December 9, 2017
Lady Dawgs remain unbeaten with win over Tolsia, Play for BJM Key Player Championship tonight
Fort Gay, W. Va. — For the first time since 2010 Lawrence Co. and Tolsia met on the hardwood in Girls Basketball and the Lady Bulldogs came away with a 51-35 victory in the BJM Key Player Shootout on Friday night at Rebel Arena.
With the win Lawrence Co. ( 4-0 ) will advance to the Championship game Saturday night at 7:00 to face George Washington out of Charleston who beat Wayne 57-54 in the first game Friday night.
Tolsia ( 0-2 ) led after one quarter 11-8 before Lawrence Co. scored 14 points in the 2nd quarter to take a 22-17 lead going into halftime.
In the third quarter the Lady Bulldogs stretched the lead out by scoring 16 points and led 38-27 going to the final stanza.
In the 4th LCHS Senior Kendra Spaulding scored 8 of her game high 19 points including 6-6 from the foul line to help secure the win.
Bulldog Junior Lexi Ratliff tallied 12 points, Senior Hannah Rucker netted 7 points, 7th Grader Kensley Feltner finished with 5 points, Junior Sheree Hay hit a three pointer for her only points, Sophomore Kassidi Cavins and Junior Chelsey Fields scored 2 points each, Junior Kelly Davis hit a free throw.
LC went 17-21 from the line and hit 4 three pointers on the night.
The Lady Rebels were led by Senior Kayla Jude and Freshman Kenzie Young with 7 points each. Junior Sarah Jude had 6 points, Senior Mariah Finley and Freshman Selena Browning had 4 points each, Freshman Jace Litton had 3 points, Senior Elizabeth Asbury and Sophomore Trinity Muncy had 2 points each. THS hit 2 three pointers and went 7-12 from the line.
Lawrence Co. 8 14 16 13 – 51
Tolsia 11 6 10 8 – 35
Saturday Schedule for the BJM Key Player Shootout at Tolsia High School
1:00 Tolsia vs Lawrence Co. JV game.
3:00 Wayne vs Spring Valley JV game.
5:00 Tolsia vs Wayne Consolation game
7:00 Lawrence Co. vs George Washington Championship game.
Tolsia Head Coach Ric Morrone
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… We were Down five points at the half and I thought we played pretty decent, in the second half we had some turnovers and then had to extend our defense a little bit which led to some easy basket. Thought we ran out of gas and they made some plays to extend the lead.”
“… Give Coach Feltner a ton of credit she does a good job with her program and I have the upmost respect for her. They have a nice club. Wore us down in the second half. We have a very young team even though we have five seniors. We don’t have much Varsity experience outside of two kids.”
“… I thought the kids played hard and ran the offense and got some open looks they just didn’t go down. The scoreboard didn’t reflect how we played.”
Bulldog Head Coach Melinda Feltner
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… I want to thank coach Morrone for inviting us to play in a such a great tournament. To honor his Mother is a wonderful thing. Tolsia has a solid team and we are lucky to come out with a win. Our girls didn’t do a very good job playing defense or executing offensively. We have to be more focused when we play GW tonight. Glad we were able to pull out the win. We just have to keep grinding and working to get better everyday.”
