Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com

PROCTORVILLE — Fairland Lady Dragons’ coach Jon Buchanan won’t mind getting the bill from AEP.
The Fairland Lady Dragons were a little dim early but lit it up the rest of the game as they opened the season with a lopsided 73-34 win over the River Valley Lady Raiders.
“I thought we played really hard. We missed a lot of easy shots. We could have scored 28 or maybe 30 the first quarter,” said Buchanan. “But I’d thought we had the right energy.”
Emily Chapman was fully charged as she hit six 3-pointers and scored 20 points to lead Fairland. Allis Marshall scored 10 points, Taylar Wilson 9 and Alesha Simpson 8.
Erin Jackson led River Valley with 18 points — 12 in the fourth quarter.
A big difference in the game was Fairland’s strong rebounding. The Lady Dragons outrebounded the Raiders by 18 boards.
“Our goal was to be a plus-20 so we were just two shy of our goal,” said Buchanan. “I thought we did a pretty good job on the boards. We didn’t give up an offensive rebound the second half.”
Fairland pitched a shutout in the first quarter as Marshall and Simpson combined for 9 points and it was 15-0.
Chapman drained four 3-pointers in the second quarter as the lead grew to 36-7 at the half.
Chapman hit two more triples and Marshall had 5 more points as the Lady Dragons extended the lead to 57-13.
Harley Lyons scored her 7 points and Wilson had 6 of her 9 points in the fourth quarter for Fairland.
The Lady Dragons visit Rock Hill on Monday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.
River Valley    0    7    6    21    =    34
Fairland        15    21    21    16    =    73
RIVER VALLEY (0-2): Cierra Roberts 0 0 0-0 0, Erin Jackson 5 1 5-8 18, Jaden Neal 1 1 0-0 5, Beth Gillman 0 0 1-2 1, Maggie Campbell 0 0 0-1 0, Jessie Steele 2 0 6-8 10. Totals: 8 2 12-19 34. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: Campbell.
FAIRLAND (1-0): Allie Marshall 2 1 3-3 10, Harley Lyons 1 1 2-2 7, Taylar Wilson 3 0 3-4 9, Emily Chapman 1 6 0-0 20, Karli Fuller 0 0 0-0 0, Morgan Fridley 1 0 0-0 2, Bailey Roland 0 1 2-2 5, Kelsie Warnock 2 1 0-0 7, Britney Thompson 0 0 0-0 0, Issy McKinney 0 1 0-0 3, Jenna Stone 0 0 0-0 0, Alesha Simpson 3 0 2-2 8, Jackie Wagner 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 14 11 12-13 73. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None.