontal no problem, and closed out so quick and hard on an open corner 3 that he either got a finger on it or forced an airball.

Quite the introduction. 

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65-53 season opening win for Great Crossing.  Moreno 11p  10r  4b

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Great Crossing lost 75-60 to Covington Catholic.  Moreno had 16p and 6r.  He was a perfect 7-7 FG and 2-2 FT.

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Great Crossing 78-73 win over Ashland Blazer yesterday.   Moreno 29p and 15r.    12-14 FG; 5-9 FT.

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Moreno 13p and 6r in a 61-29 win over Franklin Co.     5-6 FG and 3-4 FT.

 

More on his 29p game against Ashland Blazer last Saturday  --  Malachi Moreno scored the first eight points for Great Crossing (2-1) and notched nine more during a third-quarter flurry that put the Warhawks in front by 15 prior to a tenacious rally from the Tomcats. The 6-foot-11 sophomore center picked up player of the game honors with 29 points and 15 rebounds.

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Moreno 21p and 15r in a 75-60 win over Holy Cross Covington.  

His teammate '25 Vince Dawson 23p; 5r; 4a.  

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Dec. 10:  78-60 win over Frederick Douglass.  Moreno 17p and 13r         8-12 FG.

'25 Vince Dawson 11p and 4r       5-10 FG; 0-2 on 3s; 1-2 FT.

 

Dec. 13:  85-52 win over Western Hills with the last 11 min. played under a running clock.  Moreno 14p and 7r.  7-11 FG

'25 Vince Dawson 24p and 4r.    10-13 FG; 4-4 on 3s

Great Crossing now 6-1 on the season.

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Great Crossing advances to the the semifinals with a 64-62 overtime win over defending state champion and top-ranked George Rogers Clark.  Heckuva double double for Moreno.

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Great Crossing advanced to the championship game of the King of the Bluegrass Holiday Classic with a 69-61 win over Travis Perry and Lyon County.  Moreno with another double double.

 

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Great Crossing got spanked 89-56 by Warren Central in the championship game. 

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Whoever Chapelle Whitney had himself a helluva game.


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Xavier has offered.

Great Crossing won the Smoky Mountain Winter Classic.

12/28 a 66-40 win over South River (Edgewater, MD).               8p and 14r        3-8 FG; 2-3 FT.

 12/29 a 74-57 win over Pikeville (TN).                                         6p and 7r          2-2 FG; 2-3 FT

12/30 a 60-53  win over Spain Park (Hoover, AL)                        15p and 8r       6-8 FG; 3-4 FT

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69-33 win over Franklin County.  14p; 14r; 9b

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52-51 loss to George Rogers Clark.  5p; 15r; 5b.  Only a sophomore but he definitely needs to add some weight and muscle.  Got double teamed every time he got the ball down low and had difficulty dealing with it as he only took 6 shots and only 4 FT attempts.  Also needs to develop an outside shot of some degree.  They position him at the top of the arc a lot and the opponent completely sagged off him and I don't recall that he took a single jump shot nor did he ever attempt to drive the lane even though he had the opportunity.

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UV tomorrow for the Northwestern game per Jake Weingarten.

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Great Crossing (14-3) pounded an undermanned Scott County (3-8) 63-34.  Moreno with a unique double double at least on my scorecard.  22p and 10b along with 8r; 1a; 2s; 2t.

Another scorecard credits him with a triple double.  22 pts 12 reb 10 blk,

Edited January 8, 2023 by Class of '66 Old Fart