Lady Dragons hit 19 3-pointers in easy win
Published 12:23 am Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com
PROCTORVILLE — Bombs away!
Hitting 19 3-point goals and shooting 51 percent from behind the arc, the Fairland Lady Dragons rolled past the Coal Grove Lady Hornets 86-43 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday.
Leading the long-range shooting was Emily Chapman who hit 6-of-10 shots from the arc and scored 22 points. Harley Lyons scored 18 points as she made five 3-pointers and Alesha Simpson made three 3-pointers for nine points.
Emma Marshall hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored 11 points while Allie Marshall scored 12 points and had one 3-pointer.
Fairland moved a step closer to clinching the OVC title with the win. The Lady Dragons are 9-0 in the league and 15-2 overall.
Coal Grove (11-4, 6-3) was led by Emily Compliment with 14 points and five rebounds.
Fairland went on a 10-0 run to begin the game. Addie Dillow hit a 3-pointer and Kasey Murphy made a foul shot to get Coal Grove within 10-5.
Chapman hit a 3-pointer and Fairland led 13-5 at the end of the quarter.
The Lady Dragons hit four 3-pointers and opened up a 31-9 lead at the 2:58 mark of the second quarter.
A 3-pointer and two foul shots by Chapman and a 3-pointer by Simpson made it 45-16. Compliment hit two foul shots to end the half and it was 42-16.
Emma Marshall’s basket with 1:02 left in the third quarter gave Fairland a 67-29 lead. The Lady Hornets’ Jaidyn Griffith hit two foul shots and it was 67-31.
On Thursday, Coal Grove hosts Gallipolis and Fairland goes to South Point.
Coal Grove 5 11 15 12 = 43
Fairland 13 32 22 19 = 86
COAL GROVE (11-4, 6-3): Addie Dillow 2 1 0-0 7, Halie Frazier 0 0 0-0 0, Emily Compliment 3 1 2-2 14, Makayla Daniels 0 0 0-0 0, Kasey Murphy 1 0 6-7 8, Destiny Dolen 0 0 4-4 4, Jaidyn Griffith 1 0 2-2 4, Emileigh Bryant 3 0 0-1 6. Totals: 13-38 14-16 43. 3-pt goals: 3-8. Rebounds: 8-O, 14-D = 22 (Dillow 5, Compliment 5, Dolen 5). Assists: 6 (Dillow 2, Compliment 2). Steals: 1 (Dillow). Turnovers: 17. Fouls: 6. Fouled out: None.
FAIRLAND (15-2, 9-0): Emma Marshall 2 2 1-1 11, Harley Lyons 0 5 3-3 18, Taylar Wilson 2 0 0-0 4, Emily Chapman 0 6 4-4 22, Allie Marshall 4 1 1-2 12, Kelsie Warnock 1 0 0-0 2, Brittany Thompson 0 0 0-0 0, Katie Brumfield 0 0 0-0 0, Jenna Stone 1 2 0-0 8, Mia Howard 0 0 0-0 0, Alesha Simpson 0 3 0-0 9, Kirsten Orsbon 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 29-53 9-10 86. 3-pt goals: 19-37. 3-pt goals: 19-37. Rebounds: 10-O, 15-D = 25 (A. Marshall 5, E. Marshall 4, Simpson 4). Assists: 23 (Chapman 6, Warnock 5). Steals: 11 (Simpson 4). Turnovers: 12. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None.