Gary
Franklin - Sports Writer
On Saturday night, November 19,
Tyson gym in Versailles was the site for varsity
girls' basketball games between the South Ripley
Lady Raiders and the East Central Lady Trojans.
Though at times the battle was quite intense,
when the final horn blew, the Lady Trojans
were victors by the score of 48-42.
The opening tip was controlled by the Lady
Trojans, but a steal by Lady Raider Abbey Lemon
led to a basket by Beth Thieman giving the
Raiders the first points. The Trojans tied
the game when Danielle Clark sank two free
throws at the 5:50 mark. Lady Raider Ciara
Mcguire scored for 4-2 and again Trojan Clark
scored knotting the game at 4.
A Josie Franklin pass threaded to Kristen
Huss for a pair put the Lady Raiders back on
top 6-4. The first quarter ended in a tie at
6 as Lady Trojan Jessica Scholle scored at the buzzer.
In the second quarter, the Trojans took a
2 point lead that was quickly tied by Raider
Huss' shot for a score of 8-8. A Thieman 3
point basket put the Raiders up 11-8, followed
by her 2 point bucket giving the Raiders a
margin of 13-8. Relatively soon, a Kellie Collier
pass to Alex Snyder for two put the Raiders
at near double the score over the Trojans at
15-8 with 3:10 left in the half.
Trojan Emily Stuerenberg scored for a 15-10
count. Lady Raider McGuire gave the Raiders
a 17-10 lead, but as time was running out,
Lady Trojan Hillary Thomas scored, leaving
the score at half time, SR17 to EC12.
In the third quarter, Raider McGuire scored
a 3 point shot, 20-12. Raider Huss added two
for 22-12. At 5:19 left in the 3rd, Trojan
Clark made a free throw for 22-13.
Lady Trojan Scholle added two, drawing to
within seven points of the Raiders. Raider
Thieman scored two for 24-15 at the 4:19 mark. Lady Trojan Thomas drilled a 3 point shot
for 24-18 and in the 46 seconds between 2:46
and 2:00, the Raiders spent 3 time-outs as
things were quickly unraveling. Scoring for
the balance of the quarter: Raider McGuire
-1, Stratton -2. Trojan Stuerenberg -2, and
Thomas -2, taking the score at the end of 3
quarters, SR27 to EC 23.
Fourth quarter scoring was by Lady Raiders
Lemon 4, McGuire 2, and Mann 2. Trojan scoring:
Clark 6, Thomas 2, Stuerenberg 2 and Kari Sivalti
1, to tie the game at 38 sending it into over
time.
In the four minute overtime, Trojan scoring
was by Thomas 4, Stuerenberg 2, and Sivalti
2. Three Raiders, Snyder 1, McGuire 1, and
Mann 2 completed the scoring for the game with
EC winning 48-42. |
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