Heading into the final week of their regular season, the Lady Marshals will shift their focus to post-season play with the 4th District Tournament getting underway the week of March 15 at Murray State’s CFSB Center. The remaining games include a home game on Tuesday against Murray (8-6) and an afternoon game on Saturday at Southwestern (14-3). They are currently looking for a Friday opponent while in the area before Saturday’s game at Southwestern.
Currently #1 in KHSAA’s RPI rankings and #3 in Dave Cantrall’s Herald-Leader state ratings, the Lady Marshals improved to 17-1 with Saturday’s 58-34 win over McLean County (9-5).
Cayson Conner led in scoring with 21 points along with Layne Pea’s 18 and Sophie Galloway with 10. Conner was perfect from the free throw line going 5/5 as well as beyond the arc at 2/2. Pea was 3/6 from 3-point range.
They led 19-6 at the end of the first quarter but held to just five second quarter points, those coming from Gabbi Lovett and a 3-pointer by Pea to lead 24-12 at halftime.
Pea opened the second half with a 3-pointer and the scoring was back on track, the Lady Marshals putting up 18 points in the third quarter to lead by 23 going into the final eight minutes and they held that same margin at the final buzzer.
The Lady Cougars were led in scoring by senior Bailei Walker with 16 points.
Marshall 19 5 18 16 – 58
McLean 6 6 7 16 – 35
Marshall: Conner 21, Pea 18, Galloway 10, Jezik 5, Lovett 2, Northcott 2
Marshall: FG 21/48, 3 Pt 6/18, FT 10/20, Reb 23
McLean: Walker 16, Rush-Owen 8, McMahon 5, Blades 3, Patterson 2, Owens 1