Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com

CHESAPEAKE — The Chesapeake Lady Panthers like a good bargain, so they couldn’t pass up “free.”
In a game decided at the foul line, the Lady Panthers were 17-of-21 from the foul line for the game and the Lady Pointers were just 5-of-18 as Chesapeake won 52-47 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Thursday.
Chesapeake’s Natalee Hall scored 22 points including 8-of-9 at the line. Dominique Murphy scored 16 and was 7-of-8 at the line.
“It was a hard-fought game. They beat us at the foul line. We just didn’t make them and they did,” said Lady Pointers coach Dave Adams.
South Point (3-1, 1-1) was led by Kate Mundy with 12 points and Emilee Whitt had 11.
Chesapeake (3-0, 2-0) went up 10-7 in the first quarter and Murphy hit a pair of 3-pointers and Hall made two baskets.
Mundy had 4 points and Abby Hannah hit a triple as South Point cut the deficit to 22-20 at the half.
Hall got 5 more points in the third quarter as Chesapeake extended its lead to 31-26.
Hall scored 11 points including 7-of-8 from the foul line and Murphy was 5-of-6 at the line in the fourth quarter. The Lady Panthers were 13-of-16 from the line in the quarter as each team scored 21 points.
Whitt hit a pair of 3-pointers, Lawson scored 6 points and Badgett added 5 points in the quarter. The Lady Pointers were just 3-of-10 from the line.
In league games on Monday, Chesapeake is at Rock Hill and South Point visits Portsmouth.
South Point       7    13    6    21    =    47
Chesapeake      10    12    9    21    =    52
SOUTH POINT (3-1, 1-1): Karli Davis 0 0 0-0 0, Haley Stapleton 0 0 1-2 1, Brooke Webb 2 0 0-0 4, Corrine Ferguson 1 0 0-0 2, Jozy Jones 3 0 1-2 7, Natalee Hall 7 0 8-9 22, Dominique Murphy 0 3 7-8 16. Totals: 13 3 17-21 52. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Jones.
CHESAPEAKE (3-0, 2-0): Emilee Whitt 1 3 0-0 11, Kate Mundy 5 0 2-5 12, Brooklyn Badgett 3 0 1-6 7, Leah Lawson 2 0 2-2 6, Emilee Carey 1 0 0-1 2, Madison Kearns 2 0 0-2 4, Maddy Khounlavong 0 0 0-0 0, Ashley Perkey 0 0 0-2 0, Abby Hannah 1 1 0-0 5. Totals: 15 4 5-18 47. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: None.