With nary a senior on their roster, the Lady Panthers from Pikeville showed why they are considered one of Kentucky’s top programs as they rolled over West Greene 69-22.
Pikeville started red hot shooting from the field and blitzed the Lady Buffs with a 26-1 first quarter run and never looked back.
Kristen Whited scored 14 and Trinity Rowe had 12 to lead the Panthers. Leighan Jackson and Kylie Alvin were just a point away from double digits with nine apiece, while Rylee Theiss and Shyla Kidd hit for eight points as Pikeville showed scoring balance.
The Lady Buffs had only three players in the scoring column: Madi Brown with 12, Taylor Lawson with six and Breanna Ellis with four.
The Panthers will take on Elizabethton today at 6 p.m., while the Lady Buffs will move to a loser’s bracket game at 9 a.m. on Thursday.
Pikeville (69): Alvin 3-5 0-0 9, Stone 0-1 0-0 0, Hall 2-5 0-0 4, Lin 0-1 0-0 0, Coleman 1-1 0-0 2, Compton 1-2 0-0 2, Trinity Rowe 5-7 0-0 12, Kristen Whited 5-7 2-2 14, Thornsbury 0-1 1-2 1, Woods 0-4 0-0 0, Jackson 4-5 1-1 9, Rogers 0-1 0-0 0, Theiss 3-4 2-2 8, Kidd 3-9 1-2 8. TOTALS: 27-53 7-9 69.
West Greene (22): Ellis 1-3 1-2 4, Jordan 0-3 0-0 0, Madi Brown 4-9 2-2 12, Lawson 1-1 4-9 6, Ripley 0-2 0-0 0, Reagan 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS: 6-19 7-13 22.
3-Point Goals: PHS—8 (Alvin 3, Rowe 2, Whited 2, Kidd). WG—3 (Brown 2, Ellis).
| Score by Quarters | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pikeville | 26 | 18 | 14 | 11 – 69 |
| West Greene | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 – 22 |
