Miami Trace stays undefeated; defeats Hillsboro
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
The undefeated, state-ranked and South Central Ohio League-leading Miami Trace Lady Panthers visited Hillsboro Wednesday night and left Highland County with a strong win. MT defeated the host Lady Indians by a 65-28 score for their 14th win of the season.
Miami Trace — who is 14-0 overall and 10-0 in the SCOL, along with being ranked 14th in the state — started off slow against the Hillsboro Lady Indians, with HHS scoring the first points of the game off a jumper from Lana Grover. Later, with 6:53 left in the quarter, Grover knocked down a 3-pointer for a 5-3 HHS advantage.
Miami Trace tied the score with 6:09 left in the quarter and from there never relinquished the lead, eventually outscoring HHS 19-7 in the first quarter.
HHS (2-8, 2-12) was held to six points in the second quarter with Mckenzie Cosby snapping a 15-0 scoring run by the Lady Panthers, which began at the 3:36 mark of the first frame and ended with Cosby’s two points at the 6:58 mark of the second frame. MT went on another scoring run, this time at 10-0 for a 33-9 advantage with 3:40 left in the first half. HHS broke the scoring up with a layup by Sydney Bobbitt with 3:35 left in the second frame.
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The Lady Indians didn’t score again in the second quarter until the 57.6 mark when Kayden Watson knocked down a 3-pointer to finalize the second-frame scoring for both teams, with HHS trailing at halftime, 41-13.
MT outscored the Lady Indians, 18-3 in the third quarter with Hillsboro’s lone field goal coming with the scoreboard reading 7:03 as Kaley Burns sank a 3-pointer. By the time the third frame ended, HHS trailed by a 59-16 score.
HHS scored 12 points in the fourth quarter with Madi Marsh, Kelsey Burns, Watson and Karleigh Hopkins all combining for the scoring in the final eight minutes. In that scoring, Watson sank a 3-pointer with 3:47 left in regulation.
The Lady Indians were led in scoring by Marsh with six points, followed by Watson and Grover with five points each. Kaley Burns finished with three points, while Cosby, Bobbitt, Hopkins and Riley Moberly each scored two points in the loss. Rounding out the scoring was Kelsey Burns with one point.
The Lady Panthers were led in scoring by Tanner Bryant with 16 points, including seven two-point field goals and a 2-of-2 night from the free-throw line. Also for MT, Hanna Reisinger and Shaylee McDonald each scored 11 points, with Reisinger sinking three 3-pointers.
For the game, MT totaled five 3-pointers and went 6-of-9 from the free throw line to go with their 22 two-point field goals. HHS totaled seven two-point baskets, three 3-pointers and were 5-of-8 from the free-throw line.
In JV play, the Lady Indians won over Miami Trace, 32-28. HHS was led by Watson with 10 points, and MT was led by Becca Ratliff with 13 points.
Next for Hillsboro is a Saturday non-conference game at Western Brown.
Miami Trace — who is 14-0 overall and 10-0 in the SCOL, along with being ranked 14th in the state — started off slow against the Hillsboro Lady Indians, with HHS scoring the first points of the game off a jumper from Lana Grover. Later, with 6:53 left in the quarter, Grover knocked down a 3-pointer for a 5-3 HHS advantage.
Miami Trace tied the score with 6:09 left in the quarter and from there never relinquished the lead, eventually outscoring HHS 19-7 in the first quarter.
HHS (2-8, 2-12) was held to six points in the second quarter with Mckenzie Cosby snapping a 15-0 scoring run by the Lady Panthers, which began at the 3:36 mark of the first frame and ended with Cosby’s two points at the 6:58 mark of the second frame. MT went on another scoring run, this time at 10-0 for a 33-9 advantage with 3:40 left in the first half. HHS broke the scoring up with a layup by Sydney Bobbitt with 3:35 left in the second frame.
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The Lady Indians didn’t score again in the second quarter until the 57.6 mark when Kayden Watson knocked down a 3-pointer to finalize the second-frame scoring for both teams, with HHS trailing at halftime, 41-13.
MT outscored the Lady Indians, 18-3 in the third quarter with Hillsboro’s lone field goal coming with the scoreboard reading 7:03 as Kaley Burns sank a 3-pointer. By the time the third frame ended, HHS trailed by a 59-16 score.
HHS scored 12 points in the fourth quarter with Madi Marsh, Kelsey Burns, Watson and Karleigh Hopkins all combining for the scoring in the final eight minutes. In that scoring, Watson sank a 3-pointer with 3:47 left in regulation.
The Lady Indians were led in scoring by Marsh with six points, followed by Watson and Grover with five points each. Kaley Burns finished with three points, while Cosby, Bobbitt, Hopkins and Riley Moberly each scored two points in the loss. Rounding out the scoring was Kelsey Burns with one point.
The Lady Panthers were led in scoring by Tanner Bryant with 16 points, including seven two-point field goals and a 2-of-2 night from the free-throw line. Also for MT, Hanna Reisinger and Shaylee McDonald each scored 11 points, with Reisinger sinking three 3-pointers.
For the game, MT totaled five 3-pointers and went 6-of-9 from the free throw line to go with their 22 two-point field goals. HHS totaled seven two-point baskets, three 3-pointers and were 5-of-8 from the free-throw line.
In JV play, the Lady Indians won over Miami Trace, 32-28. HHS was led by Watson with 10 points, and MT was led by Becca Ratliff with 13 points.
Next for Hillsboro is a Saturday non-conference game at Western Brown.