The Tipton Cardinals have struggled to score inside all year. That trend continued on Tuesday night at the W-K Kaysinger Conference boys basketball tournament.
The Cardinals shot 35 percent from the field, and the second-seeded Sacred Heart Gremlins beat them 66-52 in the semifinals at the Fred E. Davis Multipurpose Center.
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