Skylar Waller’s assist to Jada Driver for a lay in opened the game and the Lady Marshals were off and running in their 66-22 district win over Murray on Senior Night. Driver finished with 25 points, 23 coming in the first half which included five 3-pointers.
Driver’s 13 points in the first quarter led the Lady Marshals to a 21-4 lead. Three straight 3-pointers from Driver, Waller and Halle Langhi to open the second quarter followed by another basket by Waller capped off a 20-0 run and a 32-4 lead. Murray stopped the run with a 3-pointer from Jade Oakley.
Leading 42-11 to start the second half, the Lady Marshals held Murray to five points in the third quarter and the lead grew by 14 behind a six-point quarter from Waller to stretch it out to 40 points at 56-16 to close out the third. They out-scored Murray 10-6 in fourth quarter to finish out the 44-point win.
The Lady Marshals improve to 4-0 in the 4th District and will look to go 5-0 when they play at Christian Fellowship on Thursday.
Marshall 21 21 14 10 – 66
Murray 4 7 5 6 – 22
Marshall (14-5): Driver 25, Waller 15, Langhi 14, Boone 3, Washburn 3, Teague 3, Northcott 2, Hall 1
Murray (4-15): Daughrity 6, Kindle 4, English 3, Oakley 3, Smith 2, Darnell 2, Downey 2
Marshall: FG 25/46, 3 PT 9/15 (Driver 5), FT 7/10 (Waller 4/4), REB 16 (Langhi 7)
