Lady Mustangs split recent games

The Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs split their past two games, defeating Manchester on Thursday and falling to Wheelersburg on Saturday.

In the loss on Saturday, LC lost by a 61-41 score to Wheelersburg, being outscored 18-6 in the first frame and 13-12 in the second for a halftime deficit of 31-18.

In the second half, WHS won the third at 16-10, and in the fourth, LC lost the quarter, 14-13.

Ali Little led the Lady Mustangs with 14 points, along with eight rebounds, four blocked shots, one assist and one steal.

Morgan Fittro finished with eight points, while McKayla Binkley totaled six points and Hannah Binkley scored five points. Each Binkley sank one 3-pointer.

Also for LC, Lexi Waits, Vanessa Thiel and Emily Roush each scored two points.

For the game, LC was 5-of-7 from the free-throw line.

On Thursday, LC defeated Manchester, 81-55.

In this game at LCHS, Little had a double-double with 25 points and 14 rebounds, along with five blocked shots and four steals.

Hannah Binkley totaled 19 points, and McKayla Binkley finished with 13 points.

Against MHS, LC led the first frame, 29-11, followed by a second quarter where each team scored 17 points.

With a 46-28 halftime lead, LC outscored MHS 12-9 in the third and 23-18 in the final eight minutes.

Also scoring points for LC were Thiel (8), Waits (7), Fittro (5) and Madison Wills (4). Wills also had nine rebounds, while Hannah and McKayla Binkley each had six boards.

LC went 13-of-15 from the free-throw line, while grabbing a team total of 45 rebounds.