A drought of nearly 18 minutes without a field goal spelled doom for the Trigg County Lady Wildcats in a 47-23 loss in the final game of the Murray Bank Lady Tiger Classic on Friday.
The defensive effort was a welcome sight for Coach Greg Stephens after Trigg gave up 60 points or more in three of its previous five games.
However, Trigg County failed to hit 32 points for a seventh consecutive game.
“We went in and we restructured our offense this month. We took out the old, put the new in, and spent two weeks running it,” Stephens said. “That was part of what we were really frustrated with in the first game is we weren’t even running it. When we did run it, we were getting what we wanted.”
While the offense continues to go through growing pains and Stephens tries to find a reliable rotation, he’s confident the scoring total will increase after the calendar flips to 2024.
“I’m looking for us to start picking up better on offense and hopefully we’re getting to the rim a little bit more.”
One bright spot for the Lady Wildcats has been its recent free throw shooting. Entering the week shooting just 35% at the line, Trigg was 13 of 23 against Mayfield and 10 of 16 in a loss to Hopkins County Central earlier in the day.
However, the field goal drought was too much to overcome.
The Lady Wildcats trailed 13-8 after one quarter and saw the deficit grow to 34-14 before AJ Navarro ended the drought with a bucket at the 6:17 mark of the fourth quarter.
The eighth grader led the Lady Wildcats with 11 points and eight rebounds. Veyda Grinols added four points and a team-high 12 rebounds.
Mayfield got 24 points from Skylar Mandry and 13 from Lay Mayes, the daughter of former Trigg County All-State guard Anthony Mayes.
Trigg County fell to 0-4 all-time against Mayfield. The Lady Wildcats will play St. Mary in the fifth place game Saturday morning at 11:00. It will be the first matchup between the schools in four years.
| Mayfield 47, Trigg County 23 | ||||||||||||
| Mayfield (6-2) | ||||||||||||
| Skylar Mandry 6-11 12-14 24; Lay Mayes 6-13 0-0 13; Lex Feagin 2-10 0-0 6; Ally Creason 2-3 0-1 4; Keely Henson 0-2 0-0 0; DieNesha Sanders 0-3 0-0 0; Brooklyn Thomas 0-0 0-0 0; Camea Hunt 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 16-44 12-15 47. | ||||||||||||
| Trigg County (2-8) | ||||||||||||
| Ajalise Navarro 3-11 5-5 11; Veyda Grinols 1-11 2-10 4; Landi Rogers 0-0 3-4 3; Gabi McGee 1-4 0-0 2; Reese Bush 0-7 2-2 2; Alivia Norwood 0-0 0-0 0; Alexis Mayes 0-0 0-0 0; Totals 5-36 13-23 23. | ||||||||||||
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| 3-point goals-Mayfield 3-17 (Lex Feagin 2-8; Lay Mayes 1-3; Skylar Mandry 0-4; Keely Henson 0-2) , Trigg County 0-7 (Ajalise Navarro 0-3; Reese Bush 0-1; Evonna McGee 0-3) .
Rebounds-Mayfield 24 (DieNesha Sanders 5) , Trigg County 33 (Veyda Grinols 12) . Assists-Mayfield 3 (Keely Henson 1; Lex Feagin 1; Lay Mayes 1) , Trigg County 3 (Ajalise Navarro 2) . Total Fouls-Mayfield 14, Trigg County 13. |
Trigg County opened play in the Murray Bank Lady Tiger Classic with a 71-24 loss to Hopkins County Central.
Trigg fell behind 21-1 and never challenged after the game’s first six minutes.
Turnovers were Trigg’s biggest detractor with 28 leading to 34 Lady Storm points.
The Lady Wildcats shot just 24 percent from the field (6/25), while Hopkins County Central blistered the nets at 50 percent (28/56). Nearly one-third of the Lady Storm’s buckets came from five feet in.
AJ Navarro led the Lady Wildcats with eight points, and Veyda Grinols added seven points.
Hopkins Central put four players in double figures led by Addie Menser’s 17 points.
Hopkins County Central will play Todd County Central in Saturday’s championship.
| Hopkins County Central 71, Trigg County 24 | ||||||||||||
| Hopkins County Central (6-5) | ||||||||||||
| Addie Menser 7-12 0-0 17; Calajia Mason 6-10 3-6 16; Tyah White 5-7 2-3 12; Kenzleigh Harrison 3-8 4-5 11; Braylee Marsh 2-3 0-0 5; Tori Crick 2-7 0-0 4; JahShiyah White 2-5 0-0 4; J. Howard 1-1 0-1 2; Macy Cotton 0-0 0-0 0; Mariah Wilson 0-1 0-0 0; Lanyah Jiles 0-2 0-0 0; Totals 28-56 9-15 71. | ||||||||||||
| Trigg County (2-7) | ||||||||||||
| Ajalise Navarro 2-9 2-3 8; Veyda Grinols 3-4 1-3 7; Reese Bush 1-3 2-2 4; Landi Rogers 0-2 4-6 4; Evonna McGee 0-2 1-2 1; Alivia Norwood 0-2 0-0 0; Gabi McGee 0-1 0-0 0; Knyona Tyler 0-0 0-0 0; Alexis Mayes 0-2 0-0 0; Cali Jones 0-0 0-0 0; Grace Littlepage 0-0 0-0 0; Totals 6-25 10-16 24. | ||||||||||||
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| 3-point goals-Hopkins County Central 6-13 (Addie Menser 3-5; Calajia Mason 1-1; Kenzleigh Harrison 1-4; Braylee Marsh 1-1; Tori Crick 0-2) , Trigg County 2-9 (Ajalise Navarro 2-7; Evonna McGee 0-1; Landi Rogers 0-1) .
Fouled out–Hopkins County Central-Tori Crick, Trigg County-None. Rebounds-Hopkins County Central 28 (JahShiyah White 5) , Trigg County 25 (Alexis Mayes 4) . Assists-Hopkins County Central 12 (Kenzleigh Harrison 5) , Trigg County 4 (Ajalise Navarro 2) . Total Fouls-Hopkins County Central 15, Trigg County 13. |
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