Ryle 61 Covington Holy Cross 50

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The Lady Raiders came out to a strong start with 8 unanswered points.  The Indians struggled from the 3 and Ryle led at the end of the first quarter 18-9.  The second half was played pretty even with a halftime score of 26-18.  Holy Cross put a chaser on Holtman and held her scoreless the second quarter and she had to be well below her average for the game.  Ryle pulled away to up to a 17 point lead during the fourth quarter and the Indians fought back to get it down to as low as nine but couldn’t get and closer.  The girls left it all on the court with both teams playing short benches. It was a fun night of basketball especially this early in the season with the JV game going down to the wire with a Indian 39-36 win.