Prep Girls Hoops: Harrisburg gets by Gallatin County
Kelsey Hobbs and Alexa Burtis led the Bulldogs to a 49-34 victory over Gallatin County Thursday night at Davenport Gymnasium.
The junior duo combined for 31 points as Hobbs led all scorers with 18 and Burtis tacked on 13 in the victory for the Bulldogs, who have now won two straight.
Whitney Younger finished with five points, while Hannah Bartok and Matty Hawkins each chipped in with four points.
Jasmine Hodge and Audree Morecraft both had two points for the Bulldogs, while Lotte Miller tossed in a free throw.
Harrisburg led wire-to-wire and finished the night shooting 26 percent from the floor, going 17-for-63 and went 30 percent from behind the arc, knocking down 6-of-20 trifectas.
Gallatin County shot 25 percent from the field, going 11-for-44 and 12-of-24 from the foul stripe for 50 percent.
Hailey Chubb led the Hawks with nine points, while Caitlin Lynch chipped in with six points. Avery Scates, Shay Wood, Harlie Turner and MaKalyn Smith all finished with four points. Morgan Roderick tacked on three points for Gallatin County.
Harrisburg led 17-10 after one quarter and went into the locker room with a 27-15 lead, one they would not relinquish.
The Harrisburg junior varsity team picked up a 35-22 victory over Gallatin County.
Miller netted nine points in the win for the Bulldogs, while McKenzi Holloway chipped in with seven. Jenny Buchanan and Hodge each finished with five points, while Toni Crisp scored four points. Hannah Finely and Abby Dalton both had two points and Brittany Hutchinson added a free throw.
Harrisburg will play host to West Frankfort Tuesday before entering play Saturday in the Eldorado Mid-Winter Holiday Tournament.
West Frankfort 62, Eldorado 61 OT
ELDORADO - Eldorado head girls basketball coach Scott Artman called it one of the best games his team has played all year.
That game was the result of a 62-61overtime loss to West Frankfort Thursday at Duff-Kingston Gymnasium.
"This was the proudest I have been of the girls all year, considering all that happened and the things we had to overcome."
One of which Artman said was playing a considerable portion of the second half without Dresdyn Bramlet, Paige Zertuche and Jaclyn Artman, who were all saddled with fouls and forced to sit the bench.
The other may have been trying to overcome the performance of West Frankfort's Morgan Griffith, who went to the free throw line 23 times Thursday.
"We had a couple of breakdowns in the second half," Artman said. "But perhaps what I am most proud of is how we never lost momentum when I substituted."
Abby Steed and Brookln Peavler both returned to the lineup for Eldorado, boosting their chances heading into next week's Eldorado Mid-Winter Holiday Tournament.
Steed led the Eagles with 15 points, while Caitlin Stafford and Takiya Britton also finished in double figures as both tacked on 13 points.
Zertuche chipped in with seven points, while Riley Duckworth finished with five points, while Bramlet and Artman each had four points.
West Frankfort muscled its way to a 12-9 first quarter lead, but Eldorado rallied in the second stanza to go up 23-19 at the half. The Eagles held a 38-28 lead through three quarters before the Redbirds knotted the game at 52-all at the end of regulation.
The Eldorado junior varsity basketball team picked up a 34-31 win over West Frankfort.
Eldorado returns to action Monday at Vienna High School and will play host to Carmi-White County Thursday. The Eldorado Mid-Winter Holiday Tournament gets underway Saturday.