It was sweep for the Lady Marshals in this week’s FNB Marshall County Holiday Classic at Reed Conder Gymnasium. Three wins over two days began with a 57-37 win over Hancock County on Tuesday and two wins on Wednesday 73-43 over Christian County and a 58-37 win over Union County.
Skylar Waller’s 18-point game led the Lady Marshals in the win over Hancock County. Waller had 12 points in the first quarter which included three 3-pointers to fuel a 14-4 first quarter lead.
Coming into the second half up 28-15, the Lady Marshals blew the game wide open in the third quarter, outscoring Hancock County 19-3.
Marshall 14 14 19 10 – 57
Hancock 4 11 3 19 – 37
Marshall: Skylar Waller 18, Kenzlee Terry 6, Laken Schroader 6, Chevelle Henson 6, Addi Wall 6, Harli English 5, Amelia Boone 3, Rylee Teague 3, Eden Sandlin 2
Marshall: FG 18/49, FT 9/22, FT 12/19, Reb 24
Hancock: Ella House 12, Sophia Newby 11, Carolina Jones 5, Layni Roberts 4, Allyson McCormick 3, Ansley House 2
Two games on Thursday in the FNB Marshall County Holiday Classic began with a 10:00 a.m. game against Christian County. Waller put up another 18 points to lead the Lady Marshals in their 73-43 win. Kenzlee Terry and Laken Schroader each finished with 13 points.
They scored the first 15 points of the game before the Lady Colonels got on the board and went on to stretch out an early 24-point lead at 27-3 to end the first quarter. Lake Schroader led in the quarter with nine points.
Christian County found some offense in the second quarter and equaled the Lady Marshals scoring. Both teams added 10 more points and the Lady Marshals halftime lead was 37-13.
Waller scored 13 of the Lady Marshals 18 third quarter points. The Lady Colonels scored 19 with six each coming from Lazarie Daniel and NeVaeh Day and they trimmed the lead by one point at 55-32.
Six different players combined for 18 fourth quarter points for the Lady Marshals on their way to picking up the 30-point win.
The Lady Marshals were an impressive 19-of-21 at the free throw line and hit six 3-pointers led by Waller with two.
Marshall 27 10 18 18 – 73
Christian 3 10 19 11 – 43
Marshall: Skylar Waller 18, Kenzlee Terry 13, Laken Schroader 13, Chevelle Henson 7, Addi Wall 7, Rylee Teague 5, Harli English 5, Amelia Boone 3, Rylan Darnell 2
Marshall: FG 24/55, 3PT 6/26, FT 19/21 (Waller 8/8, Terry 4/4), Reb 33 (Schroader 8)
Christian: Anaysia Bagwell 16, NeVaeh Day 10, Lazarie Daniel 8, Carliah Hobson 6, Genesis McGee 2, DEbony Anderson 1
The Lady Marshals ended their successful day Thursday with another win over Union County. Three in double figures helped lead them to a 58-37 win to improve their record to 8-2. Chevelle Henson led the scoring with 17 points followed by Waller with 15 and Terry with 12.
Henson scored 13 of her 17 points in the first quarter to give the Lady Marshals an 18-9 lead. Waller dropped in two of her five 3-pointers in the game in the second quarter to help push the Lady Marshals lead to 35-17 at halftime.
Terry led the third quarter scoring with six points and they were up 51-24 going into the fourth. A three from Waller, a basket by Henson and two free throws by Addi Wall rounded out the scoring in the 21-point win.
Marshall 18 17 16 7 – 58
Union 9 8 7 13 – 37
Marshall (8-2): Chevelle Henson 17, Skylar Waller 15, Kenzlee Terry 12, Eden Sandlin 5, Harli English 3, Laken Schroader 2, Izzy Washburn 2, Addi Wall 2
Marshall: FG 23/50, 3PT 7/26 (Waller 5), FT 5/6, Reb 19
Union (6-3): Lillian Goodloe 11, Dana Curry 9, Paige Steward 8, Annie Beaven 4, Jaci Curry 3, Bri Bell 1, Candence Coker 1
