Lanning lifts sharp-shooting Lady Warriors past WCHS
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Warren County had problems stopping the 3-pointer, as the Lady Warriors hit nine in the game with Natalie Lanning posting 26 points in Riverdale?s 66-39 win over the Lady Pioneers in the Charlie Dalton gym.
Six turnovers by the Lady Pioneers in the first period helped the Lady Warriors to a 22-point opening period. Lanning hit back-to-back baskets from just inside the 3-point line to get things started for Riverdale, while Warren County?s first points of the game came at the 6:54 mark when Taylor Douglas hit from the paint.
Riverdale then hit back-to-back 3?s, coming from Lanning and Candace Spurlock, as the Lady Warriors took a 10-2 lead with five minutes left in the period. Lea Montgomery drove the paint for Warren County?s second basket of the game and after a Riverdale bucket Kassidy Kominos hit for two.
Back-to-back turnovers by the Lady Pioneers put four more points on the board for Riverdale with 3:48 left in the period. The Lady Warriors didn?t stop there as they closed out the period with a pair of 3-pointers, coming from Spurlock and Aubrey Jernigan, as the period ended with Riverdale holding a 22-6 advantage.
The Lady Pioneers played more aggressively on both ends of the floor in the second period. Sarah Roller took the ball in the paint and converted a three-point play on Warren County?s opening possession, and Tessa King hit a 3-point bucket and added a lay-up after coming up with a steal.
Riverdale countered with a pair of baskets, then with 5:21 left in the half the two teams went on a dry spell over the next three minutes without scoring a basket. The Lady Warriors had one more 3-pointer to put on the board when Lanning hit with 1:22 left on the clock. Warren County?s Jasmine Wood closed out the half with a basket in the paint as the period ended with Riverdale holding a 31-17 lead.
Turnovers once again hurt the Lady Pioneers in the opening minutes of the third. Three mistakes in a row gave Riverdale the opportunity to score 10 unanswered points. Kominos hit for the Lady Pioneers at the 5:05 mark. But Lanning had the hot hand for the Lady Warriors hitting back-to-back 3-pointers. Two steals by Riverdale provided five more points as Amber Bailey hit and Spurlock hit Riverdale?s final 3-pointer of the game with 2:54 left in the period. Warren County managed to come up with two more baskets, one each from Wood and Roller and Chancerie Martin hit two-of-two from the line as the period ended with the Lady Pioneers trailing 54-26.
In the final period the Lady Warriors added 12 points to the board as Lanning scored six more points. Warren County launched the 3-pointer as King hit a pair and Miki Rogers added one. The Lady Pioneers closed out the game with back-to-back baskets from Shelbie Tubb and Martin, but the Lady Warriors lead was too big as Riverdale took the 27-point victory.
For the Lady Pioneers, King hit for 11 points. Wood added six, Roller had five, Kominos scored four, Martin, Montgomery and Rogers had three points each. Douglas and Tubb had two points apiece.
Lanning led all scorers with 26 points for Riverdale. Spurlock had 12, Bailey hit for nine, Jennilee Lenker and Nikole Petoskey added six points each. Rachel Orman had four and Jernigan had three points.