Givens hits late triple to lift Warriors to a 30-29 win
Adena's Brytan Givens broke the tie with her second triple of the afternoon. The sophomore knocked it down from the right corner - a shot that later proved to be the game-winner.
Down 30-27, Huntington cut the Adena lead to one at 30-29 when Mika Bowles scored on a nice backside, high-low assist from Megan Fultz. A couple possessions later with the score still at 30-29, Huntington went back inside and had a great chance to take the lead with 10 seconds remaining, but was unable to convert. The rebound was knocked out of bounds by Adena, so with a little over nine seconds remaining, Huntington had a chance to run an out-of-bounds underneath for the win.
This is where the coaching chess match started to unfold. Following a Huntington timeout, Adena answered with a timeout after seeing how Huntington lined up.
On the final play, a great denial from Adena forced Huntington to enter the ball a little bit wider than they had hoped. This forced Huntington towards the sideline and forced them to never really get into the set that they wanted to run. They were able to force up a late shot, but the attempt missed short at the buzzer.
On the day, Ashley Jordan scored 14 points, grabbed 9 boards, and blocked 2 shots. Givens added 10 points. Bridgette Neighbors led Huntington with 8 points - all in the second half. Mika Bowles also scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds. Madison Vickers scored six points and recorded a team-high eight rebounds while Megan Fultz scored six points, grabbed four rebounds, and dished out three assists.
Adena survives to keep pace with Unioto. The Warriors will meet the Lady Shermans next Saturday, but will first travel to Westfall Tuesday night. For Huntington, they will travel to Zane Trace Tuesday night to complete the first round of SVC play.
Ten Tanks score in 71-30 win over PV
The win comes a day after Piketon completed its Pike County Holiday Tournament championship, and the Lady Redstreaks improve their overall record to 6-4.
For Southeastern in the loss, Olivia Arledge scored 18 points. Catherine Dresbach added 12 points, seven rebounds, and four assits.
It was back to business as usual for the run-away freight train otherwise known as the Unioto Lady Sherman Tanks basketball team, steamrolling the Paint Valley Lady Bearcats 71-30 in Frenchtown Saturday.
The win puts the 9-0 Tanks alone atop the Scioto Valley Conference at 6-0.
For Unioto Coach Cyndy Driggs, the triumph was her 199th in school history, placing her only six beyond retired boys coach Ron Lovely for winningest varsity coach ever at UHS.
Ten different Tanks marked in the scoring column, led by senior Shiann Ray and freshman Erin Bane with 12 points apiece. Senior Taylor Corcoran and junior Chloe Cottrill added nine points each and sophomore Mackenzie Arledge tallied eight.
Ray led with four steals and four assists. Junior Liza Elliott led all rebounders with five.
For Paint Valley, (3-6, 1-5 SVC), senior Erica Barker led with 10 points and sophomore Abbie Walls added eight.
The Tanks roll into Piketon Thursday to try and finish the first round of conference action unbeaten. Meanwhile, Paint Valley visits Southeastern on Thursday.
For Westfall in the loss, Makenzie Wippel scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds. Jess Shannon added five points for the Lady Mustangs.