The Fairland Lady Dragons had the inside angle on the game.

Friday, February 11, 2000

The Fairland Lady Dragons had the inside angle on the game.

Fairland’s inside tandem of Jeana Diamond and Ashley Harris combined for 32 points as Fairland beat the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers 42-33 Thursday.

"We played pretty well against a good team. We were in the game down to the last minute," Ironton coach Kevin Richardson said.

"(Fairland coach) Jack (Harris) does a great job. He worked the ball inside to his big girls and then once he got the lead he held the ball and forced us to chase them. Diamond and Harris are tough to defend and they can go outside and hurt you as well as inside."

Diamond had 18 points and Ashley Harris 14 to lead Fairland, 17-3.

Ashley Harris scored nine points the first quarter as Fairland took an 11-4 lead. But Ironton was within 18-11 at the half.

Diamond had nine points the third quarter as the lead went to 32-22.

After Fairland opened up a a 40-27 midway through the fourth quarter, Sarah Herman and Candace Ferguson scored inside and then Jessica Ensor came up with a steal a layup with 1:26 to play that got Ironton within 40-33.

But the Lady Dragons were able to run time off the clock and secure the win.

"Two months ago they blew us out by 40 points, but our effort tonight was tremendous for four quarters," Richardson said. "Down the stretch we had some good looks and didn’t hit, and we forced turnovers but couldn’t take advantage of them. Still, we never let up and I was proud of their effort."

Fairland plays in the Division III sectional Feb. 19. Ironton (6-9) faces Minford at 7 p.m. Monday at Rock Hill in the tournament.

FAIRLAND – 11 7 14 8 – 42: Chelsea Walls 0 0 0-0 0, Brooke Godby 1 0 0-0 2, Holly Harris 1 0 0-0 2, Kayla Ours 1 0 0-0 2, Michelle Payne 0 0 0-0 0, Jennifer Jones 0 0 0-0 0, Jessica Higgins 0 0 2-2 2, Ashley Harris 5 1 1-3 14, Brooke Fisher 0 0 0-1 0, Jeana Diamond 6 1 3-8 18. Totals: 14 2 6-14 42. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: None.

IRONTON – 4 7 11 11 – 33: Jessica Ensor 4 1 0-2 11, Sarah Herman 4 0 0-0 8, Rachel McClellan 1 0 0-0 2, Ashley Hannon 0 1 0-0 3, Carly Isaac 1 0 0-2 2, Candace Ferguson 3 0 1-2 7, Christina Norris 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 2 1-6 33. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.

 

South Webster 63, Green 48

FRANKLIN FURNACE – The South Webster Lady Jeeps hit 14 3-point goals en route to a 63-48 win over the Green Lady Bobcats Thursday.

The loss dampened a 10-point performance by Green’s Courtney Moore that enabled her to eclipse the 1,000-point career scoring mark. She needed five points to reach the lofty plateau.

Lindsey Van Deusen poured in 34 points including eight 3-pointers to lead the Jeeps. Brooke Hughes scored 16 points with four shots from behind the arc.

Jennifer Cline had 20 points and 16 rebounds to lead Green, 12-5.

The Jeeps led 12-8 after the first quarter as Van Deusen scored seven points. Cline had six for Green.

Van Deusen outscored Cline 9-8 the second quarter as South Webster went ahead 36-22 at the break.

Van Deusen exploded for 14 points the third quarter as the Jeeps stretched their lead to 56-38.

Green plays South Gallia at 8 p.m. at Albany Alexander.

SOUTH WEBSTER – 12 24 20 4 – 63: Lindsey Van Deusen 4 8 2-2 34, Jenny Messer 2 0 0-0 4, Nikki Fannin 0 0 2-2 2, Brooke Hughes 2 4 0-0 16, Megan Wright 0 2 0-0 6, Tomi Evans 0 0 1-2 1. Totals: 10 14 5-6 63. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None.

GREEN – 8 14 16 10 – 48: Jennifer Cline 9 0 2-4 20, Jamie Hurst 3 0 0-1 6, Megan Tackett 1 1 2-3 7, Emily Horsley 2 0 1-2 5, Courtney Moore 4 0 2-2 10. Totals: 19 1 7-12 48. Fouls: 5. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 30 (Cline 16). Assists: 15 (Tackett 7, Moore 5). Steals: 2. Turnovers: 11.