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LOWES GIRLS DEFEATS CALLOWAY – 1978

PAGE 7-B SUN DEMOCRAT, PADUCAH, KENTUCKY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1978 By MARK HULTMAN SD Ass'tS Sports Editor MURRAY, Ky. - The topranked Lowes Lady Blue Devils brought Marshall County's unbeaten streak to a screeching halt Thursday "night but not before fighting off the Lady - Marshals' comeback efforts in the second half. Lowes, in its first outing since Jan. 9, upped its record to 12-1 with a 61-47 triumph over the previously-unbeaten Lady Marshals, now 11-1 and ranked third.* The Lady Blue Devils weathered serious foul problems in the first half and then watched in the second half as their hosts shaved a 13-point deficit to one point. Four starters guards Laura Gourley and Tammy Simmons, forward Deena Hart and center Cindy Smith were each assessed with three personal fouls in the first half. Simmons, a 5-7 senior, provided the early spark for the Bushrod rebounds To Lowes girls deal Lakers first loss Lowes girls by accounting for her team's first 12 points enroute to a 12-3 lead at 1:16 of the first frame. She was given a rest at that point and a bucket by Susan Geveden carried Lowes to a 14-5 advantage as the frame came to an end. Besides the fact that the Lady Lakers lost their top scorer, Mina Todd, in a game Tuesday night against Marshall County, they were also hurt when starting forward Felecia Pinner picked up- her third personal foul in the opening quarter. Pinner, a 5-7 senior, proved to a thorn in side of Lowes coach Jim Long during most of the game. She maintained good board control until fouling out at the 2:17 mark of the final quarter. "We knew where to play her (Pinner)," Long said after the victory, adding "but we just didn't do the job. "'We didn't have any surprises tonight," he added. "I knew how strong they would be inside and they hustle real well.". Long also praised the jobs done by Gourley and Lowes' Stephanie Wyatt. "Gourley sparked us in the third quarter (with seven points) when we needed it. And Wyatt did a lot more than we expected her to. When she gets the ball inside,* she's tough." Long felt his team played smarter in the second half : as evidenced by the fact that no Lady Blue Devil fouled out of the contest. "We shot awful poorly in the first half (12 of 35 from the field and 1 of 7 from the charity stripe)." The Lady Blue Devils, however, countered in the 8 second half with an 11-of-26 showing from the field and a 14- of-26 performance from the free throw line. In the first half, Calloway County fared worse than did the Lowes girls. The Lady Lakers netted just 8 of 30 shots from the floor and 4 of 18 gratis attempts. But the scrappy Lady Lakers didn't give up the fight easily credited with (15 points. Cindy although they saw Lowes' lead Smith led the winners to a 52-41 balloon to 42-29 with 1:44 to play rebounding edge with 11 in the third period on a shot by retrieves while Deena Hart was, sophomore Mary Wagoner. credited with 10 rebounds and 4 Calloway County combined assists. field goals by Wyatt, Wagoner Redden claimed teamand Dawn Redden and a free scoring honors for Calloway throw by Pinner to cut the gap County- with 1 14 points while to 42-36 before Gourley gave guard Rose Ross chipped in 11 Lowes a 44-36 lead at the end of markers. the third quarter. Lowes connected on 23 of 61 In the fourth quarter, the field attempts for 38 percent Lady Lakers again fashioned a and 15 of 33 charity tosses for 45 seven-point streak on two field percent. goals and a free throw by Redden and a putback by Calloway County sacked 20 of Pinner to move to within one 66 shots from the floor for 30 point of Lowes' lead, 44-43, at percent and added 7 of 30 gratis 5:13. But a short jumper by Jill attempts for 23 percent. Hart and two free throws by Cindy Smith gave their team some breathing room and the Lowes girls outscored Calloway County 13-4 the rest of the game. Simmons finished with 16 points and game-scoring honors for Lowes while Jill Hart was Lowes . . . . ... 14 25 44 61 Calloway County .... 5 20 36 47 LOWES (61) - J. Hart 15, Wilson 2, T. Smith 2, C. Smith 4, D. Hart 7, Gourley 7, Simmons 16, Geveden 8, S. Smith, Sullivan. CALLOWAY CO. (47) - Imes 2, Ross 11, Wyatt 9, Redden 14, Pinner 7, M. Miller Wagoner 2, Willie, Winchester, P. Overby, R. Overby, Carson, S. Miller, Hoke. Wright keys Wildcat win - center Chip Edwards - poured in 10 points apiece. The Lakers connected on 27 of 66 shots from the field for 41 percent and 8 of 16 charity tosses for 50 percent. They butrebounded the Blue Devils 60-35. Lowes sank 24 of 69 field goal attempts for 35 percent and 11 of 15 free throw tries for 73 percent. Johnson accounted for 8 rebounds and Jones was credited with 7 retrieves. Lowes : . 16 21 35 59 Calloway County . 15 31 48 62 LOWES (59) - Jones 10, Knight 15, Terry 10, Wilkerson 2, Morris 8, Dawson 2, Edwards 10, Johnson 2. CALLOWAY CO. (62) Olive 10, McCallon 12, Lamb 6, Lockhart 6, Bushrod 24, Garland 4, Darnell. CADIZ, Ky. - Mike Wright 13 from the line for 48 percent. scored 25 points to lead Trigg The Wildcats had 38 rebounds, 6 County 'past Crittenden County turnovers, 10 assists and 4 68-55 here Thursday night. steals. Trigg County trailed at Crittenden County canned 23 halftime 32-31 before coming of 52 from the field for 44 back for the win, its sixth in 15 percent and 9 of 18 gratis tosses games. for 50 percent. The Rockets Ricky Radford added committed 14 turnovers, pulled 18 and 11 rebounds for the down 31 rebounds, had 5 assists points Wildcats. John Ben Travis and 3 steals. chipped in 15 markers. Trigg County travels to Hopkinsville tonight while Dennis Dooms headed Crittenden County, 1-13, travels Crittenden County with 20 to Webster County tonight. points. Ron Kelly had 12 points while Spencer Cozart scored 11 Crittenden County. . . . . . . 16 32 43 55 and pulled down 9 Trigg County. .. . .. 14 31 49 68 points rebounds. Ronnie Heady fired CRITTENDEN CO. (55) - Dooms 20, in 10 markers for the Rockets. Kelly 12, Cozart 11, Heady 10, Croft 2. TRIGG CO. (68) - Wright 25, Radford Trigg County hit 31 of 76 from 18, Travis 15, Alexander 4, Morris 4. Miller the floor for 41 percent and 6 of 2.

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