By Jeff Richards
GIRLS BASKETBALL
McConnellsburg 33, Everett 56. On Thursday, January 9th, the Lady Spartans hosted the Everett Lady Warriors in a conference game. They faced stiff competition and defense, fell behind mid-first quarter, and never recovered. This loss snapped an eight-game win streak and is the first double-digit defeat since December 3rd, game one of the season.
In the first half of quarter one, the Spartans racked up an eight-point run, holding the Warriors scoreless, but the visitors countered and closed the frame on a 13-1 run, taking a 13-9 lead. The club held the Spartans to three points in the second, their lowest in many quarters, to end the half ahead 20-12. Everett continued to pressure the Spartans, take advantage of turnovers, and shoot well to outscore 19-9 and take quarter three, 39-21. In the final frame, Everett outscored 17-12 to close the night and 23 up.
Lucy Brun and Journey Jefferson co-led the Spartans (9-3 overall, 1-1 ICC South) both with 10 points and five rebounds.
Spartans’ scoring: Maggie Mellott 0 2-2 2, Lucy Brun 3 3-6 10, Sydney Buterbaugh 1 1-4 4, Journie Jefferson 3 4-8 10, Brookelynn Gelvin 2 0-1 4, Marin DeShong 1 1-2 3, Totals 10 11-23 33. 3-point shots – 2 (Brun 1, Buterbaugh 1). FTM% 47.8%. Spartans shot 10 for 36 (28%) from the field. Spartans’ totals: rebounds 32, turnovers 17, fouls 16.
Warriors’ scoring: J. Colledge 7 0-0 19, M. Levy 2 0-0 4, K. Feathers 1 0-0 2, A. Wood 6 4-6 14, L. McCahan 0 0-2 0, L. Levy 2 2-2 7, G. Dadetto 1 0-0 2, M. Bowser 3 0-0 6, Totals 22 6-120 56. 3-point shots — 6 (Colledge 5, Levy 1). FTM% 50%. FGM% (2P) 37%, (3P) 50%. The Warriors shot 22 for 55 (40%) from the field. Warriors’ totals: rebounds 28, turnovers 13, fouls 18.
Scoring by Quarters:
Everett 13 7 19 17 — 56
McConnellsburg 9 3 9 12 — 33
Next up: The McConnellsburg JV/V will travel to Shalom Christian Academy for a non-conference game on Monday, January 13th, at 6 PM.