[h=1]Lady Cards drop opener to Marion County in double OT[/h]

The George Rogers Clark High School girls basketball team gave defending state champion Marion County all it could handle before coming up short in a 52-49 loss in double overtime Monday night at Lebanon in the season opener for both teams.The Lady Cardinals trailed 27-21 at halftime and the Lady Knights led 37-30 going into the fourth quarter. Clark outscored the hosts 16-9 in the final eight minutes to force overtime.

 

Paige Taylor led Clark’s offensive surge with 21 points. Taylor connected on five 3-pointers and tallied 14 points in the first half.Lexxus Graham followed Taylor with seven points and connected on two shots from long range, with one of those treys coming in the final eight minutes. Sydney Anderson chipped in with seven for Clark.Foul trouble also limited Clark’s production in the post from Sandra Skinner and Maddie Hamlin. Skinner and Hamlin combined for five points.

 

Haeli Trevino-Howard led Marion County with 16 points, followed by Alexus Calhoun with 10.

 

at Lebanon

Clark 12 09 09 16 03 — 49

Marion 10 17 10 9 06— 52

CLARK (0-1) — Williams 2, Graham 7, Terrell 5, Taylor 21, Anderson 7, Skinner 2, Hardiman 2, Hamlin 3.

MARION CO. (1-0) — Trevino-Howard 16, Burton 7, Daugherty 2, Rakes 2, Calhoun 10, Wheatley 3.

 

Prep Basketball: Lady Cards drop opener to Marion County in double OT - The Winchester Sun: GRC Sports

Skinner has to stay out of foul trouble. She only scores 2 and they still have a chance to win? Something to build on. Paige Taylor keeps shooting well and Skinner stays out of foul trouble, they could be a nightmare match up of an inside-out game. Good win for Marion, considering people on here were saying they lost to much from last year and not a top 20 team, someone forgot to tell them that.

Skinner has to stay out of foul trouble. She only scores 2 and they still have a chance to win? Something to build on. Paige Taylor keeps shooting well and Skinner stays out of foul trouble, they could be a nightmare match up of an inside-out game. Good win for Marion, considering people on here were saying they lost to much from last year and not a top 20 team, someone forgot to tell them that.

 

Agree 100% That I was impress with. Valuable minutes for Freshman Elizabeth H. Will only help during the season and post season.