The Todd County Central girls’ basketball team started brightly Thursday night, leading after the first quarter and only trailing by 4 at the halftime break, but couldn’t maintain its first-half performance in a 52-35 loss to visiting Logan County.
The Lady Rebels slip to 1-5 in 13th-District play, and 3-16 overall. Logan County improves to 15-8, 5-1 against district competition.
Paige Rager scored 5 first-quarter points to help the Lady Rebels to a 14-10 advantage after the first quarter.
Amy Brumfield began the second quarter with a steal and a layup, but the Lady Rebels only managed 3 more points before halftime. The Lady Cougars scored 13 to take a 23-19 lead at the break.
Todd County started slowly in the second half, being outscored 16-5 in the third quarter. Sarah Hale led the charge for the Lady Cougars with 7 points, while Paige Vanzant added 6.
Logan County stretched the lead to 21 after a Hale 3-pointer with just over 5 minutes to play, before going on to a 52-35 victory.
Brumfield was the only Lady Rebel in double figures with 16, including 6 in the fourth quarter. Rager finished with 6.
Hale scored 12 in the second half to lead the Lady Cougars with 16. Vanzant and Kennedy Nichols both scored 10.
