Holiday basketball action picked up again on Thursday with the Lady Cougars taking on the Madisonville-North Hopkins Lady Maroons in an opening round game in the Lady Storm/United Mine Workers of America Classic, being played at Hopkins County Central. The Lady Cougars led just once in the game and suffered a 64-33 loss to drop to 5-5 on the season.
The Lady Maroons got scoring from 10 different players, led by junior forward Courtney Peyton, who led all scorers with 24 points. Freshman Camryn LaGrange had 12 points, while senior Graci Arnold added 11.
Junior Laura Vincent led the Lady Cougars with 10 points and seven rebounds.
A three-pointer from Bailey Snyder at the 5:09 mark of the first quarter put the Lady Cougars in front 6-4. That would be Grayson County’s only lead of the game. The Lady Maroons outscored the Lady Cougars 20-9 the rest of the period, and led 24-15 heading into the second period.
The Lady Maroons then used an 11-0, second period run to increase their lead to 16 points, 36-20 at the half. A 10-0 run in the third quarter increased the deficit to 26 points, 49-23 with 3:50 left in the third quarter. Madisonville led by 14, 51-27 heading into the final period of play.
Rachael Snyder scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds. Kenzie Renfrow added six points and four rebounds, while Bailey Snyder had three points. Three players, Jenna Nash, Brianna Dennis and Alexis Back all scored two points to complete the scoring. For Back, a transfer student from Oklahoma, it was her first points as a Lady Cougar.
The Lady Cougars are scheduled to play the host Hopkins County Central Lady Storm (6-6) Thursday afternoon at 4:30 p.m.
By Don Brown, Local Sports
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