Cayson Conner’s 22 points and Halle Langhi’s 20 led the Lady Marshals to an opening round regional tournament win over Carlisle County. Their 69-27 win over the Lady Comets puts them in Friday’s semi-final game against McCracken County, a 67-41 winner over Mayfield in the second game on Monday.
After an opening basket by Langhi, the next nine points came from Conner for an 11-2 Lady Marshals lead. Layne Pea dropped in a three for a 14-2 lead before Carlisle County’s Kierra Whitaker scored. Whitaker had all four of the Lady Comets first quarter points. Jada Driver, Pea and Conner scored the next six to put the Lady Marshals up 20-4 to end the quarter.
Langhi and Pea put the Lady Marshals up 24-4 before a three from Alexis Hall stopped the 10-0 run. Another 8-0 run put Marshall County up 32-7 on their way to a 38-14 halftime lead behind 17 first half points from Conner.
They extended their lead to 58-22 in the third quarter which kicked in the running clock and kept Carlisle County out of the scoring column in the fourth quarter on their way to a 42 point win.
Marshall County (22-9) will meet McCracken County (23-9) in the 6:00 semi-final game Friday. They split their regular season games this season. The Lady Marshals beat the Lady Mustangs 61-43 in the first round of last year’s regional tournament.
Carlisle County 4 14 27 27
Marshall County 20 38 58 69
Scoring
Carlisle County: Kierra Whitaker 8, Malle McGee 5, Alexis Hall 5, Maddison Wright 4, Tristen Tyler 3, Taylor Owens 2
Marshall County: Cayson Conner 22, Halle Langhi 20, Layne Pea 12, Jada Driver 4, Mia Teague 3, Hannah Riley 2, Maddie Darnall 2, Jordyn Reed 2, Leah Vincek 2
Carlisle County: FG 10/34, 3 Pt 1/9, FT 6/8, Reb 17, Ast 4, TO 15, PF 10
Marshall County: FG 30/57, 3 Pt 4/14, FT 5/6, Reb 31, Ast 5, TO 11, PF 4
