HINTON —
The Princeton Tigerettes couldn’t stop Summers County’s Candace Brown. However, the Bobcats had no answer for Princeton’s McKenzie Akers, Marissa Mullins and Hannah Preservati.
Those three Tigerettes powered Princeton past Summers County 78-73 on Friday night.
The Bobcats jumped out to a 24-19 lead after the first, but Princeton tied it at the half at 42-all. The difference came in the third when the Tigerettes outscored Summers County 21-13.
Akers finished with 23 points and Mullins paced her with 22. Preservati knocked down two triples as she ended with 17 points.
Brown had 41 points and 8 boards for Summers County, who has now lost two of their last three games.
Princeton welcomes Ripley on Tuesday while Summers County travels to Valley (Fayette) today at 5 p.m.
at Summers County
PRINCETON (12-1)
McKenzie Akers 23, Kendria Perkins 6, Marissa Mullins 22, Syndey Graham 2, Hannah Preservati 17, Stefani Lambert 6, Rachel Surface 2.
SUMMERS COUNTY (10-2)
Hayley Shrewsbury 8, Tyra Wynes 6, Candace Brown 41, Lashae Bonds 7, Brandi Morrison 7, Brooke Edwards 4.
Princeton............................19 23 21 15 — 78
Summers County...............24 18 13 18 — 73
3 pt field goals: PRI 4 (Preservati 2, Mullins, Akers); SC none. JV- Princeton won.
Montcalm 52,
Liberty (Raleigh) 50
GLEN DANIEL — Miranda Kendrick’s last second buzz-beater propeled the Lady Generals to their second win on the season.
Hannah Johnson led Montcalm with 15 points while Leslie Kelley added 14 points, 6 steals and 3 assists.. Maranda Crane finished with 10 and Kendrick had 9. Kendrick also had 3 steals and 3 assists.
Marrissa Long’ 24 points led Liberty.
at Liberty High School
MONTCALM (2-8)
Miranda Kendrick 9, Autumn Bouldin 2, Leslie Kelley 14, Hannah Johnson 15, Maranda Crane 10, Adrain Williams 2.
LIBERTY (n/r)
Long 24, Bryant 6, Daniels 2, Alderman 10, Williams 8.
Montcalm...............................8 12 8 24 — 52
Liberty..................................10 12 16 12 — 50
3 pt field goals: MC (Kendrick, Johnson); LR none.
Graham 46,
Grayson Co. 24
INDEPENDENCE, Va. — Tori Repass scored 11 points and Liz Workman added 10 as the G-Girls won a Mountain Empire District road game.
Kaylan Stanley added 7 points and 5 assists while Karly Morgan and Hannah Stowers grabbed 6 and 7 rebounds respectively.
Tamryn McGrady led Grayson County with 10.
Graham hosts Tazewell on Wednesday.
at Grayson County High School
GRAHAM (9-7, 3-2)
Morgan 4, Wilson 4, Leung 2, Tori Repass 11, Liz Workman 10, Lewis 2, Gillespie 2, Stanley 7, Moretto 2, Stowers 2.
GRAYSON (n/r)
Frost 5, Eller 2, Moore 7, Tamryn McGrady 10.
Graham.................................12 9 12 13 — 46
Grayson.................................2 10 10 2 — 24
3 pt field goals: GRA 4 (Repass 3, Stanley); GC (Frost). JV-Graham won
Tug Valley 58,
River View 42
BRADSHAW — Samantha Matney and Chelsea Dobbs scored 15 points apiece, but Tug Valley’s Beth Evans dropped in a game-high 32 points.
Dobbs finished with a double-double grabbing 13 boards and blocking 3 shots. Tara Bowels took down 11 boards.
River View travels to Mount View on Tuesday.
at River View High School
TUG VALLEY (n/r)
Beth Evans 32, Hannah Armstrong 2, Paige Runyon 6, Amanda Vance 8, Sammie Preece 8, Amber Linville 2.
RIVER VIEW (4-9)
Kaitlin Church 2, Chelsea Dobbs 15, Becky Coleman 6, Ellamae Johnson 2, Samantha Matney 15, Tara Bowles 1, Phyllis Waldron 1.
Tug Valley...........................12 14 14 18 — 58
River View..........................12 10 10 10 — 42
3 pt field goals: TV 3 (Evans 3); RV 2 (Matney 2). JV- River View won 27-15
Richlands 62,
Marion 43
RICHLANDS — Brittany Allen led four Lady Blues in double figures as Richlands moved into second place in the Southwest District against the Hurricane.
Cassidy Richardson added 12 points for Richlands, while Rachel Alley tallied 11 and Jordyn Cole canned 10.
Marion was paced by Brooke Henderson with 17 points.
Richlands will host Honaker today in a four-game affair starting at 3 p.m.
at Richlands Middle School
MARION (6-8, 2-2)
O’Keefe 6, Williams 2, Moore 5, Rakes 4, Mellinger 9, Brooke Henderson 17.
RICHLANDS (8-4, 3-1)
Hearl 2, Davis 7, Cassie Richardson 12, Brittany Allen 17, Jordyn Cole 10, Compton 1, Hess 2, Rachel Alley 11.
Marion....................................15 7 11 10 — 43
Richlands............................17 14 12 19 — 62
3 pt field goals: MAR 3 (Henderson 2, Moore); RICH 5 (Allen 3, Davis 2). JV- Richlands 42-31
Bland County 52, Fort Chiswell 47
MAX MEADOWS, Va. — Jessica Blessing scored 20 points and Alyssa Harris added 11 as the Bears won a nip-and-tuck game against the host Pioneers.
Sarah Whisman led Fort Chiswell with 22 points and 11 rebounds while Amber Chrisley also added 18 points.
BLAND COUNTY (9-6, 3-2)
Blessing 20, Morgan 2, Eaton 8, Brinkley 6, Harris 11, Dinger 5.
FORT CHISWELL (4-10, 1-4)
Chrisley 18, Turner 4, Hovencamp 3, Whisman 22.
Bland County........................11 11 15 15 — 52
Fort Chiswell..........................7 13 13 14 — 47
3-point-goals -- Bland County 7 (Blessing 3, Eaton 2, Brinkley 2). JV -- Bland County won.
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