Here’s a quick breakdown of Sunday’s championship game of the St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls Sweet 16 at Northern Kentucky University’s BB&T Arena. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m.
FRANKLIN COUNTY FLYERS
Coach: Joey Thacker.
Record: 31-4.
Litkenhous state ranking: No. 5.
Current winning streak: Nine.
Record in state finals: 0-1 (lost to Butler 65-49 in 1980).
Likely starters:
Princess Stewart, 5-7, Jr., 17.9 ppg, 7.6 rpg
Anna Arrastia, 5-9, Sr., 6.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg (Georgetown College signee)
Dasia Kilbourne, 5-9, Sr., 7.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg (Georgetown College signee)
Malaka Frank, 5-10, Sr., 9.0 ppg, 7.1 rpg (Western Kentucky signee)
Rebecca Cook, 5-10, Jr., 11.2 ppg, 6.6 rpg
BUTLER BEARETTES
Coach: Larry Just.
Record: 30-5.
Litkenhous state ranking: No. 2.
Current winning streak: 13.
Record in state finals: 4-1 (beat Barren County 60-43 in 1975; lost to Sacred Heart 68-55 in 1976; beat Franklin County 65-49 in 1980; beat Franklin-Simpson 58-57 in 2008; beat Elizabethtown 49-38 in 2014).
Likely starters:
Bre Torrens, 5-4, Jr., 3.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg
Tasia Jeffries, 5-8, Jr., 10.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg (Saint Louis commit)
Jaelynn Penn, 5-9, Jr., 13.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg (Dayton commit)
Allison Just, 5-9, Sr., 5.4 ppg, 2.5 rpg
Micaiah Bowden, 5-10, Sr., 6.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg