Sara Hacker and Andrea Rudmann played a game of give and take. Rudmann gave Hacker the ball and Hacker would take the shots.

The duo worked well together Thursday with their give-and-take as Hacker scored 23 points and Rudmann had a career-high eight assists to help the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers beat the Fairland Lady Dragons 57-34.

"Sara shot the ball well and even though Andrea didn't score that many points, she played one of her better games. She handled the ball well and got it to the open man," Ironton coach Amy Hughes said.

Hacker had a game-high 10 rebounds to go with her points as

the Lady Fighting Tigers won their third game in as many outings.

Mandi Boykin added 11 points and three assists. Rudmann also had six rebounds and three steals.

Brianna Davis led Fairland (1-2) with 10 points while Kara Riley grabbed six rebounds.

"We played hard, we just couldn't make our shots. One of these days we're going to make our shots and beat a good team," Fairland coach Nathan Speed said. "And Ironton is a good team. They can beat you in so many ways."

Hacker scored 10 points in the first quarter as Ironton raced to a 17-5 lead. She hit a baseline jumper with 4:41 left in the first half that extended the lead to 26-5. Fairland finally ended the scoring drought on a layup by Erica Smoot with 4:33 left on the clock.

Two foul shots early in the third quarter by Davis got Fairland as close as 30-15, but Ironton went on a 6-0 run, all baskets by Hacker on assists by Rudmann and it was 42-17 with 2:02 left in the quarter.

The Lady Fighting Tigers outscored Fairland 10-3 to open the fourth quarter as Sarah Cartmell and Boykin hit jumpers, Hacker made a layup and Kayla Wileman converted two layups and it was 55-27 with 4:32 to play.

In the reserve game, Ironton won 36-16 as Kayla Wileman scored 15 points and Chelsea Cleary 7. Lexie Staten had 5 points for Fairland.

Fairland58912-34

Ironton17131512-57

FAIRLAND (1-2):

Brianna Davis 4-17

(1-2)

1-6

10, Megan Auxier 1-7 (1-3) 0-0 3, Kara Riley 3-9 (0-0) 0-2 6, Shay Berry 1-4 (0-0) 2-2 4, Jodie Waugh 0-2 (0-0) 0-0 0, Molly Bumgardner 1-1 (0-0) 0-0 2, Erica Smoot 3-4 (0-0) 0-0 6, Kacie Lydell 1-2 (1-2) 0-0 3, Brittany Brunty 0-0 (0-0) 0-0

0. Totals: 14-46

(3-7)

3-10

34. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 4-14=18 (Riley 6). Team/deadball rebounds: 8. Assists: 5 (Berry 2). Steals: 3 (Davis 2). Turnovers: 16.

IRONTON (3-0):

Andrea Rudmann 2-9 (1-3) 1-2 6, Danielle Henderson 2-8 (0-0) 0-0 4, Mandi Boykin 5-8 (0-1) 1-2 11, Sarah Cartmell 3-6 (0-0) 0-0 6, Sara Hacker 10-18 (0-3) 3-5 23, Ciara Taylor 0-2 (0-0 1-2 1, Jessica Waddle 1-2 (0-0) 0-0 2, Kayla Wileman 2-4 (0-0) 0-0 4, Rachel Walker 0-0 (0-0) 0-0 0, Chelsea Cleary 0-1 (0-0) 0-0 0. Totals: 25-58

(1-7)

6-11

57. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 15-23=38 (Hacker 10, Boykin 7, Rudmann 6, Taylor 6). Team/deadball rebounds: 5. Assists: 15 (Rudmann 8, Boykin 3, Henderson 3). Steals: 10 (Taylor 4, Rudmann 3). Turnovers: 12.