Lady Hornets go past Lady Eagles, 67-39

Published 2:45 am Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Once the Coal Grove Lady Hornets got going, they managed to get the Eastern Lady Eagles stopped.

While Eastern started well, the Lady Hornets started slowly. But once that changed, Coal Grove rolled to a 67-39 non-league win on Monday.

“(Eastern) played well the first half and it took us awhile to get going,” said Coal Grove coach Nick Miller.

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“In the second half we made some adjustments and shut them down and we were able to maintain what we were doing on offense.”

The game started with Jordyn Cox scoring eight points including a couple of 3-pointers as Coal Grove took an 18-13 lead. The Lady Eagles stayed close as Rachel Staker scored nine.

Chelsea Delong had seven points in the second quarter to offset five by Staker as Coal Grove opened up a 36-24 halftime lead.

But Coal Grove’s defense held Staker to just four points in the second half and limited Eastern to 15 points.

Delong got seven more in the third quarter and all five starters scored as the Lady Hornets built a comfortable 53-32 lead.

“We made an effort to slow down Staker in the second half and we were able to hold her to four,” said Miller. “Our other girls got more chances and they made their shots.”

Delong led Coal Grove (9-3) with 25 points and Cox scored 16. Danielle Carpenter had 15 rebonds and four assists while Taylor Sexton had four assists and four steals.

Staker finished with 18 points and Courtney Rowe scored 13 for Eastern.

Eastern 13 11 8 7 = 39

Coal Grove 18 18 17 14 = 67

BEAVER EASTERN (4-8): M. Fitch 0 0 0-0 0, Courtney Rowe 5 1 0-4 13, Rachel Staker 8 0 2-5 18, A. Mills 0 0 0-0 0, Hanna Schrader 0 0 0-0 0, W. Wicker 0 0 0-0 0, Stevie Thornsburg 3 0 2-2 8, Jenny Smith 0 0 0-2 0. Totals: 16 1 4-13 39. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.

COAL GROVE (9-3): Abby Nance 4 0 2-2 10, Kelli McMackin 0 0 0-0 0, Katie Harrison 0 0 0-0 0, Danielle Carpenter 2 0 2-4 6, Jordyn Cox 4 2 2-3 16, Taylor Sexton 3 1 1-1 10, Chelsea Delong 9 2 1-2 25, Kim Hanshaw 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 27-52 8-12 67. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: None. 3-point goals: 5-12. Rebounds: 13-21=34 (Carpenter 15). Assists: 12 (Sexton 4, Carpenter 4). Steals: 13 (Sexton 4). Turnovers: 7.

RESERVES: Coal Grove 29, Eastern 14 (2 quarters). Coal Grove: Hope Ratcliff 8. Eastern: Fitch 7.