February 20, 2018
Fort Gay, W. Va. — Tolsia (8-15) beat Tug Valley (5-18) for the third time in 12 days this time 53-24 in the first round of the Class A Girls Region 4 Section 2 tournament Monday night at Rebel Arena.
The Lady Rebels defense smothered the Lady Panthers and held them to one free throw in the first quarter to lead 8-1.
In the second quarter the Tolsia offense went to work with exceptional passing to lead 25-9 at the break. The Lady Rebels finished with 11 assists in the first half.
In the third period the defense was on point once again holding Tug Valley to five points while scoring twelve.
In the fourth it was much of the same as the Lady Rebels cruised to victory as 11 different girls hit the scoring column.
Sarah Jude tallied 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 blocks, Mariah Finley finished with 8 points and 10 assists, Selena Browning had 5 points, Kayla Jude had 4 points and 8 rebounds, Julie Boone tallied 4 points and 6 rebounds, Marlee Marcum had 4 points, Keyla Fox and Elizabeth Asbury both hit three pointers for their only points. Taylor Ball, Trinity Muncy and Jace Litton had 2 points each.
THS hit 2 three pointers and went 4-15 from the line.
Tug Valley 1 8 5 10 – 24
Tolsia 8 17 12 16 – 53
Tolsia will advance in the postseason to play the #1 team in Class A Huntington St. Joe on Wednesday night at Spring Valley. Game time will be 7:00.
Tolsia Head Coach Ric Morrone
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… I was really proud of how we have been playing well down the stretch. We competed hard and our defense is getting better, still some work to do. Our man to man defense has really come on here late in the season. Kids have realized postseason basketball is a possession by possession game if you lose you have to battle back and get the next one.”
“… Tug Valley is really young with 9 freshman. They are going to be tough to handle in the future. Ed May and Maxine Colegrove did a good job with them and the future is bright.”
“… Going to be a tough one against St. Joe but they are teenagers just like us, they are talented and very deep but we have to go in there and do what the Lady Rebels can do. We have had a great year and we don’t want it to end.”
“ I also want to thank everyone that came out tonight it was a great crowd.
