Winning their third straight game to improve to 10-6, Marshall County beat Paducah Tilghman 71-37 in Tuesday’s home game. Led by Cayson Conner with 16 points, three players joined Conner in double-figures including Jada Driver and Halle Langhi both with 13 points and Presley Jezik added 12.
After falling behind 4-0 to start the game, a basket by Driver and a 3-pointer from Jezik put the Lady Marshals up 5-4. A basket by Eleese Anderson put Tilghman back up by one and at bucket by Layne Pea at 3:45 in the quarter put the Lady Marshals up 7-6 and they never trailed again the remainder of the game.
An 18-10 lead going into the second quarter stretched out to 40-18 at halftime, the Lady Marshals 22 points in the quarter spread around by Conner and Langhi with six a piece, four by Jezik and a basket each from Driver, Jordyn Reed and Georgia Hall.
The Lady Marshals out-scored the Lady Tornados 21-11 in the third quarter. Driver dropped in seven followed by Conner with five, Langhi added four, Jezik three and Hannah Riley with two points to lead 61-29. Diamond Gray scored five of Tilghman’s 11 points in the quarter.
A three from Riley in the fourth quarter matched their largest lead of the game at 71-34 before Tilghman finished out the scoring on free throws from Synia Shaw Laster and Kiarri Jackson.
Two big tests are up next with a home game against Graves County (12-2) on Friday and Saturday at 2:30 they will tip-off against the #2 ranked Simon Kenton Lady Pioneers (17-2).
Paducah Tilghman 11 18 29 37
Marshall County 18 40 61 71
Scoring:
Paducah Tilghman: Eleese Anderson 8, Dasia Garland 6, Diamond Gray 5, Abigail Wurth 5, Tyonia Talley 5, Kiarri Jackson 3, Quiniyah Shumpert 3, Rosie Minter 1, Serenity McCoy 1
Marshall County: Cayson Conner 16, Jada Driver 13, Halle Langhi 13, Presley Jezik 12, Layne Pea 6, Hannah Riley 5, Jordyn Reed 4, Georgia Hall 2
