Final. Katelyn Conner with a big game. 26 pts 16 rebounds.

Good win for Ashland on the road. Big numbers for the Connor girl.

Agree good road win. Conner huge game.

Game story from the Ledger Independent:

 

In the girls’ game, Ashland’s size advantage proved to be too much for the Lady Royals to overcome. The Kittens’ 6-foot center Katelyn Conner was a force in the post, grabbing 16 rebounds and scoring a game-high 26 points, many of those coming as second and third chance points off offensive rebounds.

 

Mason County’s Keller Menke had a big game as well, scoring 23 points to go with 13 rebounds. After the Lady Royals got off to a slow start and fell behind 9-2, Menke almost singlehandedly helped the team keep pace by scoring all 11 of Mason County’s first quarter points.

 

Menke capped a 6-0 Lady Royal run with a bucket that gave Mason County its only lead at 18-17 in the second quarter, but like the boys’ game, the girls’ contest ultimately turned on a big run. The Kittens closed the first half on a 9-2 run, then scored the first eight points of the second half with Conner providing six of them.

 

By the time the Kittens’ 17-2 spurt was done, the score was 35-20. Mason County would spend the rest of the game clawing back, but wouldn’t get any closer than a six point margin in the closing seconds.

This game is also like a road game to the Lady Royals. I think they have only played in this gym one other time this season. They don't practice in this gym even when they have a game coming up in it. If the regional tournament is played in this gym it won't be any more of an advantage to them than any of the other teams. :eek:

It sure was not last year in the District when St Pat put a whoopin on the Lady Royals.:ohbrother::ohbrother::ohbrother:

This game is also like a road game to the Lady Royals. I think they have only played in this gym one other time this season. They don't practice in this gym even when they have a game coming up in it. If the regional tournament is played in this gym it won't be any more of an advantage to them than any of the other teams. :eek:

 

I would agree gym wise, but they do bring the local crowd.

^ They don't call it the HCA Fieldhouse for nothing.

This game is also like a road game to the Lady Royals. I think they have only played in this gym one other time this season. They don't practice in this gym even when they have a game coming up in it. If the regional tournament is played in this gym it won't be any more of an advantage to them than any of the other teams. :eek:

 

Sometimes the gym gives an advantage to the home team, but in this case I can see where this "advantage" would be lessened. I think that many times the bigger advantage for the home team is that they don't have to take a long bus ride prior to the game.