Lady Hawks blitz Hardin County at GEC Tourney

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Strong defense pushed the Gallatin County Lady Hawks to a 61-17 win in their opening game of the GEC tournament Wednesday night at Hardin County.

Shane Patton's club got off to an 11-2 lead after one quarter against the tourney hosts, led 30-7 at the break and 54-14 after three quarters.

Two Lady Hawks were in double digits - Casey Crissup, with 14, and Kasey Glover, with 10. In all, 11 Gallatin County players scored.

Jacklyn Kingsley accounted for 10 of Hardin County's 17 points, including three three-pointers.

Gallatin advances to the championship game against the winner of the other semfinal between Pope County and Galatia-Thompsonville.

Box Score

GTN 11 19 24 7 - 61

HC 2 5 7 3 - 17

GTN: Glover 3 3-3 10, Crissup 6 1-2 14, Williford 3 2-4 8, Brown 1 0-0 2, Wead 3 0-0 6, Logsdon 1 3-6 5, Goodman 2 0-0 4, L. Prince 2 2-2 7, Walters 1 0-4 2, Duvall 1 0-0 2, M. Prince 0 1-2 1. Totals: 23 12-23 61.

HC: Jones 1 1-4 3, Kingsley 3 1-2 10, La. Patton 1 0-0 2, Rokosh 1 0-0 2, Le. Patton 0 0-2 0. Totals: 6 2-8 17.

Three-point field goals: GTN 3 (Glover, Crissup, L. Prince), HC 3 (Kingsley 3).