Topic: Basketball
2013NLMC(G)
North Laurel vs. McCreary Central (Girls)
McCreary Central High School
Stearns, KY
December 2, 2013
McCreary Central captured a hard fought 69-65 victory over North Laurel in a game in which neither team could find the range from the free throw line. McCreary Central connected on 23 of 48 free throws (47.9%) but North Laurel was a dismal seven of 22 from the charity stripe. McCreary Central raced out to a 19-9 first quarter lead and went to the locker room at halftime with a 39-26 lead. North Laurel fared better in the second half and outscored McCreary Central by a 39-30 margin but could not overcome the Lady Raiders.
McCreary Central was led by 5-10 So. Kaylee Cotton with 28 points including two three point baskets and pulled down 10 rebounds. 5-3 Jr. Cierra Terry added 26 points and 5-11 Jr. Page Neal recorded seven points and pulled down 14 rebounds.
5-9 Jr. Hannah Gray led North Laurel with 18 points. 5-6 So. Kayla Bruner added 16 points. 5-7 8th grader Hannah Lawson and 5-8 So. Ashley Raines chipped in with 13 and 11 points respectively.
North Laurel 9 17 18 21 – 65
McCreary Central 19 20 15 15 – 69
North Laurel (65) – Bruner 16, Gray 18, Lawson 13, Bridges 2, Sexton 2, Raines 11, Chenault 3.
McCreary Central (69) – Kiser 4, Neal 7, Jones 2, Cotton 28, Terry 26, Stephens 2.
Acknowledgements:
A special thanks to Dottie Cotton of McCreary Central for providing me info and statistics on this game.