Lady Dragons use balance to beat Portsmouth, 45-37

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, January 3, 2007

PROCTORVILLE — Everybody was getting into the act.

The Fairland Lady Dragons had 8 out of 10 players score as they got past the Portsmouth Lady Trojans 45-37 Monday in a non-league game.

Megan Auxier had 10 points to lead the balanced Fairland offense. Destinee Spears got 8 points and 10 rebounds, Shea Berry had 8 points and 6 rebounds and Emily McMaster added 7 points.

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Jennifer Bendolph scored 17 points and Sydnee Jordan 10 to lead Portsmouth.

Auxier scored 7 points including a 3-pointer as Fairland took a 13-11 first quarter lead.

The scoring slowed down in the second quarter and the Lady Dragons were up 21-18 at the half.

Auxier hit another 3-pointer and Spears scored 4 points as Fairland went up 30-25 after three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, Shea Berry was 4 of 4 from the line and Emily McMaster had a key 3-pointer as Fairland outscored Portsmouth 15-12 to get the win.

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PORTSMOUTH (NA): Janae LaGrange 0 0 0-0 0, Maggee Colley 1 0 3-5 5, Brittany Stanley 1 0 0-0 2, Sydnee Jordan 1 1 5-8 10, Jennifer Bendolph 7 0 3-6 17, Ashleigh Link 0 0 0-0 0, Trista Wilson 0 0 0-0 0, Missy Stellwagon 0 0 0-0 0, Cassie Taylor 1 0 1-2 3, Taylor Cooper 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11-44

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37. Fouls: 9. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 21 (Jordan 8, Bendolph 6). Assists: 3 (Colley 3).

FAIRLAND (2-3): Destinee Spears 3 0 2-4 8, Megan Auxier 2 2 0-0 10, Shea Berry 1 0 6-6 8, Molly Bumgardner 2 0 0-0 4, Erika Smoot 0 0 2-2 2, Emily McMaster 2 1 0-0 7, Beth Schlegel 0 1 0-2 2, Christin Capper 2 0 0-0 4, Lauren Phillips 0 0 0-0 0, Mackenzie Rucker 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 14-37

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45. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 33 (Spears 10, Smoot 9). Assists: 10 (Berry 6).