Marshall County and Calloway County tipped off in Murray on Friday in the final regular season district game for both teams and the Lady Lakers 57-40 win was the first for a 4th District opponent over Marshall County since March 5, 2019 when they lost to Murray in the First Region championship game.
It was also the Lady Lakers first win over the Lady Marshals in 15 games dating back to January 4, 2019.
After splitting their regular season games, they are tied in 4th District standings with records of 5-1. Overall, Calloway County improves to 21-5 while the Lady Marshals record is 17-6. A blind drawing will now determine the number one seed at the district meeting on Wednesday.
Calloway County controlled the game from the start after jumping out to a 9-0 lead. A basket by Kenzlee Terry put the Lady Marshals on the board but they would manage just one more point from the free throw line and trailed 18-3 at the end of the quarter.
Skylar Waller left the game in the first quarter with an injury and the Lady Marshals played the remainder of the game without their leading scorer.
They trimmed the Lady Lakers lead by one after outscoring them 10-9 in the second quarter behind four points each from Chevelle Henson and Eden Sandlin and two points from Rylan Darnall. Calloway County sophomore Sayler Lowe was a force for the Lady Lakers in the first half with 16 points to lead them to a 27-13 lead at halftime.
Calloway County’s took a 24-point lead, their largest of the game, late in the third quarter. Darnall finished the quarter with her second three pointer in the half but they trailed by 21 points at 42-21.
The Lady Marshals outscored Calloway County by four in the fourth quarter but the deficit was too much to overcome. Terry and Sandlin scored four each along with eighth grader Jessica Reed with her first two varsity baskets. Darnall hit two more threes in the quarter to finish with four and led the Lady Marshals in scoring with 13.
Lowe finished with 22 points for Calloway County.
The Lady Marshals will play at Mayfield (13-7) Saturday at 2:00.
Marshall 3 10 8 19 – 40
Calloway 18 9 15 15 – 57
Marshall (17-6): Rylan Darnall 13, Kenzlee Terry 8, Eden Sandlin 8, Chevelle Henson 4, Jessica Reed 4, Addi Wall 2, Izzy Washburn 1
Calloway (21-5): Sayler Lowe 22, Jaidan Koch 11, Madison Futrell 8, Olivia Perkins 8, Jaycee Crouch 8