Lady Pioneers ousted by Franklin Co. North
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In their previous two meetings Warren County fell by a total of seven points, and Tuesday night?s game was another close one, as Warren County held a two-point lead at the half, but let things slip away in the final period as the Lady Trojans won 29-23.
Points were hard to come by in the opening period as the two teams remained scoreless through the first three minutes of play. Warren County turned the ball over five times in the period. Shanice Burnett drove the paint for a lay-up to put the Lady Trojans on the board, and Morgan Hodges added one point from the charity stripe with 1:31 remaining. Laura Beth McKinley went to the free-throw line with :25 left in the period and hit the front end of two as the period ended with Franklin County holding a 3-1 lead.
Turnovers once again hurt the Lady Pioneers in the opening minutes of the second period, but Christian Johnson gave Warren County a spark coming up with a steal and lay up . Kailey Kominos added a basket as Warren County took a 5-3 lead with 3:16 left in the first half. Coffee County hit the offensive glass with Burnett getting a basket off of an offensive rebound.Chelsea Clark followed with the Lady Trojans? last basket of the period.
Kominos hit from the top of the key and McKinley gave the Lady Pioneers the 10-8 lead heading into the break with a jumper from the paint just before the period ended.
Offensive rebounding became a problem for the Lady Pioneers in the second half as the Lady Trojans came up with 12 points on the board. Bree Smith hit for Warren County to open the third period, but the Lady Trojans came back with six unanswered points with four coming from Burnett on the offensive glass. Smith and Johnson hit back-to-back baskets with under a minute to play. Franklin County closed out the period hitting 1-of-2 from the line as the Lady Pioneers still held the lead at 16-15.
Jenna Mayfield hit a 3-pointer to open the final period for Warren County. The Lady Trojans went to work on the boards once again hitting back-to-back buckets to take the lead. Johnson put Warren County back on top 21-19 with 3:54 left to play.
Burnett took two offensive rebounds and laid them back in and Tucurra Simmons hit from the paint as the Lady Trojans ran off six unanswered points. Franklin County secured the victory from the free-throw line as Burnett hit four-of-four in the final 26 seconds.
For Warren County, Johnson had seven points. Kominos and Smith had four points each. Mayfield and McKinley added three points each and Katie Wanamaker had two points.
Burnett led the Lady Trojans with 12 points. Clark added seven, Millie Wilson had five, Simmons hit for four and Hodges had one point.