Second Half Spurt Propels Lady Colonels Past Muhlenberg

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The Christian County girls’ basketball team used a big third-quarter run to take control on the way to a 62-44 victory over visiting Muhlenberg County on Senior Night in Colonel Gym on Thursday.  The Lady Colonels honored seniors Ashanti Banks, Treliyah Thomas, Trinity McGee, Serenity Shemwell, and Amari Brown, improving to 4-2 in the process with a trip to Trigg County coming up on Friday.

Christian County held the Lady Mustangs scoreless through almost the first six minutes of the game but only managed 4 points over that span.  The lead was 10-3 after NeVaeh Day scored on a putback, but Muhlenberg’s Alyssa Browning scored down low with five seconds left for a 10-5 score.

Trinity McGee put back her own miss to put the Lady Colonels up 16-10, but Aven Proffitt answered with a 3-pointer for the Lady Mustangs.  Amari Brown knocked down a 3 to give Christian County its first double-digit advantage at 23-13, but Muhlenberg’s Macy Fields connected from deep in the final seconds of the half and the Lady Colonels had to settle for a 7-point edge at the break.

Christian County took control in the third, outscoring the Lady Mustangs by 12 behind 10 points from Mikayah Killebrew.  A Brown layup restored the Lady Colonels’ 10-point lead midway through the quarter and they closed on a 12-3 run.  Killebrew scored the last six points on three layups for a 48-29 score.

Muhlenberg pulled to within 13 twice over the final eight minutes, but the Lady Colonels were never threatened.  The final margin could have been a lot larger, but Christian County only made 3/10 free throws in the fourth quarter.

Muhlenberg County          5    13    11    15 — 44

Christian County              10   15    23    14 — 62

Muhlenberg County (1-4) — Boggess 14, Lynn 9, Noffsinger 7, Browning 5, Proffitt 3, Fields 3, Vinson 3

Christian County (4-2) — Killebrew 14, Brown 12, Shemwell 11, Bagwell 7, Catlett-Watkins 6, Day 6, McGee 6

 

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