Lady Indians edge Minford in makeup

MINFORD — The Valley Lady Indians, though in makeup style, certainly obtained the higher of their Lucasville-Minford Road rivals on Wednesday.
That’s as a result of visiting Valley, in a Southern Ohio Conference Division II makeup matchup, rallied from a slim third-quarter deficit —and outscored the Minford Lady Falcons 16-11 in the ultimate body for a 63-58 victory.
The Lady Indians amounted a 23-9 benefit at first quarter’s finish —solely to see the Lady Falcons storm again with a 22-10 second-stanza outburst.
Minford then received the third interval 16-14 for a 47-47 tie getting into the decisive fourth.
With the win, Valley —with yet one more makeup assembly in the SOC II at Waverly remaining subsequent week —raised its file to 8-14, and to 4-11 in the division.
The younger Lady Falcons, with only one graduating senior in Bella Reffit, completed their season at 9-14 —and at 6-10 in the SOC II.
Five Lady Indians scored at the least seven factors —together with 4 in double figures.
Emilie Johnson —on three threes, three twos and 3-of-4 third-quarter free throws —led the winners with 18 factors, as Lexie Morrow muscled for 14, Haley Whitt with 13 and Madison Montgomery with a first-half 11.
Morrow scored eight of her 14 in the fourth quarter, together with a 4-of-6 free-throw efficiency in the interval.
Whitt was 5-of-6 on the stripe, and Montgomery made a pair in the second salvo.
Montgomery made a first-quarter three-pointer, whereas McKenna Dunham’s seven first-period factors — which included the Indians’ solely different three — rounded out the Valley scoring.
Minford’s Lindsee Williams with 20 factors, which included a second-stanza old school three-point play, paced the Lady Falcons for a game-high.
Lexi Conkel related for 3 triples and three deuces in direction of 15 factors, as Reffit recorded an opening-half 11.
Savannah Cantrell in the primary quarter, and Kynedi Davis in the third, every scored 5 — whereas Ava Cronin chipped in a second-quarter bucket.
The Lady Falcons’ largest bugaboo on Wednesday was misfired free throws, whereas Valley transformed its —as Minford made simply 4 foul pictures and missed 9.

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