Jim Walker

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

 

PROCTORVILLE — The number “13” proved to be lucky for the Fairland Lady Dragons.

Trailing early in the fourth quarter, Fairland used a 13-0 run in the fourth quarter to rally past the Logan Lady Chieftains 65-57 Saturday.

“We didn’t defend that poorly, we just didn’t take care of the ball and that led to them getting some runouts,” said Fairland coach Jon Buchanan.

“But Logan is athletic. They’re a nice team and they gave us some problems.”

Fairland’s 6-foot-4 senior center Terra Stapleton led the comeback and keyed the victory with a 25-point, 13 rebounds performance. Chandler Fulks added 13 points for the Lady Dragons who are now 6-1.

Mackenzie Riley grabbed 9 rebounds and Kelsey Riley had 7 rebounds and 5 assists for the Lady Dragons who were 18-of-27 from the foul line.

Logan (5-4) led by six points twice and went up 49-46 on a bank shot by Paige Davis with 6:39 to play.

But the Lady Dragons turned to Stapleton who scored eight points as they ran off 13 unanswered points and pulled away to a 59-49 lead with less than two minutes to play.

Logan — held scoreless for nearly five minutes — managed to get within five points with less than a minute left, but Fairland held on for the win.

“When we were able to sit down and play halfcourt defense, they had trouble,” said Buchanan.

Fairland led 17-12 at the end of the first quarter before Logan came back to led 34-30 at the break.

The Lady Dragons outscored Logan 14-11 in the third quarter and trailed 45-44 and set up the fourth quarter comeback.

Taylor Myers scored 19 points and Paige Davis 14 for Logan. Ashley Frasure and Allison McNeal had 10 each.

Logan 12 22 11 12 = 57

Fairland 17 13 14 21 = 65

LOGAN (5-4): Ashley Frasure 2 1 3-4 10, Paige Davis 4 0 6-7 14, Jaclyn McNeal 0 0 0-0 0, Tricia Bentley 1 0 2-2 4, Taylor Myers 5 3 0-0 19, Abby Rose 0 0 0-0 0, Allison McNeal 4 0 2-2 10. Totals: 20-61 13-15 57. 3-point goals: 4-19. Rebounds: 42 (Davis 8, Frasure 7, A. McNeal 7). Assists: 13 (Davis 5, Bentley 5). Steals: 11 (Frasure 3). Turnovers: 19. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None.

FAIRLAND (6-1): Terra Stapleton 9 0 7-9 25, Taylor Staten 0 0 0-0 0, Chandler Fulks 1 2 5-8 13, Mackenzie Riley 2 0 3-6 7, Kelsey Riley 3 0 3-4 9, Caitlin Stone 2 1 0-0 7 Taylor Perry 2 0 0-0 4. Totals: 22-63 18-27 65. 3-point goals: 3-12. Rebounds: 45 (Stapleton 13, M. Riley 9, K. Riley 7). Assists: 12 (K. Riley 5, Perry 3). Steals: 7. Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.