Trigg County shook off a slow start Monday to defeat Kenwood, Tenn. 51-31 at Wildcat Gym in the first-ever basketball matchup between the schools.
The Lady Wildcats made just 2-of-14 shots in the first quarter and 7-of-29 for the first half. Trigg took the lead for good on an Olivia Noffsinger 3-pointer and bucket by Kara Hyde to go up 12-10 with 2:58 left in the second quarter.
The Lady Wildcats held Kenwood to a pair of second quarter field goals and took a 16-12 lead into halftime.
The shots that weren’t falling for Trigg County in the first half began to drop in the third quarter as the Lady Wildcats hit 8-of-16 shots – three of those triples – to build a 36-20 lead.
Trigg County shot 48-percent in the second half and outrebounded Kenwood 36-30.
Noffsinger led Trigg with 20 points, nine rebounds, and five assists. Hyde added a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds as eight Lady Wildcats scored.
Yazmine Pearson scored 16 of Kenwood’s first 17 points and finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds.
Trigg County will play at Dawson Springs Friday.
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| Kenwood (1-10) |
| Yazmine Pearson 8-20 3-4 19; NeVaeh Mann 1-9 1-3 4; Nyla Murphy 1-6 1-2 3; Bri Rice 1-3 0-0 3; Kennedy Galimore 1-6 0-0 2; Alesha Williams 0-5 0-0 0; DeArianna Terrell 0-2 0-0 0; Kaydence Stull 0-1 0-0 0; Tuti Bradley 0-0 0-0 0; Ja’Mya Stubbs 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 12-53 5-9 31. |
| Trigg County (5-8) |
| Olivia Noffsinger 7-19 1-2 20; Kara Hyde 4-13 0-0 10; Landi Rogers 2-2 1-2 5; Lillian McKelvey 2-4 1-2 5; Audrey Alexander 2-5 0-0 4; Reese Bush 1-2 1-1 3; Evonna McGee 1-5 0-2 2; Tajah Grubbs 1-6 0-0 2; Aliviah Norwood 0-0 0-0 0; Totals 20-56 4-9 51. |
| 3-point goals-Kenwood 2-20 (NeVaeh Mann 1-4; Bri Rice 1-3; Kennedy Galimore 0-3; Alesha Williams 0-4; Nyla Murphy 0-2; DeArianna Terrell 0-1; Yazmine Pearson 0-2; Kaydence Stull 0-1) , Trigg County 7-31 (Olivia Noffsinger 5-13; Kara Hyde 2-8; Reese Bush 0-1; Evonna McGee 0-4; Tajah Grubbs 0-3; Audrey Alexander 0-2) .
Fouled out–Kenwood-None, Trigg County-None. Rebounds-Kenwood 30 (Yazmine Pearson 13) , Trigg County 36 (Kara Hyde 10) . Assists-Kenwood 4 (Kennedy Galimore 2) , Trigg County 15 (Olivia Noffsinger 5) . Total Fouls-Kenwood 9, Trigg County 8. |
