A pair of acronyms could be used to describe Caldwell County’s 72-35 win over the Trigg County Lady Wildcats on Monday.
For the Lady Tigers, the game was about ‘TCOB’ – taking care of business. In snapping a two-game skid, Caldwell County jumped out to an 11-0 lead and built it to 19-1 as they held the Lady Wildcats without a field goal for the first 10 minutes of the game.
Brylee Butts scored 11 points in the first quarter as Caldwell hit 7-of-14 shots and built a 21-4 lead after the first frame.
For the Lady Wildcats, the game was about ‘SOS’ – same old story. Trigg County managed just five shots in the first quarter as 10 turnovers led to 16 Caldwell County points. Trigg came into the game averaging 24 turnovers a game and giving up 24 points off those miscues a contest.
Against Caldwell, it was 31 turnovers and 43 Lady Tiger points in return and it turned into too big of a hole for the Lady Wildcats to climb out of.
After Trigg County cut the deficit to 31-16 at halftime, Caldwell pushed the lead to 53-26 after three quarters.
Caldwell hit 22 of its 37 shots from 2-point range and outscored Trigg 40-18 in the paint.
Butts finished with 19 points and six rebounds, while Tink Clark scored 15 points in 16 minutes of action.
Eleven players scored for Caldwell County who shot 44% from the field and came up with 20 steals.
Veyda Grinols notched a double-double for Trigg County with 15 points and 14 rebounds. Reese Bush scored six points and was held without a field goal as Caldwell made it a point to closely guard Trigg’s leading scorer for most of the contest. AJ Navarro hit two of Trigg’s three 3-pointers and also scored six points.
Caldwell County improved to 10-12 and has already surpassed last year’s win total by two. They get a 6th District twin bill later this week when they play at Union County on Thursday and host Webster County on Friday.
Trigg County (6-18) has already doubled its win total from last year and will host Dawson Springs on Thursday.
| Caldwell County 72, Trigg County 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Caldwell County (10-12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brylee Butts 8-15 2-2 19; Tink Clark 5-11 3-4 15; Morgan Aikins 2-6 4-6 8; Med Thomas 3-9 0-0 7; Ke’Darriah Thompson 2-3 3-6 7; Lilly Gobin 1-4 2-4 4; Bella Hawkins 2-3 0-0 4; Audrey McCoy 1-2 1-2 3; Paisley Hooks 1-1 0-0 2; Jada Alexander 1-1 0-0 2; Davani Williams 0-1 1-2 1; Benashka Thomas 0-0 0-0 0; Grace Watson 0-1 0-0 0; Kiya Sears 0-0 0-0 0; Aliyaa Shearer 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 26-58 16-26 72. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trigg County (6-18) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Veyda Grinols 7-9 1-3 15; AJ Navarro 2-10 0-0 6; Reese Bush 0-11 6-13 6; Gabbi McGee 1-4 0-0 3; Alexis Mayes 1-1 1-2 3; Alivia Norwood 1-3 0-0 2; Knyona Tyler 0-1 0-0 0; Emma Rogers 0-0 0-0 0; Kyra Adams 0-0 0-0 0; KK Dixon 0-0 0-0 0; Aniya Dawson 0-0 0-0 0; Lilly Turner 0-0 0-0 0; Totals 12-39 8-18 35. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 3-point goals – Caldwell County 4-21 (Tink Clark 2-6; Med Thomas 1-3; Brylee Butts 1-6; Morgan Aikins 0-3; Aliyaa Shearer 0-1; Lilly Gobin 0-1; Davani Williams 0-1), Trigg County 3-15 (AJ Navarro 2-6; Gabbi McGee 1-1; Alivia Norwood 0-1; Reese Bush 0-7).
Turnovers – Caldwell County 13, Trigg County 31 Rebounds – Caldwell County 29 (Ke’Darriah Thompson 8), Trigg County 25 (Veyda Grinols 14). Assists – Caldwell County 10 (Morgan Aikins 4), Trigg County 6 (Reese Bush 2). Total Fouls – Caldwell County 17, Trigg County 17. |
