Massac County’s Lady Patriots split a pair of games this past week as they took on McCracken County on the road last Thursday, Jan. 5, and then traveled to Goreville for a Saturday morning game on Jan. 7.
The McCracken game was pretty entertaining for the better part of three quarters as Massac hung with the state-ranked Lady Mustangs. But the three-headed monster of Mikee Buchanan, Claire Johnson and Destiny Thomas proved to be too much to contain as the Lady ‘Stangs pulled away to a 68-48 win.
Massac stayed close through the first quarter, trailing 14-8. That lead grew slightly in the second frame as Massac fell behind by 10 with 31-21 at the intermission. McCracken turned up the defensive heat in the third quarter and stretched the lead to 54-31. McCracken’s lead brushed 30 points briefly, but settled at 20 for the 68-48 win.
The Lady Patriots took to the road for a Saturday match with Goreville and put up a solid 66-46 win.
The ladies led 18-15 after one quarter and 34-26 at the half. They really got untracked in the third quarter, scoring 20 points for a 54-40 lead at the end of three quarters. Massac put the clamps on Goreville in the final quarter holding them to six points for the 66-46 final.
The Lady Patriots travel to Vienna tonight, Thursday, Jan. 12, for a matchup with the Lady Eagles, and then came home for the Friday night, Jan. 13, for a co-ed match with West Frankfort.
They will play again next week in Carbondale’s Invitational on Jan. 16, Jan. 17, Jan. 19 and Jan. 21.
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